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The Factory Hires Rate Tumbles to 2.30

The Factory Hires Rate tumbles 11.5% in July 2026 to 2.30 and down 0.0% from a year earlier.

The Factory Hires Rate tumbles 11.5% in July 2026 to 2.30 and down 0.0% from a year earlier.

• July 2026: 2.30
• on the month: -11.5%
• on the year: 0.0%

The print sits 25% of the way up the archived range of 2.20 (May 2025) to 2.60 (June 2026), with the standing trend rising.

The year-over-year comparison is against July 2025, which printed 2.30. Source: BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. The number above is the agency's published value, unrounded; the history and any later revisions stay queryable on the live data page.

Published 2026-09-03.