The Factory Hires Rate rockets 13.0% in August 2026 to 2.60 and up 8.3% from a year earlier.
The Factory Hires Rate rockets 13.0% in August 2026 to 2.60 and up 8.3% from a year earlier.
August 2026: 2.60
on the month: +13.0%
on the year: +8.3%
The print sits 100% 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 August 2025, which printed 2.40. 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.