---
title: Next JOLTS report release date and job openings data
description: JOLTS job openings land at 10 AM ET. Next release date, consensus forecast, and why the Fed's favorite gauge of labor demand moves bond yields.
source: Helious
canonical: "https://helious.io/data/jolts"
---

# JOLTS Job Openings: release dates, results and history


    JOLTS Job Openings last printed 7.08M on Tue, Sep 29, 2026 against a 7.23M consensus forecast and a 7.27M prior, a -0.68 standard-deviation surprise. Captured live by Helious the moment it printed.

    The Fed reads JOLTS for labor demand before anything else, and Powell will name the openings-to-unemployed ratio out loud. It runs a month behind the other jobs data and still moves markets, because when the Fed talks about 'labor market rebalancing', this is the report it means. The quits rate sits inside it, the share of workers who leave a job voluntarily, and quits tend to turn before wage growth does.


    NEXT RELEASE
    Released monthly, ~5 weeks after the reference month, usually around 10:00 AM ET. The desk posts the print the second it lands.





      LATEST PRINT: TUE, SEP 29, 2026

        7.08Mactual

        7.23Mforecast
        7.27Mprior
        -0.68std dev vs forecastSLIGHT MISS

      [Full print analysis →](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-398f13dee159cc1c/jolts-job-openings-7-08m)



      Surprise vs forecast


      −0.68
      std dev
      SLIGHT MISS










      -2-10+1+2



        Printed below forecast. That gap is 0.68 times the size of a normal gap for this indicator.





## The trend



        OFFICIAL SERIES · LAST 36 OBSERVATIONS · M OPENINGS





    9.26M7.90M6.55M



  2023-092026-08

      The official published series at its current vintage, revisions included, so the newest point can differ from the number as first printed. The release-by-release history, with the consensus forecast and standard-deviation surprise on every row, comes through the [Helious API](https://helious.io/developers/).





## How it moves Treasuries

    More openings than expected is bearish for Treasuries, because tight labor demand is the Fed's reason to keep waiting. Openings coming down does the opposite and bonds rally. And it lands at 10 AM, into a fully staffed, liquid market. See it scored live on the [Helious desk](https://helious.io/),
    or read [how the standard-deviation surprise is computed](https://helious.io/methodology).






## Recent prints, as captured by the desk


      DATEACTUALFORECASTPRIORSURPRISE (SD)PRINT


      Tue, Sep 29, 2026Sep 29 ’26
      7.08M
      7.23M
      7.27M
      -0.68
      [BELOW FORECAST](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-398f13dee159cc1c/jolts-job-openings-7-08m)



      Tue, Sep 1, 2026Sep 1 ’26
      7.27M
      7.30M
      7.36M
      -0.14
      [ON THE SCREWS](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-16a20823bb0b0c68/jolts-job-openings-7-27m)



      Tue, Aug 4, 2026Aug 4 ’26
      7.36M
      7.40M
      7.59M
      -0.18
      [BELOW FORECAST](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-fa1841203281c748/jolts-job-openings-7-36m)


    The 3 most recent prints from the desk's live capture, which began in July 2026, so what you see here is a sample rather than the whole record. Every row links the print page published the moment that number landed, and the full graded history is served by the [API](https://helious.io/developers/).






## Official series history


      PERIODVALUE (M OPENINGS)PRIORCHANGE

        2026-08-01
        7.08M

        7.33M
        -0.26M
        2026-07-01
        7.33M

        7.18M
        +0.15M
        2026-06-01
        7.18M

        7.54M
        -0.35M
        2026-05-01
        7.54M

        7.58M
        -0.05M
        2026-04-01
        7.58M

        6.89M
        +0.70M
        2026-03-01
        6.89M

        6.92M
        -0.04M
        2026-02-01
        6.92M

        7.24M
        -0.32M
        2026-01-01
        7.24M

        6.55M
        +0.69M


    These are the most recent official
    rows, and the chart above draws the longer series behind them. The desk-captured prints higher up
    the page carry the consensus forecast and the standard-deviation surprise as they stood the moment
    each number landed.






## Related indicators




      Monthly, ~5 weeks after the reference month · 10:00 AM ET ·
      [download a sample (CSV, recent rows)](https://helious.io/data/jolts.csv), free to cite with a link to this page.
      The full history comes through the [Helious API](https://helious.io/developers/) and
      MCP at [api.helious.io/mcp](https://api.helious.io/mcp), with depth set by plan.


    [Catch the next print live →](https://helious.io/)