JOLTS (Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey)
The JOLTS (Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey) is the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly survey of movements in the US labor market: job openings, hires, and separations, including quits and layoffs. It comes out at 10:00 a.m. New York time, which is 4:00 p.m. in Paris most of the year, often on the Tuesday of the NFP week, but with a one-month lag: on November 3, 2026, it covered September, three days before the October jobs report. Markets look first at the number of job openings, often set against the number of unemployed people, then at quits: when workers quit in large numbers, it is because they know they are in demand and hope to earn more elsewhere, which tends to push wages up. Conversely, a decline in openings over several months signals a loosening labor market, hence less pressure on wages and on inflation. Upcoming releases: the economic calendar.
See also
The monthly US jobs report: jobs created, unemployment, and wages.
The share of the labor force without a job and looking for work, released with the US NFP.
The change in US wages, released with the NFP and watched as an inflation signal.
The estimate of US private employment drawn from ADP payroll data, released before the NFP.
The new unemployment benefit applications filed each week in the United States.