Public Administration — Job Openings

NAICS 92 • BLS JOLTS

In Feb 2026, the Public Administration industry reported 701,000 job openings, 326,000 hires, and 179,000 voluntary quits. Source: BLS JOLTS.

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Monthly JOLTS job openings, hires, separations, quits, and layoffs for Public Administration (NAICS 92), BLS JOLTS.
Date Openings Hires Separations Quits Layoffs
Feb 2026 701,000 326,000 315,000 179,000 69,000
Jan 2026 752,000 321,000 324,000 178,000 70,000
Dec 2025 722,000 311,000 340,000 180,000 68,000
Nov 2025 658,000 280,000 317,000 173,000 79,000
Oct 2025 786,000 333,000 357,000 183,000 103,000
Sep 2025 764,000 346,000 418,000 243,000 80,000
Aug 2025 720,000 294,000 343,000 183,000 89,000
Jul 2025 781,000 317,000 314,000 178,000 76,000
Jun 2025 859,000 332,000 321,000 177,000 82,000
May 2025 793,000 340,000 366,000 191,000 99,000
Apr 2025 817,000 344,000 337,000 185,000 79,000
Mar 2025 834,000 336,000 344,000 191,000 101,000
Feb 2025 875,000 333,000 335,000 196,000 86,000
Jan 2025 879,000 356,000 317,000 180,000 80,000
Dec 2024 889,000 360,000 336,000 198,000 81,000
Nov 2024 884,000 335,000 321,000 181,000 75,000
Oct 2024 909,000 361,000 312,000 177,000 75,000
Sep 2024 872,000 356,000 321,000 185,000 74,000
Aug 2024 952,000 358,000 325,000 180,000 85,000
Jul 2024 933,000 393,000 329,000 172,000 88,000
Jun 2024 968,000 323,000 324,000 176,000 84,000
May 2024 1,027,000 366,000 349,000 216,000 82,000
Apr 2024 869,000 359,000 362,000 218,000 84,000
Mar 2024 992,000 389,000 310,000 170,000 78,000
Feb 2024 909,000 404,000 332,000 194,000 86,000
Jan 2024 892,000 397,000 338,000 200,000 74,000
Dec 2023 991,000 407,000 353,000 201,000 92,000
Nov 2023 1,031,000 377,000 342,000 197,000 83,000
Oct 2023 968,000 382,000 315,000 189,000 78,000
Sep 2023 992,000 371,000 312,000 191,000 69,000
Aug 2023 1,055,000 390,000 333,000 200,000 91,000
Jul 2023 995,000 383,000 340,000 194,000 96,000
Jun 2023 1,116,000 387,000 332,000 193,000 84,000
May 2023 1,079,000 407,000 339,000 197,000 83,000
Apr 2023 1,059,000 391,000 342,000 186,000 99,000
Mar 2023 1,038,000 385,000 355,000 216,000 83,000
Feb 2023 996,000 391,000 336,000 193,000 84,000
Jan 2023 1,078,000 439,000 347,000 192,000 99,000
Dec 2022 1,029,000 407,000 386,000 224,000 98,000
Nov 2022 1,067,000 437,000 357,000 213,000 71,000
Oct 2022 972,000 385,000 371,000 226,000 69,000
Sep 2022 1,068,000 403,000 394,000 236,000 90,000
Aug 2022 955,000 392,000 398,000 235,000 94,000
Jul 2022 1,225,000 457,000 285,000 170,000 63,000
Jun 2022 983,000 413,000 397,000 239,000 84,000
May 2022 1,079,000 404,000 348,000 215,000 71,000
Apr 2022 1,042,000 394,000 369,000 238,000 69,000
Mar 2022 1,017,000 388,000 400,000 253,000 82,000
Feb 2022 1,054,000 407,000 417,000 261,000 81,000
Jan 2022 1,029,000 386,000 391,000 241,000 81,000
Dec 2021 1,098,000 390,000 368,000 230,000 70,000
Nov 2021 1,001,000 397,000 383,000 244,000 69,000
Oct 2021 952,000 369,000 425,000 259,000 78,000
Sep 2021 957,000 353,000 378,000 229,000 82,000
Aug 2021 894,000 391,000 308,000 185,000 62,000
Jul 2021 906,000 379,000 363,000 213,000 90,000
Jun 2021 941,000 404,000 299,000 185,000 55,000
May 2021 931,000 324,000 284,000 159,000 71,000
Apr 2021 948,000 359,000 320,000 190,000 72,000
Mar 2021 853,000 384,000 312,000 171,000 78,000
Feb 2021 714,000 326,000 314,000 184,000 69,000
Jan 2021 725,000 374,000 298,000 154,000 91,000
Dec 2020 664,000 323,000 333,000 174,000 92,000
Nov 2020 676,000 319,000 436,000 179,000 196,000
Oct 2020 732,000 346,000 541,000 223,000 245,000
Sep 2020 708,000 339,000 426,000 207,000 143,000
Aug 2020 707,000 538,000 383,000 219,000 82,000
Jul 2020 818,000 329,000 397,000 202,000 108,000
Jun 2020 665,000 266,000 453,000 181,000 177,000
May 2020 621,000 258,000 452,000 191,000 181,000
Apr 2020 651,000 224,000 510,000 166,000 263,000
Mar 2020 713,000 391,000 527,000 222,000 230,000
Feb 2020 771,000 406,000 342,000 193,000 87,000
Jan 2020 820,000 398,000 345,000 182,000 96,000
Dec 2019 748,000 362,000 358,000 197,000 84,000
Nov 2019 764,000 388,000 348,000 186,000 99,000
Oct 2019 785,000 370,000 367,000 180,000 121,000
Sep 2019 740,000 365,000 351,000 189,000 102,000
Aug 2019 747,000 412,000 334,000 174,000 98,000
Jul 2019 649,000 347,000 356,000 189,000 101,000
Jun 2019 745,000 367,000 320,000 167,000 96,000
May 2019 674,000 324,000 359,000 208,000 92,000
Apr 2019 735,000 372,000 348,000 184,000 107,000
Mar 2019 715,000 357,000 341,000 179,000 102,000
Feb 2019 687,000 359,000 368,000 182,000 127,000
Jan 2019 693,000 376,000 398,000 209,000 133,000
Dec 2018 680,000 368,000 334,000 176,000 101,000
Nov 2018 676,000 365,000 371,000 199,000 109,000
Oct 2018 616,000 346,000 356,000 185,000 113,000
Sep 2018 617,000 338,000 348,000 176,000 114,000
Aug 2018 725,000 389,000 329,000 166,000 107,000
Jul 2018 646,000 346,000 374,000 187,000 123,000
Jun 2018 646,000 387,000 352,000 189,000 98,000
May 2018 596,000 354,000 340,000 187,000 96,000
Apr 2018 593,000 350,000 343,000 186,000 91,000
Mar 2018 628,000 340,000 347,000 173,000 113,000
Feb 2018 596,000 353,000 335,000 164,000 113,000
Jan 2018 591,000 327,000 336,000 172,000 106,000
Dec 2017 578,000 360,000 359,000 175,000 130,000
Nov 2017 535,000 370,000 341,000 178,000 100,000
Oct 2017 553,000 355,000 325,000 162,000 108,000
Sep 2017 563,000 355,000 335,000 170,000 101,000
Aug 2017 503,000 309,000 354,000 173,000 120,000
Jul 2017 548,000 348,000 325,000 160,000 112,000
Jun 2017 574,000 339,000 333,000 163,000 114,000
May 2017 551,000 349,000 352,000 165,000 129,000
Apr 2017 543,000 335,000 336,000 160,000 113,000
Mar 2017 506,000 336,000 333,000 188,000 89,000
Feb 2017 505,000 346,000 360,000 178,000 120,000
Jan 2017 497,000 352,000 340,000 178,000 100,000
Dec 2016 560,000 332,000 303,000 163,000 87,000
Nov 2016 577,000 332,000 335,000 160,000 118,000
Oct 2016 484,000 315,000 342,000 174,000 107,000
Sep 2016 527,000 395,000 340,000 171,000 114,000
Aug 2016 511,000 351,000 388,000 189,000 143,000
Jul 2016 587,000 405,000 283,000 156,000 83,000
Jun 2016 479,000 353,000 404,000 214,000 105,000
May 2016 538,000 359,000 350,000 160,000 134,000
Apr 2016 502,000 342,000 333,000 163,000 114,000
Mar 2016 496,000 364,000 326,000 164,000 108,000
Feb 2016 488,000 344,000 325,000 162,000 108,000
Jan 2016 515,000 353,000 337,000 165,000 115,000
Dec 2015 541,000 371,000 347,000 166,000 124,000
Nov 2015 523,000 352,000 331,000 153,000 121,000
Oct 2015 527,000 360,000 344,000 167,000 118,000
Sep 2015 470,000 323,000 335,000 154,000 117,000
Aug 2015 494,000 341,000 324,000 162,000 102,000
Jul 2015 548,000 352,000 317,000 154,000 102,000
Jun 2015 471,000 336,000 343,000 165,000 121,000
May 2015 523,000 323,000 321,000 149,000 109,000
Apr 2015 521,000 349,000 318,000 147,000 114,000
Mar 2015 501,000 328,000 337,000 155,000 120,000
Feb 2015 515,000 320,000 312,000 149,000 102,000
Jan 2015 526,000 316,000 309,000 143,000 110,000
Dec 2014 505,000 318,000 310,000 141,000 111,000
Nov 2014 472,000 296,000 280,000 136,000 91,000
Oct 2014 435,000 306,000 298,000 152,000 80,000
Sep 2014 468,000 334,000 298,000 160,000 80,000
Aug 2014 438,000 267,000 305,000 152,000 83,000
Jul 2014 475,000 287,000 280,000 140,000 83,000
Jun 2014 514,000 326,000 272,000 118,000 101,000
May 2014 441,000 285,000 298,000 141,000 87,000
Apr 2014 435,000 298,000 280,000 141,000 83,000
Mar 2014 425,000 307,000 305,000 137,000 103,000
Feb 2014 402,000 291,000 288,000 135,000 90,000
Jan 2014 389,000 289,000 292,000 132,000 93,000
Dec 2013 347,000 280,000 299,000 138,000 96,000
Nov 2013 405,000 296,000 283,000 127,000 91,000
Oct 2013 395,000 281,000 294,000 130,000 108,000
Sep 2013 396,000 293,000 285,000 123,000 111,000
Aug 2013 393,000 299,000 273,000 127,000 88,000
Jul 2013 376,000 270,000 291,000 134,000 97,000
Jun 2013 400,000 244,000 287,000 127,000 95,000
May 2013 410,000 288,000 297,000 134,000 103,000
Apr 2013 421,000 290,000 297,000 153,000 87,000
Mar 2013 395,000 270,000 296,000 124,000 123,000
Feb 2013 421,000 296,000 291,000 129,000 97,000
Jan 2013 456,000 283,000 298,000 131,000 97,000
Dec 2012 408,000 290,000 290,000 130,000 93,000
Nov 2012 364,000 276,000 292,000 139,000 93,000
Oct 2012 380,000 269,000 302,000 133,000 103,000
Sep 2012 383,000 280,000 266,000 118,000 88,000
Aug 2012 420,000 315,000 304,000 129,000 114,000
Jul 2012 379,000 295,000 298,000 126,000 106,000
Jun 2012 387,000 319,000 297,000 124,000 111,000
May 2012 397,000 306,000 331,000 139,000 137,000
Apr 2012 367,000 291,000 316,000 140,000 113,000
Mar 2012 396,000 296,000 310,000 133,000 115,000
Feb 2012 395,000 300,000 305,000 139,000 108,000
Jan 2012 349,000 285,000 294,000 130,000 104,000
Dec 2011 364,000 294,000 320,000 143,000 112,000
Nov 2011 357,000 272,000 305,000 122,000 113,000
Oct 2011 367,000 269,000 260,000 107,000 92,000
Sep 2011 397,000 270,000 286,000 116,000 120,000
Aug 2011 329,000 241,000 293,000 125,000 114,000
Jul 2011 332,000 242,000 314,000 130,000 123,000
Jun 2011 359,000 291,000 270,000 101,000 108,000
May 2011 298,000 239,000 302,000 129,000 108,000
Apr 2011 341,000 268,000 294,000 108,000 126,000
Mar 2011 323,000 251,000 274,000 109,000 108,000
Feb 2011 316,000 227,000 272,000 111,000 108,000
Jan 2011 338,000 286,000 286,000 123,000 103,000
Dec 2010 399,000 285,000 299,000 112,000 127,000
Nov 2010 337,000 279,000 295,000 105,000 136,000
Oct 2010 345,000 309,000 262,000 108,000 99,000
Sep 2010 337,000 250,000 404,000 127,000 208,000
Aug 2010 346,000 266,000 425,000 114,000 240,000
Jul 2010 324,000 281,000 440,000 112,000 263,000
Jun 2010 301,000 278,000 552,000 133,000 354,000
May 2010 385,000 735,000 311,000 98,000 151,000
Apr 2010 623,000 338,000 307,000 105,000 134,000
Mar 2010 408,000 344,000 303,000 110,000 135,000
Feb 2010 343,000 284,000 303,000 116,000 123,000
Jan 2010 404,000 289,000 286,000 104,000 132,000
Dec 2009 330,000 251,000 290,000 112,000 120,000
Nov 2009 351,000 288,000 281,000 112,000 115,000
Oct 2009 382,000 328,000 263,000 96,000 98,000
Sep 2009 287,000 234,000 303,000 100,000 150,000
Aug 2009 304,000 281,000 267,000 101,000 119,000
Jul 2009 286,000 256,000 297,000 107,000 134,000
Jun 2009 324,000 263,000 319,000 100,000 175,000
May 2009 274,000 262,000 326,000 104,000 177,000
Apr 2009 358,000 374,000 275,000 104,000 127,000
Mar 2009 362,000 253,000 266,000 108,000 114,000
Feb 2009 368,000 271,000 294,000 102,000 150,000
Jan 2009 359,000 295,000 281,000 105,000 132,000
Dec 2008 329,000 272,000 272,000 126,000 103,000
Nov 2008 385,000 274,000 274,000 117,000 112,000
Oct 2008 382,000 300,000 300,000 130,000 112,000
Sep 2008 379,000 281,000 288,000 137,000 99,000
Aug 2008 384,000 292,000 300,000 149,000 102,000
Jul 2008 411,000 304,000 263,000 128,000 90,000
Jun 2008 434,000 331,000 283,000 135,000 100,000
May 2008 441,000 321,000 284,000 136,000 102,000
Apr 2008 422,000 303,000 304,000 147,000 106,000
Mar 2008 422,000 332,000 294,000 139,000 104,000
Feb 2008 430,000 322,000 290,000 149,000 88,000
Jan 2008 413,000 309,000 305,000 149,000 104,000
Dec 2007 441,000 348,000 309,000 148,000 106,000
Nov 2007 452,000 337,000 307,000 157,000 94,000
Oct 2007 429,000 330,000 316,000 159,000 106,000
Sep 2007 448,000 391,000 328,000 161,000 109,000
Aug 2007 460,000 400,000 358,000 169,000 119,000
Jul 2007 449,000 325,000 375,000 169,000 139,000
Jun 2007 444,000 382,000 350,000 166,000 118,000
May 2007 435,000 386,000 368,000 179,000 125,000
Apr 2007 434,000 378,000 351,000 172,000 113,000
Mar 2007 435,000 369,000 331,000 170,000 100,000
Feb 2007 438,000 370,000 339,000 156,000 109,000
Jan 2007 460,000 360,000 353,000 181,000 116,000
Dec 2006 442,000 333,000 329,000 162,000 111,000
Nov 2006 438,000 352,000 347,000 165,000 126,000
Oct 2006 407,000 307,000 322,000 160,000 106,000
Sep 2006 473,000 419,000 330,000 161,000 116,000
Aug 2006 432,000 369,000 348,000 183,000 99,000
Jul 2006 488,000 370,000 337,000 168,000 118,000
Jun 2006 413,000 362,000 352,000 169,000 128,000
May 2006 429,000 354,000 350,000 178,000 113,000
Apr 2006 422,000 348,000 326,000 161,000 107,000
Mar 2006 419,000 379,000 351,000 170,000 124,000
Feb 2006 376,000 353,000 334,000 165,000 116,000
Jan 2006 397,000 319,000 345,000 164,000 128,000
Dec 2005 435,000 347,000 317,000 152,000 116,000
Nov 2005 368,000 344,000 319,000 162,000 110,000
Oct 2005 365,000 317,000 328,000 170,000 108,000
Sep 2005 399,000 327,000 338,000 163,000 122,000
Aug 2005 384,000 321,000 316,000 157,000 114,000
Jul 2005 392,000 355,000 273,000 126,000 98,000
Jun 2005 357,000 300,000 319,000 153,000 109,000
May 2005 349,000 317,000 302,000 143,000 110,000
Apr 2005 353,000 334,000 314,000 142,000 117,000
Mar 2005 352,000 315,000 320,000 147,000 107,000
Feb 2005 368,000 328,000 328,000 144,000 117,000
Jan 2005 314,000 355,000 302,000 143,000 107,000
Dec 2004 400,000 334,000 330,000 143,000 136,000
Nov 2004 358,000 350,000 330,000 136,000 139,000
Oct 2004 386,000 335,000 316,000 135,000 121,000
Sep 2004 346,000 334,000 305,000 137,000 117,000
Aug 2004 326,000 310,000 293,000 133,000 106,000
Jul 2004 332,000 305,000 304,000 138,000 109,000
Jun 2004 335,000 293,000 313,000 145,000 113,000
May 2004 367,000 300,000 306,000 145,000 101,000
Apr 2004 353,000 325,000 290,000 146,000 98,000
Mar 2004 366,000 354,000 326,000 144,000 126,000
Feb 2004 351,000 319,000 311,000 149,000 103,000
Jan 2004 329,000 297,000 298,000 133,000 108,000
Dec 2003 326,000 325,000 314,000 147,000 106,000
Nov 2003 313,000 287,000 305,000 137,000 105,000
Oct 2003 382,000 346,000 284,000 136,000 95,000
Sep 2003 335,000 275,000 305,000 138,000 104,000
Aug 2003 314,000 252,000 331,000 152,000 122,000
Jul 2003 345,000 326,000 304,000 142,000 109,000
Jun 2003 401,000 317,000 290,000 127,000 116,000
May 2003 333,000 281,000 328,000 144,000 121,000
Apr 2003 340,000 309,000 313,000 137,000 113,000
Mar 2003 365,000 294,000 311,000 134,000 111,000
Feb 2003 386,000 301,000 316,000 137,000 122,000
Jan 2003 435,000 349,000 306,000 142,000 107,000
Dec 2002 372,000 318,000 307,000 146,000 85,000
Nov 2002 427,000 348,000 328,000 155,000 107,000
Oct 2002 384,000 337,000 322,000 146,000 104,000
Sep 2002 390,000 323,000 336,000 156,000 119,000
Aug 2002 444,000 349,000 314,000 147,000 102,000
Jul 2002 440,000 331,000 338,000 144,000 133,000
Jun 2002 405,000 315,000 297,000 150,000 89,000
May 2002 452,000 347,000 284,000 134,000 97,000
Apr 2002 446,000 340,000 316,000 157,000 102,000
Mar 2002 448,000 331,000 284,000 137,000 92,000
Feb 2002 498,000 316,000 314,000 163,000 93,000
Jan 2002 410,000 323,000 293,000 152,000 89,000
Dec 2001 449,000 334,000 295,000 160,000 84,000
Nov 2001 486,000 319,000 269,000 151,000 71,000
Oct 2001 458,000 325,000 287,000 141,000 100,000
Sep 2001 434,000 307,000 272,000 134,000 81,000
Aug 2001 487,000 363,000 332,000 168,000 115,000
Jul 2001 509,000 350,000 293,000 161,000 81,000
Jun 2001 531,000 361,000 262,000 133,000 88,000
May 2001 486,000 367,000 324,000 179,000 95,000
Apr 2001 490,000 334,000 276,000 131,000 92,000
Mar 2001 445,000 346,000 307,000 164,000 100,000
Feb 2001 479,000 366,000 314,000 168,000 99,000
Jan 2001 482,000 337,000 305,000 160,000 94,000
Dec 2000 548,000 342,000 298,000 143,000 111,000