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Is America still hiring people into new jobs?

Published October 5, 2026, 10:54 AM EDT · CT Signal automated data desk

Employers hired 3.3% of America's workforce into new jobs in 2026-08 — lowest since July 2026.

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The data

Monthly US series since the early 2000s; the latest print is labelled on the chart. Source and query below.

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Source

jobs-report fixture — Hiring slowed, layoffs are rare and hardly anyone is quitting: the labor market has frozen over

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dataset: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/JTSHIR
query: FRED fredgraph.csv id=JTSHIR; agency of record: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
published October 5, 2026, 10:54 AM EDT · data as of 2026-08

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