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JOLTS Job Openings

10:00 ET, monthly · Bureau of Labor Statistics · also called JOLTS

Next release Tuesday, 29 Sep 2026 at 10:00 ET

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey counts open positions, hires, quits and layoffs. Its reference month trails the payrolls report by one, so it describes a labour market one month further back.

How this compares

This sits 4 of 8 for how far it moves the Nasdaq 100 - the louder half of the board. Its median half-hour range is 0.48%, where CPI runs 0.69% (1.4x as far) and retail sales 0.26%.

The widest single reaction measured was 1.53%, on 2025-03-11. Releases that printed in the same minute as another report on this site are excluded from these figures, since the move belongs to both and to neither.

What the record shows

  • When the figure printed above the forecast, the Nasdaq 100 finished the half hour lower 13 of 18 times.
  • The travel is lopsided downward: a median 0.23% at the worst point of the half hour against 0.15% at the best.
  • It does not finish at thirty minutes. Two hours out the median distance from the release price is 0.36%, against 0.15% at the half hour.

Measured on the Nasdaq 100, over every release on this site with at least 12 of its own on record, and excluding any that printed in the same minute as another report here. Each line is a count of what happened, not a forecast of what will: the table below holds every release the figures are drawn from, and some of these counts rest on a dozen observations or fewer. A median is what usually happened, not what happens next.

Nasdaq 100

Across 37 releases, Nasdaq 100 moved a typical 0.48% from high to low in the thirty minutes after the print. The widest was 1.53%, on 11 Mar 2025. It finished that half hour higher 16 times out of 37. The net move is consistently smaller than the swing - a median of 0.15% against 0.48% of travel - which is what a price that jumps and comes back looks like in numbers.

0.48%
typical swing
first 30 min
1.53%
biggest swing
11 Mar 2025
16 / 21
finished up
vs down
Nasdaq 100+0.54%-0.54%
release+30 min+60 min

One line per release. Each traces the index from 15 minutes before the print to an hour after, as percent from the last price beforehand. Above the centre line is up. Newer releases are drawn brighter - hover a date to follow just that one.

Every release we have measured · 37

releaseprintedforecastsurprise5 min after30 min after60 min afterswing, first 30 min
1 Sep 20267.3M7.3M▼ 0.03M0.00%+0.21%+0.42%0.31%
4 Aug 20267.4M7.4M▼ 0.04M+0.07%+0.32%+0.29%0.44%
30 Jun 20267.6M7.3M▲ 0.32M+0.08%+0.15%-0.19%0.50%
2 Jun 20267.6M6.9M▲ 0.73M+0.01%-0.14%+0.14%0.36%
5 May 20266.9M6.9M▲ 0.04M+0.05%+0.11%+0.03%0.36%
31 Mar 20266.9M6.9M▲ 0.01M-0.04%0.00%-0.68%0.36%
13 Mar 20266.9M6.8M▲ 0.14M-0.06%-0.22%-0.96%0.53%
5 Feb 20266.5M7.2M▼ 0.75M-0.27%-0.77%-0.55%1.02%
7 Jan 20267.1M7.6M▼ 0.51M-0.06%+0.04%+0.19%0.25%
9 Dec 20257.7M7.1M▲ 0.56M+0.03%+0.11%+0.21%0.20%
30 Sep 20257.2M7.2M▲ 0.01M+0.05%-0.01%+0.22%0.26%
3 Sep 20257.2M7.4M▼ 0.18M+0.23%+0.22%+0.53%0.42%
29 Jul 20257.4M7.5M▼ 0.11M-0.09%-0.12%-0.26%0.23%
1 Jul 20257.8M7.3M▲ 0.48M-0.04%-0.20%-0.54%0.43%
3 Jun 20257.4M7.1M▲ 0.29M+0.11%+0.14%+0.32%0.37%
29 Apr 20257.2M7.5M▼ 0.29M+0.22%-0.01%+0.51%0.68%
1 Apr 20257.6M7.7M▼ 0.09M-0.19%-0.38%+0.57%0.88%
11 Mar 20257.7M7.7M▲ 0.05M-0.70%-1.02%-1.07%1.53%
4 Feb 20257.6M8.0M▼ 0.41M+0.20%+0.38%+0.34%0.50%
7 Jan 20258.1M7.7M▲ 0.37M-0.51%-0.63%-0.76%0.90%
3 Dec 20247.7M7.5M▲ 0.19M+0.03%-0.12%+0.02%0.30%
29 Oct 20247.4M8.0M▼ 0.58M+0.07%+0.13%+0.41%0.49%
1 Oct 20248.0M7.6M▲ 0.36M+0.03%-0.65%-0.56%0.96%
4 Sep 20247.7M8.1M▼ 0.39M-0.27%+0.11%+0.64%0.86%
30 Jul 20248.2M8.0M▲ 0.18M-0.17%-0.32%-0.63%0.45%
2 Jul 20248.1M8.0M▲ 0.14M+0.04%-0.02%+0.24%0.36%
4 Jun 20248.1M8.4M▼ 0.27M+0.17%+0.08%-0.01%0.52%
1 May 20248.5M8.7M▼ 0.18M-0.16%-0.06%+0.05%0.39%
2 Apr 20248.8M8.8M▲ 0.04M+0.13%-0.04%-0.17%0.40%
6 Mar 20248.9M8.8M▲ 0.10M-0.30%-0.17%+0.16%0.48%
30 Jan 20249.0M8.7M▲ 0.27M-0.15%-0.08%-0.18%0.31%
3 Jan 20248.8M8.8M▼ 0.04M+0.15%-0.21%-0.11%0.58%
5 Dec 20238.7M9.3M▼ 0.61M+0.45%+0.23%+0.61%0.55%
1 Nov 20239.6M9.3M▲ 0.26M+0.10%+0.56%+0.50%0.74%
3 Oct 20239.6M8.8M▲ 0.79M-0.65%-1.14%-1.33%1.25%
29 Aug 20238.8M9.5M▼ 0.69M+0.47%+0.88%+0.96%0.95%
1 Aug 20239.6M9.6M▼ 0.01M+0.13%+0.01%+0.24%0.54%

Printed is the headline figure as it read on the day - for price indexes the seasonally adjusted change from the prior month, not the twelve-month rate, and not restated for revisions published later. Forecast is the consensus expectation going in. marks a print above that forecast and below it; which of those is good news depends on the report. A dash means the figure could not be established from a source this site trusts, and nothing is estimated to fill the gap.

S&P 500

Across 37 releases, S&P 500 moved a typical 0.32% from high to low in the thirty minutes after the print. The widest was 1.14%, on 11 Mar 2025. It finished that half hour higher 14 times out of 37. The net move is consistently smaller than the swing - a median of 0.11% against 0.32% of travel - which is what a price that jumps and comes back looks like in numbers.

0.32%
typical swing
first 30 min
1.14%
biggest swing
11 Mar 2025
14 / 23
finished up
vs down
S&P 500+0.38%-0.38%
release+30 min+60 min

One line per release. Each traces the index from 15 minutes before the print to an hour after, as percent from the last price beforehand. Above the centre line is up. Newer releases are drawn brighter - hover a date to follow just that one.

Every release we have measured · 37

releaseprintedforecastsurprise5 min after30 min after60 min afterswing, first 30 min
1 Sep 20267.3M7.3M▼ 0.03M+0.02%+0.24%+0.20%0.31%
4 Aug 20267.4M7.4M▼ 0.04M+0.07%+0.14%+0.38%0.32%
30 Jun 20267.6M7.3M▲ 0.32M+0.08%+0.08%-0.08%0.23%
2 Jun 20267.6M6.9M▲ 0.73M+0.02%+0.01%+0.28%0.16%
5 May 20266.9M6.9M▲ 0.04M+0.03%+0.11%+0.08%0.26%
31 Mar 20266.9M6.9M▲ 0.01M-0.05%-0.03%-0.63%0.32%
13 Mar 20266.9M6.8M▲ 0.14M-0.07%-0.25%-0.78%0.53%
5 Feb 20266.5M7.2M▼ 0.75M-0.19%-0.59%-0.49%0.77%
7 Jan 20267.1M7.6M▼ 0.51M-0.10%-0.13%-0.01%0.24%
9 Dec 20257.7M7.1M▲ 0.56M+0.02%-0.04%+0.01%0.17%
30 Sep 20257.2M7.2M▲ 0.01M+0.02%-0.03%+0.03%0.20%
3 Sep 20257.2M7.4M▼ 0.18M+0.11%+0.07%+0.32%0.25%
29 Jul 20257.4M7.5M▼ 0.11M-0.03%-0.03%-0.20%0.10%
1 Jul 20257.8M7.3M▲ 0.48M-0.01%-0.02%-0.12%0.21%
3 Jun 20257.4M7.1M▲ 0.29M+0.08%+0.24%+0.33%0.35%
29 Apr 20257.2M7.5M▼ 0.29M+0.15%-0.11%+0.44%0.61%
1 Apr 20257.6M7.7M▼ 0.09M-0.21%-0.40%+0.43%0.77%
11 Mar 20257.7M7.7M▲ 0.05M-0.50%-0.69%-0.90%1.14%
4 Feb 20257.6M8.0M▼ 0.41M+0.13%+0.27%+0.23%0.38%
7 Jan 20258.1M7.7M▲ 0.37M-0.45%-0.47%-0.51%0.74%
3 Dec 20247.7M7.5M▲ 0.19M+0.01%-0.14%-0.09%0.19%
29 Oct 20247.4M8.0M▼ 0.58M+0.09%+0.09%+0.26%0.39%
1 Oct 20248.0M7.6M▲ 0.36M0.00%-0.36%-0.26%0.62%
4 Sep 20247.7M8.1M▼ 0.39M-0.18%0.00%+0.27%0.49%
30 Jul 20248.2M8.0M▲ 0.18M-0.18%-0.25%-0.45%0.30%
2 Jul 20248.1M8.0M▲ 0.14M+0.06%+0.04%+0.12%0.22%
4 Jun 20248.1M8.4M▼ 0.27M+0.11%+0.10%-0.09%0.37%
1 May 20248.5M8.7M▼ 0.18M-0.10%-0.01%+0.10%0.23%
2 Apr 20248.8M8.8M▲ 0.04M+0.10%-0.06%-0.10%0.29%
6 Mar 20248.9M8.8M▲ 0.10M-0.21%-0.11%+0.11%0.30%
30 Jan 20249.0M8.7M▲ 0.27M-0.11%-0.11%-0.13%0.19%
3 Jan 20248.8M8.8M▼ 0.04M+0.15%-0.11%-0.13%0.38%
5 Dec 20238.7M9.3M▼ 0.61M+0.30%+0.21%+0.42%0.36%
1 Nov 20239.6M9.3M▲ 0.26M+0.07%+0.40%+0.42%0.54%
3 Oct 20239.6M8.8M▲ 0.79M-0.47%-0.89%-1.06%0.94%
29 Aug 20238.8M9.5M▼ 0.69M+0.27%+0.48%+0.45%0.51%
1 Aug 20239.6M9.6M▼ 0.01M+0.06%-0.19%-0.09%0.37%

Printed is the headline figure as it read on the day - for price indexes the seasonally adjusted change from the prior month, not the twelve-month rate, and not restated for revisions published later. Forecast is the consensus expectation going in. marks a print above that forecast and below it; which of those is good news depends on the report. A dash means the figure could not be established from a source this site trusts, and nothing is estimated to fill the gap.

How this is measured

The reference price is the last print before the release minute. Every figure on this page is the distance from that price, as a percentage, using one-minute bars. “Swing” is the highest price minus the lowest price in the thirty minutes after the release - not the net change, which is where a price ended up rather than how far it travelled to get there.

Release dates come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics's own published schedule, so an unusual date is a real one rather than a guess from a calendar rule. Prices are Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 index CFDs, which trade around the clock and therefore cover the 08:30 ET releases that land before the equity market opens. They track the futures closely but are not the CME contracts, and the moves are index points.

Past reactions are a record, not a forecast. Nothing here is investment advice.

Other releases: Core PCE Price Index Consumer Price Index FOMC Rate Decision GDP Nonfarm Payrolls Producer Price Index Retail Sales

Across every release: All of them · Which moves most · Biggest reactions · Beating the forecast · Does the first move hold · Is it over in 30 min · The quiet before · Up or down · Nasdaq vs S&P · The first minute · Two at once · Are they growing