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Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey

JOLTS Methods Overview

An in-depth guide on how we create estimates and the concepts we measure.
View all previously released articles on annual revisions to JOLTS estimates.
Detail on how we conduct the survey and short explanations of our concepts.
Detail on how we conduct the survey and short explanations of our concepts.
How reliable are JOLTS estimates? Read more about measurements of error and calculating confidence intervals.
Access JOLTS report forms. See exactly what JOLTS asks respondents to provide and what is included and excluded from each of the JOLTS data elements.