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LinkUp Forecast: October JOLTS report by the BLS

Nov. 19, 2025 Source: LinkUp

As a result of the government shutdown, the BLS did not release their official September JOLTS report. LinkUp is still collecting job-listing data, so we will use our historical forecast model to estimate the missing JOLTS figure. 

LinkUp’s JOLTS forecast for October is 7.13 million open jobs. This is a 0.9% decrease in job openings from our forecasted September number of 7.19 million.  

As a note, if the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases a September JOLTS summary, we’ll re-forecast October using that published data point. We delayed this forecast for a week as we waited for more clarity on the next official report.    

BLS releases all survey reports on monthly job openings and labor turnover a full month after-the-fact. The LinkUp job data consistently shows a strong correlation to the BLS numbers. We offer a significant advantage of being available a month before the official release.    

We’ll continue to monitor and report on the developing state of the U.S. labor economy.

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