US hiring demand monitor

Weekly US Job Openings Report: Real-Time Hiring Demand Tracker

Track US hiring demand week by week. This report monitors job openings from a fixed sample of 5,000 employers, revealing where hiring is growing or slowing across industries and job categories. US-only for now.

Published Aug 17, 2026

What This Report Covers

These figures represent online openings observed across Corvi Careers’ fixed sample of 5,000 employers. They exclude openings we cannot discover online and are not an estimate of all US job openings. We track the same employers every week, so changes reflect shifts in hiring activity rather than changes in which companies we measure.

Why It Updates Weekly

Job openings change fast: roles get posted, filled, refreshed, or removed daily. Tracking a consistent set of employers each week makes these trends easier to compare over time.

How to Read the Data

Use these charts as a directional signal for US hiring demand. The numbers show openings observed within our sample, not the total number of jobs available across the US.

Key Metrics at a Glance

Employer sample
5,000
3,606 currently hiring (72.1%)
Total US openings
715,349
Observed in this sample
Week-over-week change
-12,969
-1.8%
4w change
+16,111
Jul 20, 2026 to Aug 17, 2026
This Week's Takeaway
For Aug 10-Aug 17, observed openings were down 1.8% (-12,969) versus the prior week, reaching 715,349 in the latest report.
Fastest-Growing Job Categories
Engineering, Manufacturing & Applied Science (+4.2%, +1,739), Finance, Legal & Risk (+6.5%, +1,004), IT, Cloud, Security & Enterprise Platforms (+10.4%, +699)
Cooling Job Categories
Retail, Food, Hospitality & Services (-8.1%, -14,817), Healthcare, Life Sciences & Wellness (-2.4%, -3,179), Software, Data & AI (-4.0%, -423)

Charts

Use these views together to compare the overall opening trend, current category mix, week-over-week category change, and how openings are distributed across employers.

Weekly Change in US Openings

WeekPrevious openingsCurrent openingsChangeChange %
2026-06-22 to 2026-06-29743,346723,907-19,439-2.6%
2026-06-29 to 2026-07-06723,907729,841+5,934+0.8%
2026-07-06 to 2026-07-13729,841708,926-20,915-2.9%
2026-07-13 to 2026-07-20708,926699,238-9,688-1.4%
2026-07-20 to 2026-07-27699,238701,588+2,350+0.3%
2026-07-27 to 2026-08-03701,588725,425+23,837+3.4%
2026-08-03 to 2026-08-10725,425728,318+2,893+0.4%
2026-08-10 to 2026-08-17728,318715,349-12,969-1.8%

Top Hiring Categories

CategoryCurrent openingsEmployers
Retail, Food, Hospitality & Services167,7021,504
Healthcare, Life Sciences & Wellness130,5492,982
Business Operations, Administration & Leadership56,7602,308
Engineering, Manufacturing & Applied Science43,5572,283
Construction, Trades, Real Estate & Field Services27,3941,289
Marketing, Sales & Customer Experience23,2502,321
Finance, Legal & Risk16,5371,279
Education, Social Impact & Public Sector15,121577
Software, Data & AI10,2821,249
IT, Cloud, Security & Enterprise Platforms7,417786

Week-over-Week Category Change

CategoryWeekPreviousCurrentChangeChange %
Business Operations, Administration & Leadership2026-07-20 to 2026-07-2749,51549,813+298+0.6%
Business Operations, Administration & Leadership2026-07-27 to 2026-08-0349,81356,041+6,228+12.5%
Business Operations, Administration & Leadership2026-08-03 to 2026-08-1056,04156,134+93+0.2%
Business Operations, Administration & Leadership2026-08-10 to 2026-08-1756,13456,760+626+1.1%
Construction, Trades, Real Estate & Field Services2026-07-20 to 2026-07-2725,60125,571-30-0.1%
Construction, Trades, Real Estate & Field Services2026-07-27 to 2026-08-0325,57127,185+1,614+6.3%
Construction, Trades, Real Estate & Field Services2026-08-03 to 2026-08-1027,18526,865-320-1.2%
Construction, Trades, Real Estate & Field Services2026-08-10 to 2026-08-1726,86527,394+529+2.0%
Engineering, Manufacturing & Applied Science2026-07-20 to 2026-07-2742,59241,920-672-1.6%
Engineering, Manufacturing & Applied Science2026-07-27 to 2026-08-0341,92042,207+287+0.7%
Engineering, Manufacturing & Applied Science2026-08-03 to 2026-08-1042,20741,818-389-0.9%
Engineering, Manufacturing & Applied Science2026-08-10 to 2026-08-1741,81843,557+1,739+4.2%
Healthcare, Life Sciences & Wellness2026-07-20 to 2026-07-27127,510128,854+1,344+1.1%
Healthcare, Life Sciences & Wellness2026-07-27 to 2026-08-03128,854133,435+4,581+3.6%
Healthcare, Life Sciences & Wellness2026-08-03 to 2026-08-10133,435133,728+293+0.2%
Healthcare, Life Sciences & Wellness2026-08-10 to 2026-08-17133,728130,549-3,179-2.4%
Marketing, Sales & Customer Experience2026-07-20 to 2026-07-2724,08323,945-138-0.6%
Marketing, Sales & Customer Experience2026-07-27 to 2026-08-0323,94523,704-241-1.0%
Marketing, Sales & Customer Experience2026-08-03 to 2026-08-1023,70423,605-99-0.4%
Marketing, Sales & Customer Experience2026-08-10 to 2026-08-1723,60523,250-355-1.5%
Retail, Food, Hospitality & Services2026-07-20 to 2026-07-27172,881174,412+1,531+0.9%
Retail, Food, Hospitality & Services2026-07-27 to 2026-08-03174,412178,161+3,749+2.1%
Retail, Food, Hospitality & Services2026-08-03 to 2026-08-10178,161182,519+4,358+2.4%
Retail, Food, Hospitality & Services2026-08-10 to 2026-08-17182,519167,702-14,817-8.1%

Employers by Number of Openings

Number of employers in each current-opening range.

Openings per employerEmployersTotal openings
No openings1,3940
1-491,75640,671
50-9979856,481
100-24952380,547
250-49924886,224
500+281451,426

Total Openings by Employer Size

Total jobs contributed by employers in each current-opening range.

Openings per employerTotal openingsEmployers
1-4940,6711,756
50-9956,481798
100-24980,547523
250-49986,224248
500+451,426281