BLS JOLTS — Job Openings, Quits & Turnover

BLS JOLTS — Job Openings, Quits & Turnover MCP Connector for Claude

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Deep-dive into the 'Great Resignation' and labor tightness with the US Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). Track hires, fires, and voluntary quits.

2 tools Official Updated Jun 28, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner

Understand labor supply and demand dynamics utilizing the exact JOLTS (Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey) API.

Core Metrics Included

  • Quits Level (The 'Great Resignation' index)
  • Hires Level
  • Layoffs & Discharges
  • Job Openings

Who is this for?

  • Macro-Traders scanning for labor market cracks before the stock market opens.
  • Economists measuring the 'quits' rate to forecast wages.
labor-marketeconomic-indicatorsjob-openingsturnover-ratesmacro-economicspublic-api

2 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

get_jolts_data

Critical for determining the Great Resignation impacts. Get Job Openings (JOLTS) national metrics

query_bls

Use this instead of specific endpoints if you intimately know the underlying numerical code. Up to 50 concurrent lookbacks allowed. Generic BLS v2 api timeseries query. Requires explicit BLS Series IDs

See how to talk to your AI agent using BLS JOLTS — Job Openings, Quits & Turnover.

What is the latest reading on total job openings?

JOLTS shows 8.79 million open jobs natively available across the U.S., trending downward from the post-pandemic high of 12.1 million.

Compare Quits vs Layoffs over the last quarter.

Quits maintained a rate of 2.2% (approx 3.4M workers) while overall Layoffs stood at incredibly low historic bounds of 1.0% (1.5M workers), signaling strong worker conviction.

Summarize the turnover for Information / Tech sectors.

The Tech/Information sector observed an uptick in layoffs combined with a dramatic slowdown in hires, showing net-zero payroll generation in the short-term.

Register for a free BLS API Key. Then interact. JOLTS Series IDs are uniquely robust and our tool solves the 17-digit format internally.

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