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Job openings in the US information industry were 96,000 in July, down from 157,000 a year earlier

Openings across the US economy were little changed at 7.3 million. In the information industry, the openings rate fell from 5.2% to 3.3% in a year.

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Correction

  • : Revised by the BLS since publication, not an error: its August release of 29 September puts July's information-industry job openings at 78,000 (a rate of 2.8%), not the preliminary 96,000 (3.3%), and July's hires at 62,000, not 68,000. The August figures are in our story of 29 September.

96,000

open jobs in the US information industry in July, against 157,000 a year earlier

Grade 1 · Primary

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics

What changed
US information-industry employers had 96,000 open jobs at the end of July, according to the BLS, against 157,000 in July 2025.
Who it counts
Positions open on the last business day of July at US employers in publishing, broadcasting, telecoms, and data processing and hosting.
What it does not tell you
Which jobs were open, or how many people applied. July's figures are preliminary, and software jobs outside this industry are not in them.

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US employers in the information industry had 96,000 job openings at the end of July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on 1 September. A year earlier there were 157,000 [1].

That is about 39% fewer, by our count from the release's table. In June 2026 there were 89,000 [1].

The industry's openings rate, open jobs as a share of jobs plus openings, fell from 5.2% in July 2025 to 3.3% [1].

Across the whole economy, openings were little changed at 7.3 million [1].

What it measures

Positions open on the last business day of the month, which the employer is actively recruiting for from outside [1].

The information industry covers publishing, including software publishers, film and sound, broadcasting, telecoms, data processing and hosting, and web search [1].

Hires in the industry were 68,000 in July, against 70,000 a year earlier [1].

What it does not tell you

Which roles were open. The survey counts openings by industry, not by job.

How final it is. July's figures are preliminary and will be revised [1].

Fit: many software and IT jobs are in other industries, such as computer systems design, which BLS counts in professional and business services [1].

Sources and their grades

  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover, July 2026. Read 29 September 2026. Grade 1 · Primary Released 1 September 2026 (USDL-26-1432). Table A, seasonally adjusted. July 2026 figures are preliminary.

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