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US job market, October 2026
October so far, from US employers' own careers pages. We read every board once a day, and this page updates each night once that reading passes our completeness check.
Last update
Monday night, October 5, 2026
Next update
After the next night's reading
Freezes
November 1, 2026
Citing a figure? This page changes every night, so give the date shown beside it. For the monthly research, cite the Zeltru Report: its numbered editions keep their figures fixed, and Edition No. 2 covers September 2026.
Contents
01
Today
Since yesterday
Sunday to Monday reading · rebuilt
−17,865
US postings listed, net
- appeared
- 3,459
- stopped being listed
- 21,324
Weekends are quiet. Employers dated 769 US postings on Sunday, against 12,518 on Friday.
Number of the day
Monday · night of Oct 5 · rebuilt
8.3%
of the 782,886 US postings listed carry a date from the past 7 days: 64,635 postings.
A different figure each day of the week. Tomorrow: how many employers have a US posting listed.
This week so far
Last week in full · Sep 28 to Oct 4
68,935
US postings dated last week, 4.2% fewer than the 71,993 the week before.
From tomorrow this counts the new week day by day, against the same days of last week.
02
October so far
The month's running figures, each dated. Counts are compared with September 30, the last night of September, at the employers we read on both nights. The 90-day figure is compared with the monthly edition.
- US postings listed
- Night of Oct 5 · rebuilt
- 782,886
- −5.5% since September 30, at the 17,188 employers we read on both nights. September 30 is rebuilt from our posting history.
- Postings dated in October's first 4 days
- Oct 1 to Oct 4 · by the employer's date
- 28,094
- Monday's postings join with the next update.
- Employers with a US posting listed
- Night of Oct 5 · rebuilt
- 10,672
- −23 since September 30, among the employers we read on both nights. September 30 is rebuilt from our posting history.
- Listed 90 days or longer, the careful figure
- Night of Oct 5 · rebuilt · 1,012 employers
- 15.1%
- The Zeltru Report's 1,032 fixed employers, with their postings in every country, not only the US. Postings uploaded in bulk under one date are not counted as long listed. 18.2% counting every one.
- vs Edition No. 2, the same employers and every country, on the night of September 26: +1.5 pts, against 13.6%, or 16.6% counting every one.
Employers had 782,886 US postings listed on the night of October 5. At the employers we read on both nights, that is 5.5% fewer than on September 30. September 30 is rebuilt from our posting history. Employers dated 28,094 US postings in October's first 4 days.
On the night of October 5, 2026, at the 1,012 employers the Zeltru Report holds fixed, 15.1% of dated postings had been listed 90 days or longer, not counting postings uploaded in bulk under one date, and 18.2% counting every one. These figures cover postings in every country.
03
Day by day
US postings by the date each employer gave them. The month fills in one night at a time.
September's days cover the same employers. Postings that came down before we began reading an employer in late September are missing from them, so September reads slightly low.
Show the daily figures
| Day | Postings |
|---|---|
| Thursday, October 1 | 14,140 |
| Friday, October 2 | 12,518 |
| Saturday, October 3 | 667 |
| Sunday, October 4 | 769 |
04
This week
Written every Monday night from the week's figures, in the same fixed sentences each time.
Week of Sep 28 to Oct 4 · written Monday, Oct 5 · rebuilt from our posting history
Employers dated 68,935 US postings in the week of September 28 to October 4, 4.2% fewer than the 71,993 the week before.
The busiest day was Monday, September 28, with 14,385.
Weekdays ran from 12,518 to 14,385, and the weekend had 1,436.
Across the week's nightly readings, 132,553 US postings appeared and 130,306 stopped being listed. Another 14,140 arrived with employers we began reading that week.
Postings dated each day, with the week before marked
- Mon, Sep 2814,385, the week before 15,390
- Tue, Sep 2913,360, the week before 13,105
- Wed, Sep 3013,096, the week before 14,870
- Thu, Oct 114,140, the week before 13,556
- Fri, Oct 212,518, the week before 11,566
- Sat, Oct 3667, the week before 846
- Sun, Oct 4769, the week before 2,660
The same weekday of the week before, Sep 21 to Sep 27.
05
Most US postings listed
The employers with the most US postings on their own careers sites. A count of listings, not of hires or openings.
- Dominos Pizza25,915
- CVS Health19,416
- O'Reilly Automotive18,798
- Dollar Tree15,197
- Lowe's12,633
- AutoZone11,465
- Allied Universal9,713
- Macy's5,615
- Svetness Personal Training4,987
- ProSidian Consulting, LLC3,921
Show all 20Show the top 10
- Northrop Grumman3,660
- Prime Healthcare3,457
- DaVita3,408
- Enterprise Holdings3,030
- Red Lobster2,883
- Tenet Healthcare Corporation2,820
- Panera Bread2,804
- SpaceX2,635
- Bass Pro Shops2,576
- BrightSpring Health Services2,504
Each name links to that employer's page. A count of listings, not of hires or openings.
06
What these figures can't tell you
- A posting is not a vacancy or a hire. These count what employers list on their own careers sites.
- Coverage is the employers Zeltru tracks, not the whole US labor market. We began reading far more employers in late September 2026, so a month's counts are compared with the month before only at the employers we read on both nights.
- A posting's age says how long it has been listed, not why it is still up.
- Job quality is not measured. These figures count listings and how long they have been up. They say nothing about pay, hours, benefits or job security.
- This is not the Bureau of Labor Statistics' JOLTS estimate of job openings, which surveys employers across the whole economy.
07
Questions
What was the US job market like in October 2026?
On the night of October 5, 2026, as rebuilt afterwards from our posting history, Zeltru counted 782,886 US job postings listed on employers' own careers pages. Of those, 64,635 carried an employer posting date from the past 7 days. On the night of October 5, 2026, as rebuilt afterwards from our posting history, at the 1,012 employers the Zeltru Report holds fixed, 15.1% of dated postings had been listed 90 days or longer, not counting postings uploaded in bulk under one date, and 18.2% counting every one. These figures cover postings in every country.
How many US job postings did Zeltru count in October 2026?
On the night of October 5, 2026, as rebuilt afterwards from our posting history, Zeltru counted 782,886 US job postings listed on employers' own careers pages. On the same night, 10,672 employers had at least one US posting listed.
Which companies had the most US job postings in October 2026?
On the night of October 5, 2026, as rebuilt afterwards from our posting history, the employers with the most US postings listed on their own careers sites were Dominos Pizza (25,915), CVS Health (19,416) and O'Reilly Automotive (18,798). These are counts of listed postings, not of hires.
How long had job postings been listed in October 2026?
On the night of October 5, 2026, as rebuilt afterwards from our posting history, at the 1,012 employers the Zeltru Report holds fixed, 15.1% of dated postings had been listed 90 days or longer, not counting postings uploaded in bulk under one date, and 18.2% counting every one. These figures cover postings in every country.
Does this show whether these are quality jobs?
No. Zeltru's figures show how many jobs employers list on their own careers sites, which employers list the most, and how long each listing has been up. They say nothing about pay, hours, benefits, job security or working conditions, which are what make a job good or bad. A listing's age describes the listing, not the job: a posting listed for months is not a worse job for that, and a new one is not a better one.
Is this the same as the government's job openings figure?
No. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' JOLTS survey estimates job openings across all US employers. Zeltru counts the postings listed on the careers sites of the employers it tracks. The two measure different things and are not interchangeable.
08
Other months
- Frozen October 1, 2026September 2026826,287 US postings listed on the last night, at 10,773 employers.Read September
- From November 1, 2026October 2026, frozenOctober keeps its own page, fixed at October's last reading. This page moves on to November.
How we measure
What we read
US postings on employers' own careers pages, every day.
When it updates
Each night, once that day's reading passes our completeness check. A failed night keeps the night before's figures.
What we don't claim
Whether a job is still open, or whether anyone was hired.