Month ended · final figures
US job market, October 2026
Job postings on employers' own careers pages
October's figures from US employers' own careers pages, as the month's last passed night left them.
Zeltru counted 998,143 US job postings listed on employers' own careers pages on the night of October 31, 2026.
Final reading
Saturday night, October 31, 2026
Fixed record
Being written
Citing a figure? This month has ended, so these figures no longer change. Give the night shown beside each one. For the monthly research, cite the Zeltru Report: its numbered editions keep their figures fixed, and Edition No. 2 covers September 2026.
Contents
01
October, final figures
The month's last figures, each dated. Counts are compared with September 30, the last night of September, at the employers we read the same way on both nights.
- US postings listed
- Night of Oct 31
- 998,143
- +2.1% since September 30: 700,664, from 686,304, at the 15,495 employers we read the same way on both nights. September 30 is rebuilt from our posting history. On October 8, a change to how we read job locations added 23,651 postings that were already listed to the US count. The comparisons leave out the employers whose counts it changed, on both nights. On October 12, starting to read a large group of employers' careers sites added 82,268 postings that were already listed to the US count. The comparisons at employers we read the same way on both nights leave them out. On October 12, a change to how we read job locations added 30,619 postings that were already listed to the US count. The comparisons leave out the employers whose counts it changed, on both nights. On October 15, we stopped counting employers whose careers sites we had not been able to read for a week or more. That took 5,694 postings out of the US count: our coverage changed, not the job market. The comparisons at employers we read the same way on both nights leave them out. On October 21, starting to read a large group of employers' careers sites added 17,465 postings that were already listed to the US count. The comparisons at employers we read the same way on both nights leave them out. On October 25, starting to read a large group of employers' careers sites added 14,128 postings that were already listed to the US count. The comparisons at employers we read the same way on both nights leave them out. On October 26, a change to how we read employers' careers sites added 215 postings that were already listed to the US count, so comparisons across that night are not like for like.
- Employers with a US posting listed
- Night of Oct 31
- 17,380
- +215 since September 30: 10,078, from 9,863, among the 15,495 employers we read the same way on both nights. September 30 is rebuilt from our posting history. On October 8, a change to how we read job locations added 23,651 postings that were already listed to the US count. The comparisons leave out the employers whose counts it changed, on both nights. On October 12, starting to read a large group of employers' careers sites added 82,268 postings that were already listed to the US count. The comparisons at employers we read the same way on both nights leave them out. On October 12, a change to how we read job locations added 30,619 postings that were already listed to the US count. The comparisons leave out the employers whose counts it changed, on both nights. On October 15, we stopped counting employers whose careers sites we had not been able to read for a week or more. That took 5,694 postings out of the US count: our coverage changed, not the job market. The comparisons at employers we read the same way on both nights leave them out. On October 21, starting to read a large group of employers' careers sites added 17,465 postings that were already listed to the US count. The comparisons at employers we read the same way on both nights leave them out. On October 25, starting to read a large group of employers' careers sites added 14,128 postings that were already listed to the US count. The comparisons at employers we read the same way on both nights leave them out. On October 26, a change to how we read employers' careers sites added 215 postings that were already listed to the US count, so comparisons across that night are not like for like.
- US postings listed 90 days or longer (careful figure)
- Night of Oct 31 · US postings at 917 of the 1,032 employers
- 15.2%
- US postings only, at the Zeltru Report's fixed panel of 1,032 employers. Bulk-dated postings, 50 or more at one employer sharing one posting date across all its postings, are not counted as long listed. Postings with no recorded country are left out. 18.5% counting every one.
- The Zeltru Report's Edition No. 2 measured postings in every country, so this US figure is not compared with it.
Employers had 998,143 US postings listed on the night of October 31. At the employers we read the same way on both nights, that is 2.1% more than on September 30: 700,664, from 686,304. September 30 is rebuilt from our posting history. On October 8, a change to how we read job locations added 23,651 postings that were already listed to the US count. The comparisons leave out the employers whose counts it changed, on both nights. On October 12, starting to read a large group of employers' careers sites added 82,268 postings that were already listed to the US count. The comparisons at employers we read the same way on both nights leave them out. On October 12, a change to how we read job locations added 30,619 postings that were already listed to the US count. The comparisons leave out the employers whose counts it changed, on both nights. On October 15, we stopped counting employers whose careers sites we had not been able to read for a week or more. That took 5,694 postings out of the US count: our coverage changed, not the job market. The comparisons at employers we read the same way on both nights leave them out. On October 21, starting to read a large group of employers' careers sites added 17,465 postings that were already listed to the US count. The comparisons at employers we read the same way on both nights leave them out. On October 25, starting to read a large group of employers' careers sites added 14,128 postings that were already listed to the US count. The comparisons at employers we read the same way on both nights leave them out. On October 26, a change to how we read employers' careers sites added 215 postings that were already listed to the US count, so comparisons across that night are not like for like.
15.2% of dated US postings at 917 of the 1,032 employers the Zeltru Report holds fixed had been listed 90 days or longer on the night of October 31, 2026, not counting bulk-dated postings, and 18.5% counting every one.
We read 15,495 employers the same way on both nights. 10,078 of them had a US posting listed on October 31, and 9,863 on September 30. The others had no US posting in these counts that night. In all, 17,380 employers had a US posting listed on October 31, counting employers we did not read the same way on both nights. September 30 is rebuilt from our posting history. On October 8, a change to how we read job locations added 23,651 postings that were already listed to the US count. The comparisons leave out the employers whose counts it changed, on both nights. On October 12, starting to read a large group of employers' careers sites added 82,268 postings that were already listed to the US count. The comparisons at employers we read the same way on both nights leave them out. On October 12, a change to how we read job locations added 30,619 postings that were already listed to the US count. The comparisons leave out the employers whose counts it changed, on both nights. On October 15, we stopped counting employers whose careers sites we had not been able to read for a week or more. That took 5,694 postings out of the US count: our coverage changed, not the job market. The comparisons at employers we read the same way on both nights leave them out. On October 21, starting to read a large group of employers' careers sites added 17,465 postings that were already listed to the US count. The comparisons at employers we read the same way on both nights leave them out. On October 25, starting to read a large group of employers' careers sites added 14,128 postings that were already listed to the US count. The comparisons at employers we read the same way on both nights leave them out. On October 26, a change to how we read employers' careers sites added 215 postings that were already listed to the US count, so comparisons across that night are not like for like.
September's page used a different 90-day measure: the median US employer's share listed 90 days or longer, 15.2%. That figure and the one above are not comparable.
02
Week of October 19 to October 25
Written every Monday night from the week's figures, in the same fixed sentences each time.
Week of Oct 19 to Oct 25 · written Monday, Oct 26
Employers dated 60,573 US postings in the week of October 19 to October 25, 0.4% more than the 60,333 the week before.
Counting weekdays only, it was 0.2% more than the week before: 59,139, from 59,043. The weekends had 1,434, and 1,290 the weekend before.
The busiest day was Monday, October 19, with 12,834.
Weekdays ran from 11,088 to 12,834, and the weekend had 1,434.
Across the week's nightly readings, 146,713 US postings appeared and 146,887 stopped being listed. Another 398 arrived with employers we began reading that week.
Was last week busier than the week before?
Weekday postings were 0.2% more than the week before, and the weekend had 1,434, from 1,290
- Mon Oct 1912,834+6.7%
- Tue Oct 2012,217−3.6%
- Wed Oct 2111,730+0.5%
- Thu Oct 2211,270−1.3%
- Fri Oct 2311,088−1.4%
- Sat Oct 24763+17.4%
- Sun Oct 25671+4.8%
Weekdays
59,139
vs 59,043 · +0.2%
Weekend
1,434
vs 1,290 · +11.2%
Whole week
60,573
vs 60,333 · +0.4%
US postings by the employer's posting date, each day of Oct 19 to Oct 25 against the same weekday a week earlier. Postings at employers we began reading after the month's start are left out. Posting dates are not yet stored for most employers we began reading on or after September 24, 2026, so these counts come mostly from employers we read before then.
Source: Zeltru's nightly reading of employers' own careers pages, written on the night of October 26, 2026.
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| Day | Week of Oct 19 | Week of Oct 12 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon Oct 19 | 12,834 | 12,027 | +6.7% |
| Tue Oct 20 | 12,217 | 12,674 | −3.6% |
| Wed Oct 21 | 11,730 | 11,670 | +0.5% |
| Thu Oct 22 | 11,270 | 11,422 | −1.3% |
| Fri Oct 23 | 11,088 | 11,250 | −1.4% |
| Sat Oct 24 | 763 | 650 | +17.4% |
| Sun Oct 25 | 671 | 640 | +4.8% |
| Weekdays | 59,139 | 59,043 | +0.2% |
| Weekend | 1,434 | 1,290 | +11.2% |
| Whole week | 60,573 | 60,333 | +0.4% |
03
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.
- Domino's31,59323,710 titles
- CVS Health21,1132,613 titles
- O'Reilly Automotive19,558280 titles
- Lowe's12,880526 titles
- AutoZone11,856127 titles
- Allied Universal11,0607,284 titles
- Dollar Tree10,560412 titles
- Albertsons Companies9,534735 titles
- Macy's6,1465,415 titles
- Svetness Personal Training5,02731 titles
Show all 20Show the top 10
- Whataburger4,1064,103 titles
- Northrop Grumman3,9523,220 titles
- ProSidian Consulting, LLC3,9103,674 titles
- KnitWell Group3,8261,868 titles
- DaVita3,714549 titles
- Prime Healthcare3,6661,622 titles
- BrightSpring Health Services3,5181,056 titles
- maurices3,30244 titles
- Tenet Healthcare Corporation3,1591,416 titles
- Enterprise Holdings3,0862,125 titles
Each name links to that employer's page. A count of listings, not of hires or openings. Titles counts the different job titles among those postings: one role listed in many places is many postings and one title.
How much of the count do the largest employers hold?
The top 20 employers list 17.6% of US postings
- The top 10 employers139,32714.0%
- Ranks 11 to 2036,2393.6%
- The other 17,360 employers822,57782.4%
998,143 US postings listed at 17,380 employers, night of October 31, 2026.
Source: Zeltru's nightly reading of employers' own careers pages, night of October 31, 2026.
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| Employers | US postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| The top 10 employers | 139,327 | 14.0% |
| Ranks 11 to 20 | 36,239 | 3.6% |
| The other 17,360 employers | 822,577 | 82.4% |
04
How long postings have been listed
Dated US postings by how long they have been listed, counted from the employer's own posting date.
How long have postings been listed?
19.1% of dated US postings have been listed 90 days or longer
- Under 30 days45.9%192,665
- 30-89 days35.0%146,651
- 90 days or longer19.1%80,039
By age
419,355 dated postings with a US location, at every employer on Zeltru's job board, night of October 31, 2026, counted from the employer's posting date. Postings with no recorded country are left out. Bulk-dated postings are counted here. The 90-day figure with the month's figures counts US postings at the Zeltru Report's fixed employers and sets bulk-dated postings aside, so it differs from this one. Posting dates are not yet stored for most employers we began reading on or after September 24, 2026, so these dated postings come mostly from employers we read before then. September is not shown beside them: its saved figures can't be cut to US postings.
Source: Zeltru's nightly reading of employers' own careers pages, night of October 31, 2026.
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| Listed for | Dated US postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 0-6 days | 60,157 | 14.3% |
| 7-29 days | 132,508 | 31.6% |
| 30-59 days | 92,416 | 22.0% |
| 60-89 days | 54,235 | 12.9% |
| 90-179 days | 52,098 | 12.4% |
| 180-364 days | 23,390 | 5.6% |
| 365 days or longer | 4,551 | 1.1% |
| Under 30 days, in all | 192,665 | 45.9% |
| 30-89 days, in all | 146,651 | 35.0% |
| 90 days or longer, in all | 80,039 | 19.1% |
05
Terms on this page
- Rebuilt
- A figure for a past night that we worked out afterwards from our record of every posting's changes, because that night was not recorded as it happened. Rebuilt figures are marked rebuilt wherever they appear.
- Careful figure
- The share of dated postings listed 90 days or longer, with bulk-dated postings not counted as long listed. It is shown first, and the share counting every posting is shown beside it.
- Bulk-dated
- A posting that shares one identical posted date with 49 or more other postings from the same employer. A date shared that widely may record an upload, not the day each job was first advertised.
- Completeness check
- A test of each night's reading of the boards we track. A night that passes is published. A night that fails is held: the previous night's figures stay up, and the page says which night was held.
- Fixed panel
- The 1,032 employers the Zeltru Report holds fixed from one month to the next, so a change in a panel figure is a change at the same employers, never a change in which employers we read. On any night, the panel employers with dated postings are the ones counted, and each figure says how many of the 1,032 that is.
The same definitions are on our methodology page.
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?
Zeltru counted 998,143 US job postings listed on employers' own careers pages on the night of October 31, 2026. 60,806 of them carried an employer posting date from the past 7 days. These are new postings, not hires. 15.2% of dated US postings at 917 of the 1,032 employers the Zeltru Report holds fixed had been listed 90 days or longer on the night of October 31, 2026, not counting bulk-dated postings, and 18.5% counting every one.
How many job postings were there in the US in October 2026?
Zeltru counted 998,143 US job postings listed on employers' own careers pages on the night of October 31, 2026. 17,380 employers had at least one US posting listed that night.
How many new US job postings did employers add in October 2026?
Zeltru counted 998,143 US job postings listed on employers' own careers pages on the night of October 31, 2026. 60,806 of them carried an employer posting date from the past 7 days. These are new postings, not hires.
Which companies had the most US job postings in October 2026?
Domino's (31,593), CVS Health (21,113) and O'Reilly Automotive (19,558) had the most US postings listed on their own careers sites on the night of October 31, 2026. These are counts of listed postings, not of hires.
How long had US job postings been up in October 2026?
15.2% of dated US postings at 917 of the 1,032 employers the Zeltru Report holds fixed had been listed 90 days or longer on the night of October 31, 2026, not counting bulk-dated postings, and 18.5% counting every one.
Can job postings show whether the jobs posted in October 2026 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.
Are job postings the same as US job openings in October 2026?
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.
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Other months
- Live · updated dailyNovember 2026Read November
- Frozen October 1, 2026September 2026826,287 US postings listed on the last night, at 10,773 employers. The employer count includes employers listing only evergreen or continuous-hiring US postings, so it is not comparable with the nightly employer counts.Read September
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. Rebuilt nights are published and labelled “rebuilt”. A night that can’t be rebuilt keeps the last good figures and says so. The count is usually lowest on Sunday and Monday nights, because few new postings appear over weekends while postings that came down late in the week are still leaving the count. It recovers by midweek.
What we don't claim
Whether a job is still open, or whether anyone was hired.