Current Employment Statistics (CES5500000001) · Financial activities, seasonally adjusted
How many jobs are there in financial activities?
The number of jobs in financial activities was 9,082 thousand in the month ended , down 1.2% from a year earlier (preliminary).
Jobs in financial activities, in thousands, seasonally adjusted, each month
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Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .
Jobs in financial activities, in thousands, change from a year earlier, each month (ours)
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Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .
Each point is one month of the series as the source publishes it, or a change worked out from those values (ours). The US recessions are shaded. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the value.
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The newest month beside the one before it and the nearest ones a year, five and ten years earlier. The last ten years are in the table under "The numbers behind the chart".
| Measure | Latest | The month before | A year earlier | Five years earlier | Ten years earlier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | |||||
| Jobs in financial activities, in thousands | 9,082 thousand | 9,089 thousand | 9,189 thousand | 8,851 thousand | 8,327 thousand |
| Change over a year | −1.2% | −1.0% | +0.3% | +2.0% | +2.1% |
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Observed .
Right now
The number of jobs in financial activities was 9,082 thousand in September 2026, the lowest since July 2022.
Over a year it is down 1.2% (ours). The source marks this value preliminary.
ChangeOurs
| Period | Then | Change |
|---|---|---|
| One month | 9,089 thousand in | −0.1% |
| Three months | 9,108 thousand in | −0.3% |
| Twelve months | 9,189 thousand in | −1.2% |
| Five years | 8,851 thousand in | +2.6% |
| Ten years | 8,327 thousand in | +9.1% |
In historyOurs
The number of jobs in financial activities of 9,082 thousand in was higher than in 1,003 of the 1,052 other months since , the same in 0 and lower in 49.
Highest since : 9,211 thousand in . Lowest since : 1,370 thousand in .
AverageOurs
Average since : 5,226.0 thousand (ours, a plain mean of the 1,053 months).
ComparedOurs
Over a year the number of jobs in financial activities is down 1.2%, which ranks 31 of the 35 rows of the table, where 1 is the largest change.
The table sets the number of jobs in financial activities beside the industries on the jobs by industry page, by the change over a year in each one's newest month.
Openings and turnoverJob Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
In August 2026 the survey counted, for financial activities, 403 thousand job openings, 164 thousand hires, 87 thousand quits and 59 thousand layoffs and discharges.
Over a year the counts are job openings up 20.7%, hires down 15.9%, quits down 28.7% and layoffs and discharges down 7.8% (ours).
Job openings, hires, quits and layoffs in financial activities
- Job openings403237 to 659
- Hires164146 to 286
- Quits8762 to 191
- Layoffs and discharges5924 to 240
Each row is one measure of the second survey for financial activities, in thousands over the last ten years, one month to a point, on one scale, with its newest value and its range printed beside it. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the value.
Observed .
Understanding the number of jobs in financial activities
Where it stands today
The number of jobs in financial activities was 9,082 thousand in September 2026.
What does the number of jobs in financial activities measure?
Financial activities covers finance and insurance (banks, securities firms and insurance companies) and real estate and rental and leasing.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) counts these jobs each month in a survey of employers, the Current Employment Statistics, and publishes them in the Employment Situation report at the start of the next month. The count is all employees on payrolls, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
What 500metrics adds: the change over one month, three months, a year and five years, the highest and lowest value since the series begins, how the change over a year ranks among the lines of the jobs by industry page. For this industry it also shows the job openings, hires, quits and layoffs from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), a second BLS survey, beside the count of jobs.
The numbers behind the chart
What was the number of jobs in financial activities in each month?The last ten years, 120 months, newest first; the chart and the file have every month since Jan 1939
| Month | Value | Change over a year |
|---|---|---|
| 9,082 thousand | −1.2% | |
| 9,089 thousand | −1.0% | |
| 9,098 thousand | −1.2% | |
| 9,108 thousand | −1.0% | |
| 9,106 thousand | −1.1% | |
| 9,126 thousand | −0.9% | |
| 9,132 thousand | −0.7% | |
| 9,149 thousand | −0.5% | |
| 9,147 thousand | −0.4% | |
| 9,186 thousand | +0.1% | |
| 9,185 thousand | +0.1% | |
| 9,184 thousand | +0.2% | |
| 9,189 thousand | +0.3% | |
| 9,185 thousand | +0.3% | |
| 9,204 thousand | +0.5% | |
| 9,204 thousand | +0.5% | |
| 9,211 thousand | +0.7% | |
| 9,205 thousand | +0.7% | |
| 9,201 thousand | +0.6% | |
| 9,199 thousand | +0.5% | |
| 9,187 thousand | +0.2% | |
| 9,179 thousand | 0.0% | |
| 9,173 thousand | 0.0% | |
| 9,164 thousand | −0.2% |
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| Month | Value | Change over a year |
|---|---|---|
| 9,162 thousand | −0.3% | |
| 9,162 thousand | −0.3% | |
| 9,154 thousand | −0.4% | |
| 9,159 thousand | −0.3% | |
| 9,147 thousand | −0.3% | |
| 9,144 thousand | −0.4% | |
| 9,149 thousand | 0.0% | |
| 9,151 thousand | 0.0% | |
| 9,165 thousand | +0.2% | |
| 9,176 thousand | +0.3% | |
| 9,172 thousand | +0.4% | |
| 9,179 thousand | +0.6% | |
| 9,186 thousand | +1.0% | |
| 9,193 thousand | +1.1% | |
| 9,193 thousand | +1.3% | |
| 9,182 thousand | +1.4% | |
| 9,175 thousand | +1.4% | |
| 9,180 thousand | +1.6% | |
| 9,150 thousand | +1.6% | |
| 9,152 thousand | +2.0% | |
| 9,144 thousand | +2.4% | |
| 9,146 thousand | +2.3% | |
| 9,136 thousand | +2.5% | |
| 9,122 thousand | +2.7% | |
| 9,097 thousand | +2.8% | |
| 9,092 thousand | +3.0% | |
| 9,073 thousand | +3.0% | |
| 9,059 thousand | +3.3% | |
| 9,049 thousand | +3.3% | |
| 9,037 thousand | +3.3% | |
| 9,002 thousand | +3.0% | |
| 8,976 thousand | +3.0% | |
| 8,934 thousand | +2.4% | |
| 8,938 thousand | +2.5% | |
| 8,911 thousand | +2.4% | |
| 8,879 thousand | +2.2% | |
| 8,851 thousand | +2.0% | |
| 8,826 thousand | +2.0% | |
| 8,808 thousand | +2.1% | |
| 8,773 thousand | +1.8% | |
| 8,761 thousand | +1.8% | |
| 8,750 thousand | +1.8% | |
| 8,736 thousand | −1.3% | |
| 8,718 thousand | −1.7% | |
| 8,722 thousand | −1.3% | |
| 8,718 thousand | −1.2% | |
| 8,706 thousand | −1.2% | |
| 8,691 thousand | −1.2% | |
| 8,674 thousand | −1.3% | |
| 8,649 thousand | −1.5% | |
| 8,623 thousand | −1.7% | |
| 8,622 thousand | −1.4% | |
| 8,607 thousand | −1.4% | |
| 8,592 thousand | −1.5% | |
| 8,855 thousand | +1.7% | |
| 8,872 thousand | +2.2% | |
| 8,833 thousand | +1.9% | |
| 8,822 thousand | +1.9% | |
| 8,813 thousand | +1.9% | |
| 8,801 thousand | +1.8% | |
| 8,785 thousand | +1.8% | |
| 8,785 thousand | +2.0% | |
| 8,771 thousand | +2.0% | |
| 8,748 thousand | +1.8% | |
| 8,733 thousand | +1.9% | |
| 8,721 thousand | +2.1% | |
| 8,705 thousand | +2.0% | |
| 8,685 thousand | +1.9% | |
| 8,672 thousand | +2.0% | |
| 8,661 thousand | +1.9% | |
| 8,651 thousand | +1.9% | |
| 8,644 thousand | +1.9% | |
| 8,629 thousand | +1.8% | |
| 8,610 thousand | +1.6% | |
| 8,600 thousand | +1.6% | |
| 8,591 thousand | +1.6% | |
| 8,574 thousand | +1.6% | |
| 8,544 thousand | +1.4% | |
| 8,538 thousand | +1.5% | |
| 8,527 thousand | +1.5% | |
| 8,503 thousand | +1.3% | |
| 8,496 thousand | +1.5% | |
| 8,489 thousand | +1.7% | |
| 8,481 thousand | +1.8% | |
| 8,480 thousand | +1.8% | |
| 8,476 thousand | +1.9% | |
| 8,465 thousand | +1.9% | |
| 8,452 thousand | +2.1% | |
| 8,436 thousand | +2.1% | |
| 8,425 thousand | +2.1% | |
| 8,408 thousand | +2.2% | |
| 8,398 thousand | +2.3% | |
| 8,397 thousand | +2.3% | |
| 8,370 thousand | +2.2% | |
| 8,344 thousand | +2.0% | |
| 8,332 thousand | +2.0% |
How does it compare with the industries on the jobs by industry page?Ranked by the change over a year
| Series | Month | Value | Change over a year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 23,959 thousand | +2.2% | 1 | |
| Private education and health | 28,005 thousand | +1.9% | 2 | |
| Utilities | 612 thousand | +1.7% | 3 | |
| Construction | 8,364 thousand | +1.3% | 4 | |
| Durable goods | 7,898 thousand | +1.1% | 5 | |
| Professional, scientific, technical | 10,844 thousand | +0.8% | 6 | |
| Accommodation and food services | 14,310 thousand | +0.7% | 7 | |
| Goods-producing | 21,623 thousand | +0.7% | 7 | |
| Other services | 6,039 thousand | +0.6% | 9 | |
| Professional and business services | 22,482 thousand | +0.6% | 9 | |
| Administrative, support, waste | 9,019 thousand | +0.5% | 11 | |
| Private service-providing | 114,094 thousand | +0.5% | 11 | |
| Total private | 135,717 thousand | +0.5% | 11 | |
| Leisure and hospitality | 16,969 thousand | +0.4% | 14 | |
| Wholesale trade | 6,078 thousand | +0.4% | 14 | |
| Local government | 15,173 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Manufacturing | 12,652 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Mining and logging | 607 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Service-providing | 137,421 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Total nonfarm | 159,044 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Retail trade | 15,480 thousand | +0.2% | 21 | |
| Trade, transportation, utilities | 28,778 thousand | +0.2% | 21 | |
| Mining, oil and gas extraction | 567 thousand | +0.1% | 23 | |
| Private education | 4,046 thousand | −0.1% | 24 | |
| Transportation and warehousing | 6,609 thousand | −0.1% | 24 | |
| Management of companies | 2,620 thousand | −0.3% | 26 | |
| State government | 5,472 thousand | −0.5% | 27 | |
| Real estate, rental, leasing | 2,438 thousand | −0.6% | 28 | |
| Government | 23,327 thousand | −0.9% | 29 | |
| Nondurable goods | 4,754 thousand | −0.9% | 29 | |
| Financial activities (this page) | 9,082 thousand | −1.2% | 31 | |
| Finance and insurance | 6,645 thousand | −1.4% | 32 | |
| Arts, entertainment, recreation | 2,659 thousand | −1.6% | 33 | |
| Information | 2,739 thousand | −4.2% | 34 | |
| Federal government | 2,682 thousand | −8.0% | 35 |
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How many job openings, hires, quits and layoffs were there in financial activities?Newest month of each measure
| Measure | Month | Count | Rate | Change over a year | Where the count stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job openings (preliminary) | 403 thousand | 4.2% | +20.7% | the highest since April 2026 | |
| Hires (preliminary) | 164 thousand | 1.8% | −15.9% | the lowest since January 2026 | |
| Quits (preliminary) | 87 thousand | 1.0% | −28.7% | the lowest since April 2020 | |
| Layoffs and discharges (preliminary) | 59 thousand | 0.6% | −7.8% | the highest since August 2025 |
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What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite
What this number cannot tell you
- BLS counts jobs, not people: a person with two jobs on two payrolls is counted twice. Farm jobs, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers and members of the military are not counted.
- The count comes from a survey of employers, so each month's value carries sampling error. BLS revises each month twice in the two months after it is first published, and each February it benchmarks the series to a full count of jobs from unemployment insurance tax records and revises earlier values, so past values on this page can change.
- BLS publishes this series from 1939.
- The job openings, hires, quits and layoffs come from JOLTS, a separate survey of employers that BLS holds from December 2000 and publishes about a month after the payroll counts, so its newest month can be an earlier month than the count of jobs.
- The changes, the ranks and the highest and lowest values are ours, worked out from the values BLS publishes; a change is in percent.
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How to cite this
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, Financial activities, seasonally adjusted, through September 2026, with U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, through August 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "How many jobs are there in financial activities?", https://500metrics.com/jobs-by-industry/financial-activities.
Can the data be downloaded?jobs-by-industry-financial-activities.csv
Download the full history as CSV: 1,053 rows, to , 18,041 bytes.
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