{
    "statement": "job openings in US construction at the end of August 2026 (preliminary), a 2.9% openings rate",
    "value_display": "251,000",
    "value_numeric": 251000,
    "unit": "count",
    "data_label": "Aug 2026",
    "data_period_end": "2026-08-31",
    "region": "USA",
    "size": "all",
    "source": {
        "name": "Occupational Outlook Handbook",
        "publisher": "US Bureau of Labor Statistics",
        "type": "official",
        "url": "https://www.bls.gov/"
    },
    "source_url": "https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/JTS230000000000000JOL",
    "source_quote": "Job openings, Construction, Total US, seasonally adjusted, level in thousands. Aug 2026: 251(P)",
    "verification_note": "Read on data.bls.gov series JTS230000000000000JOL; rate from JTS230000000000000JOR (2.9). Monthly JOLTS figures swing a lot (Aug 2025: 213,000; Aug 2024: 342,000), so do not read one month as a trend.",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
    "margin_of_error": null,
    "dont_know": null,
    "data_table": null,
    "revisions": [],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/home-services-marketing/construction-job-openings",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/home-services-marketing/construction-job-openings.csv"
}