US’s May 2024 Jobs Openings. Job openings unexpectedly picked up in May 2024, as investors had been watching for further signs of cooling in the labour market after last month's data showed open jobs in the US fell to a three-year low. New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released Tue, 02 Jul 2024 showed there were 8.14 million jobs open at the end of May. (see below) This is an increase of +2.78% from the 7.92 million job openings in April 2024. April's figure has revised lower from the 8.06 million open jobs initially reported. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had expected the report to show 7.95 million openings in May 2024. The data come as the labor market has moved into closer focus over the past several weeks. Rising weekly jobless claims and a steady uptick in the une