Indeed Job Postings Index (US)
U.S. job postings indexed to February 2020 = 100
What is the current Indeed Job Postings Index (US) reading?
Indeed's job postings index for the U.S. was 103.5 on Sep 18, 2026, about the same as the 102.7 a year earlier, on a scale where February 1, 2020 equals 100. It measures job postings on Indeed's U.S. site, seasonally adjusted and averaged over seven days; it is not a count of job openings or hires. Source: Indeed Hiring Lab data retrieved via FRED (IHLIDXUS).
Indeed's U.S. job postings index stood at 103.5 on Sep 18, 2026.
The index sets the number of job postings on Indeed's U.S. site against February 1, 2020, which equals 100, so a reading of 105 would mean postings 5% above that day's level. A year earlier, on Sep 18, 2025, it was 102.7, about the same.
In Indeed's current figures the index stood at 161.2 on March 31, 2022. Indeed revises past values: when it changed its seasonal adjustment in November 2024, some 2022 readings changed by more than six points, so readings are compared only within one set of figures, as this page does.
Postings are not job openings, hires or jobs. One posting can stand for several openings, a filled job can stay listed, and jobs never advertised online are missing. The government's count of openings comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' JOLTS survey of employers. Each daily value is an average of the seven days ending that day, and Indeed refreshes the file about once a week rather than every day.
Other parts of the job market have their own pages: the JOLTS Quits Rate, Continued Unemployment Claims and Part-Time for Economic Reasons.
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Indeed Job Postings Index (US) over time: what has changed?
Counties with the highest labor scores
These are labor scores from our County Distress Index, not county readings of Indeed Job Postings Index (US).
Explore all 3,144 counties →| Period | Value | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | 103.5 | +0.8 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 103.4 | +0.6 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 103.2 | +0.4 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 103 | +0.1 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 102.9 | -0.1 |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 103.2 | 0 |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 103.2 | -0.2 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 103.2 | -0.3 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 103.2 | -0.4 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | 103.2 | -0.5 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 103.3 | -0.4 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 103.2 | -0.5 |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Indeed Job Postings Index?
It tracks job postings on Indeed's U.S. site against their level on February 1, 2020, set to 100. The latest reading, for Sep 18, 2026, is 103.5, about the same as the 102.7 a year earlier.
Is this the number of job openings?
No. It is an index of postings on one job site. A posting can cover several openings, a filled job can stay online, and some jobs are never posted. The official count of openings is the Bureau of Labor Statistics' JOLTS survey of employers.
How often is it updated?
Indeed publishes a value for every day, each a seven-day average, but refreshes the data about once a week with no fixed calendar. FRED carries the seasonally adjusted U.S. series as IHLIDXUS.
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