Hiring data · Week of September 28, 2026

Hiring at America's largest employers, week of September 28, 2026.

Where the openings were that week, by kind of job and by employer. See the latest numbers →

Revised 2026-10-10: recalculated after we corrected how the census counts, leaving out postings abroad that some career sites list without a location, and counting each posting once by its number.

Across 153 of the largest US employers, updated 2026-10-04.

Where the openings are

Hiring the most

1. Costco4,801+
2. Lowe's3,014+
3. Northrop Grumman2,481+
4. T-Mobile2,350+
5. RTX2,340+
6. Target2,232+
7. Walmart1,863+
8. Booz Allen Hamilton1,828+
9. Starbucks1,771+
10. PepsiCo1,543

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US roles on each employer's own career site. A “+” means at least that many. Pay figures cover the sites that show pay in their listings, and time open covers the sites that date their postings; typical pay is the middle of the posted ranges, with hourly pay counted at 2,080 hours a year.

That week's read

• 20.9% of dated open roles at 160 large employers have been up more than 90 days

  2026-10-01 · In the week ending October 1, the median open role we can date had been up 51 days. In data, science, product and engineering, about a third of dated roles are past 90 days.