JOLTS
Job openings levels, 2000–2024
| date | Openings |
|---|---|
| 2000-12-01 | 5,088 |
| 2001-01-01 | 5,234 |
| 2001-02-01 | 5,097 |
| 2001-03-01 | 4,762 |
| 2001-04-01 | 4,615 |
| 2001-05-01 | 4,425 |
| 2001-06-01 | 4,361 |
| 2001-07-01 | 4,447 |
| 2001-08-01 | 4,024 |
| 2001-09-01 | 4,071 |
| 2001-10-01 | 3,707 |
| 2001-11-01 | 3,775 |
| 2001-12-01 | 3,677 |
| 2002-01-01 | 3,699 |
| 2002-02-01 | 3,436 |
| 2002-03-01 | 3,612 |
| 2002-04-01 | 3,471 |
| 2002-05-01 | 3,457 |
| 2002-06-01 | 3,412 |
| 2002-07-01 | 3,367 |
| 2002-08-01 | 3,517 |
| 2002-09-01 | 3,301 |
| 2002-10-01 | 3,479 |
| 2002-11-01 | 3,514 |
| 2002-12-01 | 3,169 |
| 2003-01-01 | 3,441 |
| 2003-02-01 | 3,229 |
| 2003-03-01 | 3,099 |
| 2003-04-01 | 3,108 |
| 2003-05-01 | 3,289 |
| 2003-06-01 | 3,390 |
| 2003-07-01 | 2,981 |
| 2003-08-01 | 3,190 |
| 2003-09-01 | 3,091 |
| 2003-10-01 | 3,305 |
| 2003-11-01 | 3,324 |
| 2003-12-01 | 3,414 |
| 2004-01-01 | 3,424 |
| 2004-02-01 | 3,532 |
| 2004-03-01 | 3,525 |
| 2004-04-01 | 3,511 |
| 2004-05-01 | 3,710 |
| 2004-06-01 | 3,337 |
| 2004-07-01 | 3,814 |
| 2004-08-01 | 3,541 |
| 2004-09-01 | 3,821 |
| 2004-10-01 | 3,943 |
| 2004-11-01 | 3,472 |
| 2004-12-01 | 4,074 |
| 2005-01-01 | 3,804 |
| 2005-02-01 | 3,965 |
| 2005-03-01 | 4,044 |
| 2005-04-01 | 4,159 |
| 2005-05-01 | 3,797 |
| 2005-06-01 | 4,062 |
| 2005-07-01 | 4,256 |
| 2005-08-01 | 4,142 |
| 2005-09-01 | 4,352 |
| 2005-10-01 | 4,184 |
| 2005-11-01 | 4,248 |
| 2005-12-01 | 4,282 |
| 2006-01-01 | 4,397 |
| 2006-02-01 | 4,325 |
| 2006-03-01 | 4,732 |
| 2006-04-01 | 4,790 |
| 2006-05-01 | 4,463 |
| 2006-06-01 | 4,614 |
| 2006-07-01 | 4,394 |
| 2006-08-01 | 4,710 |
| 2006-09-01 | 4,737 |
| 2006-10-01 | 4,591 |
| 2006-11-01 | 4,645 |
| 2006-12-01 | 4,620 |
| 2007-01-01 | 4,763 |
| 2007-02-01 | 4,699 |
| 2007-03-01 | 4,962 |
| 2007-04-01 | 4,689 |
| 2007-05-01 | 4,657 |
| 2007-06-01 | 4,859 |
| 2007-07-01 | 4,598 |
| 2007-08-01 | 4,546 |
| 2007-09-01 | 4,652 |
| 2007-10-01 | 4,636 |
| 2007-11-01 | 4,646 |
| 2007-12-01 | 4,545 |
| 2008-01-01 | 4,624 |
| 2008-02-01 | 4,279 |
| 2008-03-01 | 4,225 |
| 2008-04-01 | 4,035 |
| 2008-05-01 | 4,194 |
| 2008-06-01 | 3,830 |
| 2008-07-01 | 3,749 |
| 2008-08-01 | 3,674 |
| 2008-09-01 | 3,222 |
| 2008-10-01 | 3,377 |
| 2008-11-01 | 3,231 |
| 2008-12-01 | 3,146 |
| 2009-01-01 | 2,738 |
| 2009-02-01 | 2,864 |
| 2009-03-01 | 2,534 |
| 2009-04-01 | 2,295 |
| 2009-05-01 | 2,549 |
| 2009-06-01 | 2,503 |
| 2009-07-01 | 2,232 |
| 2009-08-01 | 2,338 |
| 2009-09-01 | 2,487 |
| 2009-10-01 | 2,406 |
| 2009-11-01 | 2,503 |
| 2009-12-01 | 2,568 |
| 2010-01-01 | 2,837 |
| 2010-02-01 | 2,666 |
| 2010-03-01 | 2,679 |
| 2010-04-01 | 3,153 |
| 2010-05-01 | 2,988 |
| 2010-06-01 | 2,801 |
| 2010-07-01 | 3,082 |
| 2010-08-01 | 2,999 |
| 2010-09-01 | 2,918 |
| 2010-10-01 | 3,235 |
| 2010-11-01 | 3,211 |
| 2010-12-01 | 3,058 |
| 2011-01-01 | 3,104 |
| 2011-02-01 | 3,226 |
| 2011-03-01 | 3,261 |
| 2011-04-01 | 3,259 |
| 2011-05-01 | 3,179 |
| 2011-06-01 | 3,455 |
| 2011-07-01 | 3,623 |
| 2011-08-01 | 3,329 |
| 2011-09-01 | 3,774 |
| 2011-10-01 | 3,619 |
| 2011-11-01 | 3,565 |
| 2011-12-01 | 3,768 |
| 2012-01-01 | 3,909 |
| 2012-02-01 | 3,616 |
| 2012-03-01 | 3,979 |
| 2012-04-01 | 3,793 |
| 2012-05-01 | 3,835 |
| 2012-06-01 | 3,911 |
| 2012-07-01 | 3,735 |
| 2012-08-01 | 3,809 |
| 2012-09-01 | 3,882 |
| 2012-10-01 | 3,775 |
| 2012-11-01 | 3,878 |
| 2012-12-01 | 3,970 |
| 2013-01-01 | 3,923 |
| 2013-02-01 | 4,004 |
| 2013-03-01 | 4,076 |
| 2013-04-01 | 3,988 |
| 2013-05-01 | 4,145 |
| 2013-06-01 | 4,150 |
| 2013-07-01 | 3,885 |
| 2013-08-01 | 4,085 |
| 2013-09-01 | 4,128 |
| 2013-10-01 | 4,222 |
| 2013-11-01 | 4,119 |
| 2013-12-01 | 4,121 |
| 2014-01-01 | 4,127 |
| 2014-02-01 | 4,373 |
| 2014-03-01 | 4,388 |
| 2014-04-01 | 4,566 |
| 2014-05-01 | 4,747 |
| 2014-06-01 | 4,982 |
| 2014-07-01 | 4,846 |
| 2014-08-01 | 5,349 |
| 2014-09-01 | 4,914 |
| 2014-10-01 | 5,012 |
| 2014-11-01 | 4,843 |
| 2014-12-01 | 5,130 |
| 2015-01-01 | 5,344 |
| 2015-02-01 | 5,466 |
| 2015-03-01 | 5,210 |
| 2015-04-01 | 5,598 |
| 2015-05-01 | 5,563 |
| 2015-06-01 | 5,248 |
| 2015-07-01 | 6,056 |
| 2015-08-01 | 5,467 |
| 2015-09-01 | 5,488 |
| 2015-10-01 | 5,773 |
| 2015-11-01 | 5,708 |
| 2015-12-01 | 5,845 |
| 2016-01-01 | 6,012 |
| 2016-02-01 | 5,770 |
| 2016-03-01 | 6,129 |
| 2016-04-01 | 5,803 |
| 2016-05-01 | 5,777 |
| 2016-06-01 | 5,742 |
| 2016-07-01 | 5,962 |
| 2016-08-01 | 5,677 |
| 2016-09-01 | 5,868 |
| 2016-10-01 | 5,591 |
| 2016-11-01 | 5,971 |
| 2016-12-01 | 5,964 |
| 2017-01-01 | 5,617 |
| 2017-02-01 | 5,923 |
| 2017-03-01 | 5,811 |
| 2017-04-01 | 6,091 |
| 2017-05-01 | 5,826 |
| 2017-06-01 | 6,305 |
| 2017-07-01 | 6,238 |
| 2017-08-01 | 6,276 |
| 2017-09-01 | 6,320 |
| 2017-10-01 | 6,408 |
| 2017-11-01 | 6,271 |
| 2017-12-01 | 6,336 |
| 2018-01-01 | 6,621 |
| 2018-02-01 | 6,552 |
| 2018-03-01 | 6,818 |
| 2018-04-01 | 6,877 |
| 2018-05-01 | 7,016 |
| 2018-06-01 | 7,230 |
| 2018-07-01 | 7,190 |
| 2018-08-01 | 7,208 |
| 2018-09-01 | 7,411 |
| 2018-10-01 | 7,304 |
| 2018-11-01 | 7,594 |
| 2018-12-01 | 7,489 |
| 2019-01-01 | 7,517 |
| 2019-02-01 | 7,072 |
| 2019-03-01 | 7,337 |
| 2019-04-01 | 7,191 |
| 2019-05-01 | 7,311 |
| 2019-06-01 | 7,139 |
| 2019-07-01 | 7,051 |
| 2019-08-01 | 7,172 |
| 2019-09-01 | 7,160 |
| 2019-10-01 | 7,325 |
| 2019-11-01 | 6,919 |
| 2019-12-01 | 6,709 |
| 2020-01-01 | 7,184 |
| 2020-02-01 | 6,995 |
| 2020-03-01 | 5,794 |
| 2020-04-01 | 4,686 |
| 2020-05-01 | 5,581 |
| 2020-06-01 | 6,119 |
| 2020-07-01 | 6,514 |
| 2020-08-01 | 6,360 |
| 2020-09-01 | 6,512 |
| 2020-10-01 | 6,820 |
| 2020-11-01 | 6,875 |
| 2020-12-01 | 6,854 |
| 2021-01-01 | 7,175 |
| 2021-02-01 | 7,760 |
| 2021-03-01 | 8,399 |
| 2021-04-01 | 9,288 |
| 2021-05-01 | 9,840 |
| 2021-06-01 | 10,069 |
| 2021-07-01 | 10,882 |
| 2021-08-01 | 10,960 |
| 2021-09-01 | 10,882 |
| 2021-10-01 | 11,368 |
| 2021-11-01 | 11,232 |
| 2021-12-01 | 11,826 |
| 2022-01-01 | 11,487 |
| 2022-02-01 | 11,601 |
| 2022-03-01 | 12,027 |
| 2022-04-01 | 11,755 |
| 2022-05-01 | 11,443 |
| 2022-06-01 | 10,961 |
| 2022-07-01 | 11,380 |
| 2022-08-01 | 10,198 |
| 2022-09-01 | 10,854 |
| 2022-10-01 | 10,471 |
| 2022-11-01 | 10,746 |
| 2022-12-01 | 11,234 |
| 2023-01-01 | 10,425 |
| 2023-02-01 | 9,849 |
| 2023-03-01 | 9,623 |
| 2023-04-01 | 9,904 |
| 2023-05-01 | 9,311 |
| 2023-06-01 | 9,125 |
| 2023-07-01 | 8,805 |
| 2023-08-01 | 9,358 |
| 2023-09-01 | 9,307 |
| 2023-10-01 | 8,685 |
| 2023-11-01 | 8,931 |
| 2023-12-01 | 8,889 |
| 2024-01-01 | 8,748 |
| 2024-02-01 | 8,813 |
| 2024-03-01 | 8,355 |
| 2024-04-01 | 8,059 |
Notes: Shaded areas denote recessions.
Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.
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