JOLTS
Job openings levels and unemployment levels, 2000-2019
Job Openings level | Unemployment level | |
---|---|---|
Dec-2000 | 4868 | 5634 |
Jan-2001 | 5362 | 6023 |
Feb-2001 | 5008 | 6089 |
Mar-2001 | 4698 | 6141 |
Apr-2001 | 4752 | 6271 |
May-2001 | 4503 | 6226 |
Jun-2001 | 4378 | 6484 |
Jul-2001 | 4578 | 6583 |
Aug-2001 | 4042 | 7042 |
Sep-2001 | 4045 | 7142 |
Oct-2001 | 3729 | 7694 |
Nov-2001 | 3649 | 8003 |
Dec-2001 | 3523 | 8258 |
Jan-2002 | 3782 | 8182 |
Feb-2002 | 3377 | 8215 |
Mar-2002 | 3573 | 8304 |
Apr-2002 | 3576 | 8599 |
May-2002 | 3508 | 8399 |
Jun-2002 | 3415 | 8393 |
Jul-2002 | 3461 | 8390 |
Aug-2002 | 3531 | 8304 |
Sep-2002 | 3290 | 8251 |
Oct-2002 | 3502 | 8307 |
Nov-2002 | 3405 | 8520 |
Dec-2002 | 3039 | 8640 |
Jan-2003 | 3500 | 8520 |
Feb-2003 | 3178 | 8618 |
Mar-2003 | 3064 | 8588 |
Apr-2003 | 3208 | 8842 |
May-2003 | 3336 | 8957 |
Jun-2003 | 3398 | 9266 |
Jul-2003 | 3073 | 9011 |
Aug-2003 | 3204 | 8896 |
Sep-2003 | 3082 | 8921 |
Oct-2003 | 3330 | 8732 |
Nov-2003 | 3218 | 8576 |
Dec-2003 | 3281 | 8317 |
Jan-2004 | 3462 | 8370 |
Feb-2004 | 3478 | 8167 |
Mar-2004 | 3492 | 8491 |
Apr-2004 | 3615 | 8170 |
May-2004 | 3758 | 8212 |
Jun-2004 | 3345 | 8286 |
Jul-2004 | 3900 | 8136 |
Aug-2004 | 3556 | 7990 |
Sep-2004 | 3829 | 7927 |
Oct-2004 | 3970 | 8061 |
Nov-2004 | 3360 | 7932 |
Dec-2004 | 3935 | 7934 |
Jan-2005 | 3827 | 7784 |
Feb-2005 | 3901 | 7980 |
Mar-2005 | 4019 | 7737 |
Apr-2005 | 4272 | 7672 |
May-2005 | 3842 | 7651 |
Jun-2005 | 4072 | 7524 |
Jul-2005 | 4337 | 7406 |
Aug-2005 | 4160 | 7345 |
Sep-2005 | 4376 | 7553 |
Oct-2005 | 4218 | 7453 |
Nov-2005 | 4118 | 7566 |
Dec-2005 | 4146 | 7279 |
Jan-2006 | 4404 | 7064 |
Feb-2006 | 4260 | 7184 |
Mar-2006 | 4706 | 7072 |
Apr-2006 | 4915 | 7120 |
May-2006 | 4505 | 6980 |
Jun-2006 | 4625 | 7001 |
Jul-2006 | 4467 | 7175 |
Aug-2006 | 4739 | 7091 |
Sep-2006 | 4778 | 6847 |
Oct-2006 | 4643 | 6727 |
Nov-2006 | 4530 | 6872 |
Dec-2006 | 4469 | 6762 |
Jan-2007 | 4750 | 7116 |
Feb-2007 | 4618 | 6927 |
Mar-2007 | 4926 | 6731 |
Apr-2007 | 4820 | 6850 |
May-2007 | 4699 | 6766 |
Jun-2007 | 4882 | 6979 |
Jul-2007 | 4668 | 7149 |
Aug-2007 | 4586 | 7067 |
Sep-2007 | 4682 | 7170 |
Oct-2007 | 4676 | 7237 |
Nov-2007 | 4537 | 7240 |
Dec-2007 | 4400 | 7645 |
Jan-2008 | 4604 | 7685 |
Feb-2008 | 4233 | 7497 |
Mar-2008 | 4205 | 7822 |
Apr-2008 | 4124 | 7637 |
May-2008 | 4237 | 8395 |
Jun-2008 | 3849 | 8575 |
Jul-2008 | 3800 | 8937 |
Aug-2008 | 3709 | 9438 |
Sep-2008 | 3240 | 9494 |
Oct-2008 | 3403 | 10074 |
Nov-2008 | 3158 | 10538 |
Dec-2008 | 3059 | 11286 |
Jan-2009 | 2731 | 12058 |
Feb-2009 | 2838 | 12898 |
Mar-2009 | 2521 | 13426 |
Apr-2009 | 2343 | 13853 |
May-2009 | 2574 | 14499 |
Jun-2009 | 2517 | 14707 |
Jul-2009 | 2264 | 14601 |
Aug-2009 | 2365 | 14814 |
Sep-2009 | 2481 | 15009 |
Oct-2009 | 2422 | 15352 |
Nov-2009 | 2435 | 15219 |
Dec-2009 | 2487 | 15098 |
Jan-2010 | 2833 | 15046 |
Feb-2010 | 2651 | 15113 |
Mar-2010 | 2679 | 15202 |
Apr-2010 | 3217 | 15325 |
May-2010 | 3019 | 14849 |
Jun-2010 | 2813 | 14474 |
Jul-2010 | 3127 | 14512 |
Aug-2010 | 3025 | 14648 |
Sep-2010 | 2912 | 14579 |
Oct-2010 | 3256 | 14516 |
Nov-2010 | 3134 | 15081 |
Dec-2010 | 2969 | 14348 |
Jan-2011 | 3100 | 14013 |
Feb-2011 | 3213 | 13820 |
Mar-2011 | 3253 | 13737 |
Apr-2011 | 3337 | 13957 |
May-2011 | 3207 | 13855 |
Jun-2011 | 3467 | 13962 |
Jul-2011 | 3676 | 13763 |
Aug-2011 | 3358 | 13818 |
Sep-2011 | 3763 | 13948 |
Oct-2011 | 3650 | 13594 |
Nov-2011 | 3485 | 13302 |
Dec-2011 | 3662 | 13093 |
Jan-2012 | 3904 | 12797 |
Feb-2012 | 3605 | 12813 |
Mar-2012 | 3976 | 12713 |
Apr-2012 | 3878 | 12646 |
May-2012 | 3861 | 12660 |
Jun-2012 | 3916 | 12692 |
Jul-2012 | 3790 | 12656 |
Aug-2012 | 3839 | 12471 |
Sep-2012 | 3861 | 12115 |
Oct-2012 | 3808 | 12124 |
Nov-2012 | 3787 | 12005 |
Dec-2012 | 3840 | 12298 |
Jan-2013 | 3915 | 12471 |
Feb-2013 | 3981 | 11950 |
Mar-2013 | 4080 | 11689 |
Apr-2013 | 4078 | 11760 |
May-2013 | 4173 | 11654 |
Jun-2013 | 4166 | 11751 |
Jul-2013 | 3946 | 11335 |
Aug-2013 | 4112 | 11279 |
Sep-2013 | 4105 | 11270 |
Oct-2013 | 4268 | 11136 |
Nov-2013 | 4002 | 10787 |
Dec-2013 | 3996 | 10404 |
Jan-2014 | 4131 | 10202 |
Feb-2014 | 4347 | 10349 |
Mar-2014 | 4388 | 10380 |
Apr-2014 | 4662 | 9702 |
May-2014 | 4775 | 9859 |
Jun-2014 | 4999 | 9460 |
Jul-2014 | 4919 | 9608 |
Aug-2014 | 5383 | 9599 |
Sep-2014 | 4876 | 9262 |
Oct-2014 | 5066 | 8990 |
Nov-2014 | 4719 | 9090 |
Dec-2014 | 4981 | 8717 |
Jan-2015 | 5362 | 8885 |
Feb-2015 | 5446 | 8599 |
Mar-2015 | 5208 | 8515 |
Apr-2015 | 5712 | 8550 |
May-2015 | 5599 | 8834 |
Jun-2015 | 5263 | 8247 |
Jul-2015 | 6143 | 8167 |
Aug-2015 | 5510 | 7992 |
Sep-2015 | 5445 | 7907 |
Oct-2015 | 5832 | 7922 |
Nov-2015 | 5573 | 8000 |
Dec-2015 | 5676 | 7907 |
Jan-2016 | 5994 | 7721 |
Feb-2016 | 5757 | 7746 |
Mar-2016 | 6137 | 7945 |
Apr-2016 | 5868 | 7975 |
May-2016 | 5812 | 7668 |
Jun-2016 | 5768 | 7786 |
Jul-2016 | 6094 | 7658 |
Aug-2016 | 5716 | 7809 |
Sep-2016 | 5816 | 7967 |
Oct-2016 | 5626 | 7827 |
Nov-2016 | 5867 | 7488 |
Dec-2016 | 5835 | 7495 |
Jan-2017 | 5607 | 7518 |
Feb-2017 | 5872 | 7399 |
Mar-2017 | 5816 | 7088 |
Apr-2017 | 6142 | 7085 |
May-2017 | 5851 | 7059 |
Jun-2017 | 6351 | 6933 |
Jul-2017 | 6354 | 6867 |
Aug-2017 | 6335 | 7097 |
Sep-2017 | 6239 | 6841 |
Oct-2017 | 6383 | 6599 |
Nov-2017 | 6204 | 6697 |
Dec-2017 | 6235 | 6561 |
Jan-2018 | 6645 | 6582 |
Feb-2018 | 6575 | 6641 |
Mar-2018 | 6865 | 6493 |
Apr-2018 | 6985 | 6418 |
May-2018 | 7028 | 6209 |
Jun-2018 | 7280 | 6519 |
Jul-2018 | 7326 | 6180 |
Aug-2018 | 7249 | 6167 |
Sep-2018 | 7282 | 6045 |
Oct-2018 | 7237 | 6123 |
Nov-2018 | 7509 | 6034 |
Dec-2018 | 7303 | 6286 |
Jan-2019 | 7520 | 6516 |
Feb-2019 | 7048 | 6181 |
Mar-2019 | 7364 | 6194 |
Apr-2019 | 7284 | 5850 |
May-2019 | 7300 | 5938 |
Jun-2019 | 7185 | 5985 |
Jul-2019 | 7236 | 6027 |
Aug-2019 | 7166 | 5999 |
Sep-2019 | 7046 | 5753 |
Oct-2019 | 7309 | 5857 |
Nov-2019 | 6793 | 5811 |
Dec-2019 | 6552 | 5753 |
Jan-2020 | 7012 | 5892 |
Feb-2020 | 6882 | 5787 |
Note: Shaded areas denote recessions.
Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey and Current Population Survey
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