JOLTS
Total hires, layoffs, and quits, 2000-2017
Month | Hires | Layoffs | Quits |
---|---|---|---|
Dec-2000 | 5.482 | 1.891 | 3.012 |
Jan-2001 | 5.777 | 2.196 | 3.448 |
Feb-2001 | 5.52 | 1.849 | 3.241 |
Mar-2001 | 5.65 | 2.144 | 3.154 |
Apr-2001 | 5.337 | 1.917 | 3.214 |
May-2001 | 5.395 | 2.012 | 3.085 |
Jun-2001 | 5.061 | 1.9 | 3.003 |
Jul-2001 | 5.164 | 1.949 | 2.959 |
Aug-2001 | 5.041 | 1.863 | 2.869 |
Sep-2001 | 4.941 | 2.042 | 2.738 |
Oct-2001 | 5.033 | 2.256 | 2.861 |
Nov-2001 | 4.902 | 2.118 | 2.604 |
Dec-2001 | 4.767 | 1.878 | 2.531 |
Jan-2002 | 4.849 | 1.884 | 2.888 |
Feb-2002 | 4.9 | 1.982 | 2.626 |
Mar-2002 | 4.644 | 1.751 | 2.491 |
Apr-2002 | 4.94 | 1.904 | 2.713 |
May-2002 | 4.959 | 1.947 | 2.699 |
Jun-2002 | 4.824 | 1.823 | 2.613 |
Jul-2002 | 5.005 | 1.985 | 2.71 |
Aug-2002 | 4.851 | 1.842 | 2.649 |
Sep-2002 | 4.848 | 1.879 | 2.626 |
Oct-2002 | 4.806 | 1.865 | 2.578 |
Nov-2002 | 4.918 | 1.912 | 2.462 |
Dec-2002 | 4.925 | 1.952 | 2.565 |
Jan-2003 | 4.971 | 2.002 | 2.514 |
Feb-2003 | 4.713 | 1.972 | 2.471 |
Mar-2003 | 4.433 | 1.833 | 2.403 |
Apr-2003 | 4.688 | 2.007 | 2.406 |
May-2003 | 4.613 | 1.965 | 2.38 |
Jun-2003 | 4.755 | 2.066 | 2.382 |
Jul-2003 | 4.714 | 2.021 | 2.39 |
Aug-2003 | 4.653 | 1.996 | 2.406 |
Sep-2003 | 4.873 | 1.904 | 2.479 |
Oct-2003 | 4.897 | 1.896 | 2.529 |
Nov-2003 | 4.717 | 1.824 | 2.459 |
Dec-2003 | 5 | 1.93 | 2.472 |
Jan-2004 | 4.827 | 1.954 | 2.436 |
Feb-2004 | 4.7 | 1.831 | 2.443 |
Mar-2004 | 5.219 | 1.933 | 2.608 |
Apr-2004 | 5.115 | 1.902 | 2.664 |
May-2004 | 4.939 | 1.832 | 2.467 |
Jun-2004 | 4.948 | 1.846 | 2.679 |
Jul-2004 | 4.88 | 1.806 | 2.714 |
Aug-2004 | 5.091 | 1.926 | 2.691 |
Sep-2004 | 4.985 | 1.851 | 2.586 |
Oct-2004 | 5.092 | 1.755 | 2.661 |
Nov-2004 | 5.18 | 1.949 | 2.811 |
Dec-2004 | 5.246 | 1.964 | 2.7 |
Jan-2005 | 5.207 | 1.939 | 2.844 |
Feb-2005 | 5.273 | 1.979 | 2.66 |
Mar-2005 | 5.216 | 1.934 | 2.841 |
Apr-2005 | 5.27 | 1.848 | 2.801 |
May-2005 | 5.298 | 1.878 | 2.882 |
Jun-2005 | 5.332 | 1.951 | 2.821 |
Jul-2005 | 5.275 | 1.827 | 2.794 |
Aug-2005 | 5.41 | 1.882 | 2.966 |
Sep-2005 | 5.427 | 1.907 | 3.053 |
Oct-2005 | 4.988 | 1.666 | 2.967 |
Nov-2005 | 5.308 | 1.689 | 2.92 |
Dec-2005 | 5.103 | 1.718 | 2.805 |
Jan-2006 | 5.196 | 1.67 | 2.954 |
Feb-2006 | 5.329 | 1.671 | 2.975 |
Mar-2006 | 5.372 | 1.65 | 3.004 |
Apr-2006 | 5.113 | 1.795 | 2.789 |
May-2006 | 5.489 | 1.887 | 3.056 |
Jun-2006 | 5.278 | 1.672 | 3.05 |
Jul-2006 | 5.372 | 1.767 | 2.977 |
Aug-2006 | 5.208 | 1.621 | 3.003 |
Sep-2006 | 5.214 | 1.706 | 2.94 |
Oct-2006 | 5.179 | 1.83 | 2.931 |
Nov-2006 | 5.528 | 1.87 | 3.069 |
Dec-2006 | 5.223 | 1.725 | 3.046 |
Jan-2007 | 5.245 | 1.746 | 2.988 |
Feb-2007 | 5.202 | 1.75 | 2.993 |
Mar-2007 | 5.38 | 1.788 | 2.989 |
Apr-2007 | 5.158 | 1.879 | 2.901 |
May-2007 | 5.268 | 1.755 | 3.008 |
Jun-2007 | 5.187 | 1.851 | 2.841 |
Jul-2007 | 5.075 | 1.759 | 2.947 |
Aug-2007 | 5.106 | 1.811 | 2.95 |
Sep-2007 | 5.145 | 2.079 | 2.643 |
Oct-2007 | 5.227 | 1.917 | 2.884 |
Nov-2007 | 5.162 | 1.919 | 2.777 |
Dec-2007 | 4.968 | 1.77 | 2.792 |
Jan-2008 | 4.868 | 1.843 | 2.831 |
Feb-2008 | 4.943 | 1.908 | 2.789 |
Mar-2008 | 4.766 | 1.835 | 2.575 |
Apr-2008 | 4.875 | 1.845 | 2.882 |
May-2008 | 4.602 | 1.842 | 2.602 |
Jun-2008 | 4.751 | 1.974 | 2.662 |
Jul-2008 | 4.471 | 1.894 | 2.55 |
Aug-2008 | 4.522 | 2.075 | 2.416 |
Sep-2008 | 4.316 | 1.963 | 2.446 |
Oct-2008 | 4.454 | 2.138 | 2.412 |
Nov-2008 | 3.954 | 2.19 | 2.063 |
Dec-2008 | 4.218 | 2.405 | 2.104 |
Jan-2009 | 4.158 | 2.573 | 2.043 |
Feb-2009 | 4.011 | 2.501 | 1.906 |
Mar-2009 | 3.73 | 2.433 | 1.794 |
Apr-2009 | 3.853 | 2.559 | 1.734 |
May-2009 | 3.793 | 2.121 | 1.74 |
Jun-2009 | 3.675 | 2.115 | 1.782 |
Jul-2009 | 3.854 | 2.273 | 1.726 |
Aug-2009 | 3.744 | 2.063 | 1.676 |
Sep-2009 | 3.859 | 2.127 | 1.639 |
Oct-2009 | 3.767 | 1.964 | 1.671 |
Nov-2009 | 3.992 | 1.823 | 1.784 |
Dec-2009 | 3.806 | 1.994 | 1.697 |
Jan-2010 | 3.88 | 1.874 | 1.668 |
Feb-2010 | 3.781 | 1.79 | 1.724 |
Mar-2010 | 4.182 | 1.83 | 1.793 |
Apr-2010 | 4.082 | 1.676 | 1.914 |
May-2010 | 4.376 | 1.733 | 1.79 |
Jun-2010 | 4.064 | 1.959 | 1.94 |
Jul-2010 | 4.116 | 2.081 | 1.848 |
Aug-2010 | 3.91 | 1.748 | 1.904 |
Sep-2010 | 3.978 | 1.768 | 1.921 |
Oct-2010 | 4.061 | 1.645 | 1.852 |
Nov-2010 | 4.101 | 1.753 | 1.778 |
Dec-2010 | 4.155 | 1.776 | 1.937 |
Jan-2011 | 3.91 | 1.71 | 1.825 |
Feb-2011 | 4.061 | 1.652 | 1.872 |
Mar-2011 | 4.291 | 1.709 | 1.967 |
Apr-2011 | 4.218 | 1.676 | 1.925 |
May-2011 | 4.116 | 1.692 | 2.037 |
Jun-2011 | 4.297 | 1.826 | 1.949 |
Jul-2011 | 4.139 | 1.749 | 1.981 |
Aug-2011 | 4.168 | 1.715 | 2.087 |
Sep-2011 | 4.32 | 1.756 | 2.046 |
Oct-2011 | 4.239 | 1.707 | 1.953 |
Nov-2011 | 4.244 | 1.757 | 1.949 |
Dec-2011 | 4.234 | 1.74 | 1.955 |
Jan-2012 | 4.292 | 1.707 | 1.977 |
Feb-2012 | 4.419 | 1.78 | 2.08 |
Mar-2012 | 4.465 | 1.653 | 2.164 |
Apr-2012 | 4.299 | 1.85 | 2.104 |
May-2012 | 4.445 | 1.828 | 2.186 |
Jun-2012 | 4.432 | 1.812 | 2.186 |
Jul-2012 | 4.269 | 1.668 | 2.103 |
Aug-2012 | 4.447 | 1.836 | 2.173 |
Sep-2012 | 4.238 | 1.745 | 1.977 |
Oct-2012 | 4.299 | 1.791 | 2.047 |
Nov-2012 | 4.393 | 1.789 | 2.069 |
Dec-2012 | 4.36 | 1.594 | 2.088 |
Jan-2013 | 4.422 | 1.602 | 2.297 |
Feb-2013 | 4.509 | 1.598 | 2.25 |
Mar-2013 | 4.293 | 1.71 | 2.083 |
Apr-2013 | 4.533 | 1.726 | 2.307 |
May-2013 | 4.572 | 1.735 | 2.253 |
Jun-2013 | 4.409 | 1.629 | 2.245 |
Jul-2013 | 4.529 | 1.654 | 2.364 |
Aug-2013 | 4.732 | 1.723 | 2.385 |
Sep-2013 | 4.681 | 1.782 | 2.404 |
Oct-2013 | 4.444 | 1.555 | 2.415 |
Nov-2013 | 4.588 | 1.542 | 2.372 |
Dec-2013 | 4.5 | 1.688 | 2.287 |
Jan-2014 | 4.615 | 1.728 | 2.348 |
Feb-2014 | 4.627 | 1.662 | 2.403 |
Mar-2014 | 4.758 | 1.631 | 2.431 |
Apr-2014 | 4.812 | 1.68 | 2.461 |
May-2014 | 4.796 | 1.651 | 2.517 |
Jun-2014 | 4.817 | 1.695 | 2.476 |
Jul-2014 | 5.001 | 1.829 | 2.58 |
Aug-2014 | 4.839 | 1.677 | 2.538 |
Sep-2014 | 5.078 | 1.682 | 2.798 |
Oct-2014 | 5.118 | 1.775 | 2.774 |
Nov-2014 | 5.027 | 1.675 | 2.633 |
Dec-2014 | 5.165 | 1.72 | 2.634 |
Jan-2015 | 5.027 | 1.725 | 2.759 |
Feb-2015 | 4.991 | 1.669 | 2.682 |
Mar-2015 | 5.09 | 1.889 | 2.736 |
Apr-2015 | 5.095 | 1.797 | 2.718 |
May-2015 | 5.143 | 1.667 | 2.75 |
Jun-2015 | 5.162 | 1.794 | 2.789 |
Jul-2015 | 5.136 | 1.673 | 2.777 |
Aug-2015 | 5.129 | 1.687 | 2.865 |
Sep-2015 | 5.15 | 1.899 | 2.794 |
Oct-2015 | 5.304 | 1.751 | 2.835 |
Nov-2015 | 5.323 | 1.689 | 2.923 |
Dec-2015 | 5.504 | 1.732 | 3.122 |
Jan-2016 | 5.117 | 1.724 | 2.894 |
Feb-2016 | 5.447 | 1.834 | 2.984 |
Mar-2016 | 5.297 | 1.726 | 2.932 |
Apr-2016 | 5.038 | 1.669 | 2.902 |
May-2016 | 5.153 | 1.741 | 3.005 |
Jun-2016 | 5.176 | 1.609 | 2.98 |
Jul-2016 | 5.328 | 1.609 | 3.031 |
Aug-2016 | 5.288 | 1.66 | 3.048 |
Sep-2016 | 5.179 | 1.516 | 3.076 |
Oct-2016 | 5.2 | 1.593 | 3.078 |
Nov-2016 | 5.263 | 1.66 | 3.08 |
Dec-2016 | 5.303 | 1.624 | 3.085 |
Jan-2017 | 5.44 | 1.625 | 3.22 |
Note: Shaded areas denote recessions.
Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
Previous chart: « Job openings levels and unemployment levels, 2000-2017
Next chart: Unemployed and job openings, by industry (in millions) »