Total hires, layoffs, and quits, 2000–2025
Date | Hires | Quits | Layoffs |
---|---|---|---|
Dec-2000 | 5,426 | 2,018 | 2,882 |
Jan-2001 | 5,722 | 2,220 | 3,245 |
Feb-2001 | 5,303 | 1,855 | 3,053 |
Mar-2001 | 5,528 | 2,133 | 3,054 |
Apr-2001 | 5,204 | 1,883 | 3,163 |
May-2001 | 5,410 | 2,029 | 2,993 |
Jun-2001 | 5,109 | 2,015 | 2,878 |
Jul-2001 | 5,244 | 2,038 | 2,947 |
Aug-2001 | 5,223 | 2,011 | 2,928 |
Sep-2001 | 4,954 | 2,107 | 2,703 |
Oct-2001 | 5,078 | 2,319 | 2,795 |
Nov-2001 | 4,914 | 2,255 | 2,560 |
Dec-2001 | 4,829 | 1,922 | 2,559 |
Jan-2002 | 4,855 | 1,907 | 2,845 |
Feb-2002 | 4,801 | 1,978 | 2,572 |
Mar-2002 | 4,706 | 1,883 | 2,493 |
Apr-2002 | 4,928 | 1,956 | 2,624 |
May-2002 | 4,857 | 1,967 | 2,537 |
Jun-2002 | 4,869 | 2,015 | 2,522 |
Jul-2002 | 4,946 | 2,102 | 2,561 |
Aug-2002 | 4,871 | 1,923 | 2,561 |
Sep-2002 | 4,879 | 2,022 | 2,521 |
Oct-2002 | 4,798 | 1,935 | 2,423 |
Nov-2002 | 4,792 | 1,944 | 2,403 |
Dec-2002 | 4,893 | 2,007 | 2,501 |
Jan-2003 | 5,058 | 2,109 | 2,429 |
Feb-2003 | 4,714 | 2,015 | 2,490 |
Mar-2003 | 4,470 | 1,949 | 2,394 |
Apr-2003 | 4,600 | 1,998 | 2,279 |
May-2003 | 4,678 | 2,072 | 2,291 |
Jun-2003 | 4,682 | 2,076 | 2,315 |
Jul-2003 | 4,639 | 2,062 | 2,271 |
Aug-2003 | 4,666 | 2,162 | 2,195 |
Sep-2003 | 4,799 | 1,932 | 2,354 |
Oct-2003 | 4,902 | 1,969 | 2,415 |
Nov-2003 | 4,767 | 1,951 | 2,411 |
Dec-2003 | 4,984 | 2,007 | 2,444 |
Jan-2004 | 4,900 | 2,037 | 2,354 |
Feb-2004 | 4,788 | 1,985 | 2,448 |
Mar-2004 | 5,227 | 2,065 | 2,582 |
Apr-2004 | 5,152 | 2,010 | 2,534 |
May-2004 | 4,976 | 1,914 | 2,428 |
Jun-2004 | 5,009 | 1,887 | 2,659 |
Jul-2004 | 4,891 | 1,885 | 2,609 |
Aug-2004 | 5,013 | 1,974 | 2,586 |
Sep-2004 | 5,062 | 2,027 | 2,531 |
Oct-2004 | 5,149 | 1,903 | 2,550 |
Nov-2004 | 5,181 | 2,037 | 2,789 |
Dec-2004 | 5,153 | 1,951 | 2,695 |
Jan-2005 | 5,201 | 2,008 | 2,732 |
Feb-2005 | 5,276 | 2,068 | 2,651 |
Mar-2005 | 5,273 | 2,188 | 2,747 |
Apr-2005 | 5,362 | 1,957 | 2,741 |
May-2005 | 5,271 | 2,021 | 2,763 |
Jun-2005 | 5,376 | 2,015 | 2,754 |
Jul-2005 | 5,328 | 1,898 | 2,735 |
Aug-2005 | 5,409 | 1,905 | 2,957 |
Sep-2005 | 5,493 | 2,032 | 3,046 |
Oct-2005 | 5,124 | 1,873 | 2,863 |
Nov-2005 | 5,344 | 1,769 | 2,895 |
Dec-2005 | 5,294 | 1,923 | 2,849 |
Jan-2006 | 5,271 | 1,784 | 2,945 |
Feb-2006 | 5,474 | 1,882 | 2,965 |
Mar-2006 | 5,524 | 1,888 | 2,956 |
Apr-2006 | 5,215 | 1,853 | 2,778 |
May-2006 | 5,498 | 1,991 | 3,002 |
Jun-2006 | 5,455 | 1,817 | 3,042 |
Jul-2006 | 5,573 | 1,860 | 3,047 |
Aug-2006 | 5,373 | 1,775 | 3,056 |
Sep-2006 | 5,288 | 1,831 | 2,888 |
Oct-2006 | 5,375 | 1,898 | 2,983 |
Nov-2006 | 5,495 | 1,926 | 3,043 |
Dec-2006 | 5,214 | 1,772 | 2,999 |
Jan-2007 | 5,426 | 1,922 | 2,956 |
Feb-2007 | 5,160 | 1,850 | 2,933 |
Mar-2007 | 5,479 | 1,882 | 2,997 |
Apr-2007 | 5,353 | 2,000 | 2,911 |
May-2007 | 5,469 | 1,967 | 3,010 |
Jun-2007 | 5,267 | 1,845 | 2,910 |
Jul-2007 | 5,217 | 1,896 | 2,951 |
Aug-2007 | 5,358 | 2,033 | 3,014 |
Sep-2007 | 5,344 | 2,188 | 2,691 |
Oct-2007 | 5,398 | 1,998 | 2,926 |
Nov-2007 | 5,176 | 1,966 | 2,784 |
Dec-2007 | 5,119 | 1,915 | 2,773 |
Jan-2008 | 5,071 | 1,989 | 2,847 |
Feb-2008 | 5,077 | 1,995 | 2,881 |
Mar-2008 | 4,924 | 1,918 | 2,661 |
Apr-2008 | 4,948 | 1,958 | 2,837 |
May-2008 | 4,691 | 1,950 | 2,607 |
Jun-2008 | 4,893 | 2,172 | 2,595 |
Jul-2008 | 4,637 | 2,071 | 2,489 |
Aug-2008 | 4,682 | 2,190 | 2,445 |
Sep-2008 | 4,499 | 2,088 | 2,468 |
Oct-2008 | 4,548 | 2,250 | 2,347 |
Nov-2008 | 4,104 | 2,290 | 2,157 |
Dec-2008 | 4,348 | 2,482 | 2,084 |
Jan-2009 | 4,095 | 2,581 | 1,976 |
Feb-2009 | 4,061 | 2,599 | 1,952 |
Mar-2009 | 3,858 | 2,575 | 1,834 |
Apr-2009 | 3,888 | 2,654 | 1,712 |
May-2009 | 3,758 | 2,231 | 1,683 |
Jun-2009 | 3,639 | 2,261 | 1,685 |
Jul-2009 | 3,857 | 2,267 | 1,685 |
Aug-2009 | 3,810 | 2,119 | 1,555 |
Sep-2009 | 3,944 | 2,195 | 1,627 |
Oct-2009 | 3,838 | 2,028 | 1,660 |
Nov-2009 | 4,024 | 1,913 | 1,810 |
Dec-2009 | 4,004 | 2,033 | 1,766 |
Jan-2010 | 3,904 | 1,880 | 1,742 |
Feb-2010 | 3,864 | 1,825 | 1,844 |
Mar-2010 | 4,302 | 1,924 | 1,856 |
Apr-2010 | 4,159 | 1,749 | 1,897 |
May-2010 | 4,420 | 1,762 | 1,813 |
Jun-2010 | 4,111 | 2,075 | 1,911 |
Jul-2010 | 4,163 | 2,166 | 1,785 |
Aug-2010 | 4,046 | 1,890 | 1,842 |
Sep-2010 | 4,034 | 1,832 | 1,895 |
Oct-2010 | 4,173 | 1,745 | 1,846 |
Nov-2010 | 4,182 | 1,849 | 1,887 |
Dec-2010 | 4,299 | 1,854 | 1,977 |
Jan-2011 | 4,000 | 1,827 | 1,832 |
Feb-2011 | 4,231 | 1,755 | 1,958 |
Mar-2011 | 4,430 | 1,794 | 2,033 |
Apr-2011 | 4,296 | 1,792 | 1,882 |
May-2011 | 4,261 | 1,904 | 1,965 |
Jun-2011 | 4,366 | 1,942 | 1,923 |
Jul-2011 | 4,261 | 1,845 | 1,986 |
Aug-2011 | 4,298 | 1,845 | 2,031 |
Sep-2011 | 4,429 | 1,872 | 2,041 |
Oct-2011 | 4,370 | 1,794 | 1,997 |
Nov-2011 | 4,365 | 1,912 | 2,039 |
Dec-2011 | 4,356 | 1,801 | 1,981 |
Jan-2012 | 4,457 | 1,797 | 2,030 |
Feb-2012 | 4,560 | 1,903 | 2,130 |
Mar-2012 | 4,575 | 1,784 | 2,167 |
Apr-2012 | 4,389 | 1,880 | 2,134 |
May-2012 | 4,533 | 1,969 | 2,138 |
Jun-2012 | 4,440 | 1,892 | 2,152 |
Jul-2012 | 4,327 | 1,722 | 2,072 |
Aug-2012 | 4,450 | 1,894 | 2,069 |
Sep-2012 | 4,302 | 1,805 | 1,950 |
Oct-2012 | 4,389 | 1,891 | 2,035 |
Nov-2012 | 4,489 | 1,921 | 2,078 |
Dec-2012 | 4,452 | 1,700 | 2,051 |
Jan-2013 | 4,487 | 1,678 | 2,280 |
Feb-2013 | 4,571 | 1,664 | 2,298 |
Mar-2013 | 4,369 | 1,787 | 2,124 |
Apr-2013 | 4,572 | 1,793 | 2,296 |
May-2013 | 4,663 | 1,836 | 2,234 |
Jun-2013 | 4,440 | 1,761 | 2,203 |
Jul-2013 | 4,561 | 1,713 | 2,363 |
Aug-2013 | 4,730 | 1,816 | 2,316 |
Sep-2013 | 4,726 | 1,892 | 2,302 |
Oct-2013 | 4,518 | 1,675 | 2,372 |
Nov-2013 | 4,622 | 1,630 | 2,391 |
Dec-2013 | 4,614 | 1,770 | 2,287 |
Jan-2014 | 4,626 | 1,806 | 2,311 |
Feb-2014 | 4,696 | 1,767 | 2,411 |
Mar-2014 | 4,763 | 1,703 | 2,449 |
Apr-2014 | 4,880 | 1,764 | 2,474 |
May-2014 | 4,808 | 1,710 | 2,483 |
Jun-2014 | 4,925 | 1,761 | 2,507 |
Jul-2014 | 5,008 | 1,781 | 2,633 |
Aug-2014 | 4,810 | 1,699 | 2,549 |
Sep-2014 | 5,149 | 1,718 | 2,732 |
Oct-2014 | 5,111 | 1,835 | 2,718 |
Nov-2014 | 4,978 | 1,726 | 2,600 |
Dec-2014 | 5,192 | 1,857 | 2,552 |
Jan-2015 | 5,061 | 1,789 | 2,764 |
Feb-2015 | 5,127 | 1,757 | 2,741 |
Mar-2015 | 5,126 | 1,973 | 2,754 |
Apr-2015 | 5,196 | 1,856 | 2,705 |
May-2015 | 5,142 | 1,711 | 2,743 |
Jun-2015 | 5,125 | 1,821 | 2,756 |
Jul-2015 | 5,150 | 1,703 | 2,764 |
Aug-2015 | 5,163 | 1,773 | 2,879 |
Sep-2015 | 5,287 | 1,964 | 2,778 |
Oct-2015 | 5,338 | 1,845 | 2,810 |
Nov-2015 | 5,358 | 1,779 | 2,897 |
Dec-2015 | 5,540 | 1,803 | 3,056 |
Jan-2016 | 5,220 | 1,805 | 2,875 |
Feb-2016 | 5,470 | 1,894 | 2,994 |
Mar-2016 | 5,359 | 1,850 | 2,917 |
Apr-2016 | 5,294 | 1,771 | 2,955 |
May-2016 | 5,197 | 1,825 | 3,009 |
Jun-2016 | 5,281 | 1,750 | 3,018 |
Jul-2016 | 5,426 | 1,759 | 2,967 |
Aug-2016 | 5,327 | 1,860 | 2,998 |
Sep-2016 | 5,306 | 1,588 | 3,047 |
Oct-2016 | 5,210 | 1,664 | 3,074 |
Nov-2016 | 5,308 | 1,751 | 3,026 |
Dec-2016 | 5,343 | 1,708 | 2,989 |
Jan-2017 | 5,499 | 1,745 | 3,188 |
Feb-2017 | 5,350 | 1,711 | 3,089 |
Mar-2017 | 5,395 | 1,762 | 3,150 |
Apr-2017 | 5,272 | 1,710 | 3,028 |
May-2017 | 5,477 | 1,794 | 3,111 |
Jun-2017 | 5,635 | 1,970 | 3,154 |
Jul-2017 | 5,497 | 1,910 | 3,097 |
Aug-2017 | 5,519 | 1,868 | 3,103 |
Sep-2017 | 5,450 | 1,787 | 3,190 |
Oct-2017 | 5,581 | 1,837 | 3,219 |
Nov-2017 | 5,494 | 1,747 | 3,186 |
Dec-2017 | 5,421 | 1,732 | 3,222 |
Jan-2018 | 5,512 | 1,932 | 3,019 |
Feb-2018 | 5,624 | 1,771 | 3,222 |
Mar-2018 | 5,623 | 1,795 | 3,323 |
Apr-2018 | 5,590 | 1,727 | 3,370 |
May-2018 | 5,859 | 1,775 | 3,382 |
Jun-2018 | 5,760 | 1,822 | 3,382 |
Jul-2018 | 5,649 | 1,806 | 3,426 |
Aug-2018 | 5,815 | 1,803 | 3,423 |
Sep-2018 | 5,625 | 1,764 | 3,391 |
Oct-2018 | 5,907 | 1,813 | 3,458 |
Nov-2018 | 5,826 | 1,938 | 3,511 |
Dec-2018 | 5,768 | 1,839 | 3,407 |
Jan-2019 | 5,786 | 1,705 | 3,517 |
Feb-2019 | 5,704 | 1,763 | 3,547 |
Mar-2019 | 5,689 | 1,690 | 3,529 |
Apr-2019 | 6,016 | 1,963 | 3,501 |
May-2019 | 5,686 | 1,775 | 3,472 |
Jun-2019 | 5,801 | 1,780 | 3,474 |
Jul-2019 | 5,871 | 1,833 | 3,654 |
Aug-2019 | 5,900 | 1,808 | 3,540 |
Sep-2019 | 5,963 | 1,970 | 3,447 |
Oct-2019 | 5,781 | 1,819 | 3,452 |
Nov-2019 | 5,847 | 1,782 | 3,541 |
Dec-2019 | 5,951 | 1,931 | 3,487 |
Jan-2020 | 5,981 | 1,808 | 3,563 |
Feb-2020 | 5,990 | 1,954 | 3,497 |
Mar-2020 | 5,171 | 12,985 | 2,933 |
Apr-2020 | 4,029 | 9,170 | 1,991 |
May-2020 | 8,133 | 2,139 | 2,259 |
Jun-2020 | 7,477 | 2,245 | 2,594 |
Jul-2020 | 6,320 | 1,827 | 3,020 |
Aug-2020 | 6,004 | 1,560 | 2,931 |
Sep-2020 | 5,966 | 1,567 | 3,185 |
Oct-2020 | 6,091 | 1,697 | 3,311 |
Nov-2020 | 5,894 | 2,097 | 3,209 |
Dec-2020 | 5,577 | 1,906 | 3,369 |
Jan-2021 | 5,594 | 1,657 | 3,285 |
Feb-2021 | 5,772 | 1,625 | 3,429 |
Mar-2021 | 6,148 | 1,488 | 3,661 |
Apr-2021 | 6,216 | 1,430 | 3,909 |
May-2021 | 6,013 | 1,352 | 3,836 |
Jun-2021 | 6,606 | 1,299 | 3,985 |
Jul-2021 | 6,732 | 1,390 | 4,031 |
Aug-2021 | 6,390 | 1,338 | 4,122 |
Sep-2021 | 6,653 | 1,428 | 4,320 |
Oct-2021 | 6,652 | 1,285 | 4,131 |
Nov-2021 | 6,811 | 1,368 | 4,491 |
Dec-2021 | 6,596 | 1,376 | 4,387 |
Jan-2022 | 6,400 | 1,434 | 4,404 |
Feb-2022 | 6,806 | 1,420 | 4,321 |
Mar-2022 | 6,607 | 1,383 | 4,499 |
Apr-2022 | 6,614 | 1,353 | 4,457 |
May-2022 | 6,461 | 1,509 | 4,259 |
Jun-2022 | 6,510 | 1,497 | 4,139 |
Jul-2022 | 6,470 | 1,459 | 4,005 |
Aug-2022 | 6,443 | 1,609 | 4,200 |
Sep-2022 | 6,206 | 1,443 | 4,111 |
Oct-2022 | 6,104 | 1,539 | 3,945 |
Nov-2022 | 6,134 | 1,461 | 4,080 |
Dec-2022 | 6,113 | 1,520 | 4,173 |
Jan-2023 | 6,347 | 1,904 | 3,833 |
Feb-2023 | 6,020 | 1,539 | 3,926 |
Mar-2023 | 5,932 | 1,814 | 3,820 |
Apr-2023 | 5,954 | 1,686 | 3,619 |
May-2023 | 6,128 | 1,519 | 4,013 |
Jun-2023 | 5,930 | 1,637 | 3,689 |
Jul-2023 | 5,646 | 1,675 | 3,562 |
Aug-2023 | 5,824 | 1,691 | 3,618 |
Sep-2023 | 5,772 | 1,561 | 3,638 |
Oct-2023 | 5,700 | 1,621 | 3,558 |
Nov-2023 | 5,501 | 1,526 | 3,549 |
Dec-2023 | 5,614 | 1,648 | 3,370 |
Jan-2024 | 5,572 | 1,692 | 3,353 |
Feb-2024 | 5,664 | 1,681 | 3,468 |
Mar-2024 | 5,472 | 1,614 | 3,329 |
Apr-2024 | 5,584 | 1,587 | 3,414 |
May-2024 | 5,573 | 1,665 | 3,355 |
Jun-2024 | 5,088 | 1,467 | 3,284 |
Jul-2024 | 5,451 | 1,745 | 3,390 |
Aug-2024 | 5,230 | 1,697 | 3,177 |
Sep-2024 | 5,519 | 1,844 | 3,085 |
Oct-2024 | 5,350 | 1,788 | 3,217 |
Nov-2024 | 5,307 | 1,739 | 3,032 |
Dec-2024 | 5,374 | 1,669 | 3,095 |
Jan-2025 | 5,393 | 1,635 | 3,266 |
Note: Shaded areas denote recessions.
Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey