Hires, layoffs, and quits, 2000–2026
| Date | Hires | Quits | Layoffs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec-2000 | 5426 | 2882 | 2018 |
| Jan-2001 | 5722 | 3245 | 2220 |
| Feb-2001 | 5303 | 3053 | 1855 |
| Mar-2001 | 5528 | 3054 | 2133 |
| Apr-2001 | 5204 | 3163 | 1883 |
| May-2001 | 5410 | 2993 | 2029 |
| Jun-2001 | 5109 | 2878 | 2015 |
| Jul-2001 | 5244 | 2947 | 2038 |
| Aug-2001 | 5223 | 2928 | 2011 |
| Sep-2001 | 4954 | 2703 | 2107 |
| Oct-2001 | 5078 | 2795 | 2319 |
| Nov-2001 | 4914 | 2560 | 2255 |
| Dec-2001 | 4829 | 2559 | 1922 |
| Jan-2002 | 4855 | 2845 | 1907 |
| Feb-2002 | 4801 | 2572 | 1978 |
| Mar-2002 | 4706 | 2493 | 1883 |
| Apr-2002 | 4928 | 2624 | 1956 |
| May-2002 | 4857 | 2537 | 1967 |
| Jun-2002 | 4869 | 2522 | 2015 |
| Jul-2002 | 4946 | 2561 | 2102 |
| Aug-2002 | 4871 | 2561 | 1923 |
| Sep-2002 | 4879 | 2521 | 2022 |
| Oct-2002 | 4798 | 2423 | 1935 |
| Nov-2002 | 4792 | 2403 | 1944 |
| Dec-2002 | 4893 | 2501 | 2007 |
| Jan-2003 | 5058 | 2429 | 2109 |
| Feb-2003 | 4714 | 2490 | 2015 |
| Mar-2003 | 4470 | 2394 | 1949 |
| Apr-2003 | 4600 | 2279 | 1998 |
| May-2003 | 4678 | 2291 | 2072 |
| Jun-2003 | 4682 | 2315 | 2076 |
| Jul-2003 | 4639 | 2271 | 2062 |
| Aug-2003 | 4666 | 2195 | 2162 |
| Sep-2003 | 4799 | 2354 | 1932 |
| Oct-2003 | 4902 | 2415 | 1969 |
| Nov-2003 | 4767 | 2411 | 1951 |
| Dec-2003 | 4984 | 2444 | 2007 |
| Jan-2004 | 4900 | 2354 | 2037 |
| Feb-2004 | 4788 | 2448 | 1985 |
| Mar-2004 | 5227 | 2582 | 2065 |
| Apr-2004 | 5152 | 2534 | 2010 |
| May-2004 | 4976 | 2428 | 1914 |
| Jun-2004 | 5009 | 2659 | 1887 |
| Jul-2004 | 4891 | 2609 | 1885 |
| Aug-2004 | 5013 | 2586 | 1974 |
| Sep-2004 | 5062 | 2531 | 2027 |
| Oct-2004 | 5149 | 2550 | 1903 |
| Nov-2004 | 5181 | 2789 | 2037 |
| Dec-2004 | 5153 | 2695 | 1951 |
| Jan-2005 | 5201 | 2732 | 2008 |
| Feb-2005 | 5276 | 2651 | 2068 |
| Mar-2005 | 5273 | 2747 | 2188 |
| Apr-2005 | 5362 | 2741 | 1957 |
| May-2005 | 5271 | 2763 | 2021 |
| Jun-2005 | 5376 | 2754 | 2015 |
| Jul-2005 | 5328 | 2735 | 1898 |
| Aug-2005 | 5409 | 2957 | 1905 |
| Sep-2005 | 5493 | 3046 | 2032 |
| Oct-2005 | 5124 | 2863 | 1873 |
| Nov-2005 | 5344 | 2895 | 1769 |
| Dec-2005 | 5294 | 2849 | 1923 |
| Jan-2006 | 5271 | 2945 | 1784 |
| Feb-2006 | 5474 | 2965 | 1882 |
| Mar-2006 | 5524 | 2956 | 1888 |
| Apr-2006 | 5215 | 2778 | 1853 |
| May-2006 | 5498 | 3002 | 1991 |
| Jun-2006 | 5455 | 3042 | 1817 |
| Jul-2006 | 5573 | 3047 | 1860 |
| Aug-2006 | 5373 | 3056 | 1775 |
| Sep-2006 | 5288 | 2888 | 1831 |
| Oct-2006 | 5375 | 2983 | 1898 |
| Nov-2006 | 5495 | 3043 | 1926 |
| Dec-2006 | 5214 | 2999 | 1772 |
| Jan-2007 | 5426 | 2956 | 1922 |
| Feb-2007 | 5160 | 2933 | 1850 |
| Mar-2007 | 5479 | 2997 | 1882 |
| Apr-2007 | 5353 | 2911 | 2000 |
| May-2007 | 5469 | 3010 | 1967 |
| Jun-2007 | 5267 | 2910 | 1845 |
| Jul-2007 | 5217 | 2951 | 1896 |
| Aug-2007 | 5358 | 3014 | 2033 |
| Sep-2007 | 5344 | 2691 | 2188 |
| Oct-2007 | 5398 | 2926 | 1998 |
| Nov-2007 | 5176 | 2784 | 1966 |
| Dec-2007 | 5119 | 2773 | 1915 |
| Jan-2008 | 5071 | 2847 | 1989 |
| Feb-2008 | 5077 | 2881 | 1995 |
| Mar-2008 | 4924 | 2661 | 1918 |
| Apr-2008 | 4948 | 2837 | 1958 |
| May-2008 | 4691 | 2607 | 1950 |
| Jun-2008 | 4893 | 2595 | 2172 |
| Jul-2008 | 4637 | 2489 | 2071 |
| Aug-2008 | 4682 | 2445 | 2190 |
| Sep-2008 | 4499 | 2468 | 2088 |
| Oct-2008 | 4548 | 2347 | 2250 |
| Nov-2008 | 4104 | 2157 | 2290 |
| Dec-2008 | 4348 | 2084 | 2482 |
| Jan-2009 | 4095 | 1976 | 2581 |
| Feb-2009 | 4061 | 1952 | 2599 |
| Mar-2009 | 3858 | 1834 | 2575 |
| Apr-2009 | 3888 | 1712 | 2654 |
| May-2009 | 3758 | 1683 | 2231 |
| Jun-2009 | 3639 | 1685 | 2261 |
| Jul-2009 | 3857 | 1685 | 2267 |
| Aug-2009 | 3810 | 1555 | 2119 |
| Sep-2009 | 3944 | 1627 | 2195 |
| Oct-2009 | 3838 | 1660 | 2028 |
| Nov-2009 | 4024 | 1810 | 1913 |
| Dec-2009 | 4004 | 1766 | 2033 |
| Jan-2010 | 3904 | 1742 | 1880 |
| Feb-2010 | 3864 | 1844 | 1825 |
| Mar-2010 | 4302 | 1856 | 1924 |
| Apr-2010 | 4159 | 1897 | 1749 |
| May-2010 | 4420 | 1813 | 1762 |
| Jun-2010 | 4111 | 1911 | 2075 |
| Jul-2010 | 4163 | 1785 | 2166 |
| Aug-2010 | 4046 | 1842 | 1890 |
| Sep-2010 | 4034 | 1895 | 1832 |
| Oct-2010 | 4173 | 1846 | 1745 |
| Nov-2010 | 4182 | 1887 | 1849 |
| Dec-2010 | 4299 | 1977 | 1854 |
| Jan-2011 | 4000 | 1832 | 1827 |
| Feb-2011 | 4231 | 1958 | 1755 |
| Mar-2011 | 4430 | 2033 | 1794 |
| Apr-2011 | 4296 | 1882 | 1792 |
| May-2011 | 4261 | 1965 | 1904 |
| Jun-2011 | 4366 | 1923 | 1942 |
| Jul-2011 | 4261 | 1986 | 1845 |
| Aug-2011 | 4298 | 2031 | 1845 |
| Sep-2011 | 4429 | 2041 | 1872 |
| Oct-2011 | 4370 | 1997 | 1794 |
| Nov-2011 | 4365 | 2039 | 1912 |
| Dec-2011 | 4356 | 1981 | 1801 |
| Jan-2012 | 4457 | 2030 | 1797 |
| Feb-2012 | 4560 | 2130 | 1903 |
| Mar-2012 | 4575 | 2167 | 1784 |
| Apr-2012 | 4389 | 2134 | 1880 |
| May-2012 | 4533 | 2138 | 1969 |
| Jun-2012 | 4440 | 2152 | 1892 |
| Jul-2012 | 4327 | 2072 | 1722 |
| Aug-2012 | 4450 | 2069 | 1894 |
| Sep-2012 | 4302 | 1950 | 1805 |
| Oct-2012 | 4389 | 2035 | 1891 |
| Nov-2012 | 4489 | 2078 | 1921 |
| Dec-2012 | 4452 | 2051 | 1700 |
| Jan-2013 | 4487 | 2280 | 1678 |
| Feb-2013 | 4571 | 2298 | 1664 |
| Mar-2013 | 4369 | 2124 | 1787 |
| Apr-2013 | 4572 | 2296 | 1793 |
| May-2013 | 4663 | 2234 | 1836 |
| Jun-2013 | 4440 | 2203 | 1761 |
| Jul-2013 | 4561 | 2363 | 1713 |
| Aug-2013 | 4730 | 2316 | 1816 |
| Sep-2013 | 4726 | 2302 | 1892 |
| Oct-2013 | 4518 | 2372 | 1675 |
| Nov-2013 | 4622 | 2391 | 1630 |
| Dec-2013 | 4614 | 2287 | 1770 |
| Jan-2014 | 4626 | 2311 | 1806 |
| Feb-2014 | 4696 | 2411 | 1767 |
| Mar-2014 | 4763 | 2449 | 1703 |
| Apr-2014 | 4880 | 2474 | 1764 |
| May-2014 | 4808 | 2483 | 1710 |
| Jun-2014 | 4925 | 2507 | 1761 |
| Jul-2014 | 5008 | 2633 | 1781 |
| Aug-2014 | 4810 | 2549 | 1699 |
| Sep-2014 | 5149 | 2732 | 1718 |
| Oct-2014 | 5111 | 2718 | 1835 |
| Nov-2014 | 4978 | 2600 | 1726 |
| Dec-2014 | 5192 | 2552 | 1857 |
| Jan-2015 | 5061 | 2764 | 1789 |
| Feb-2015 | 5127 | 2741 | 1757 |
| Mar-2015 | 5126 | 2754 | 1973 |
| Apr-2015 | 5196 | 2705 | 1856 |
| May-2015 | 5142 | 2743 | 1711 |
| Jun-2015 | 5125 | 2756 | 1821 |
| Jul-2015 | 5150 | 2764 | 1703 |
| Aug-2015 | 5163 | 2879 | 1773 |
| Sep-2015 | 5287 | 2778 | 1964 |
| Oct-2015 | 5338 | 2810 | 1845 |
| Nov-2015 | 5358 | 2897 | 1779 |
| Dec-2015 | 5540 | 3056 | 1803 |
| Jan-2016 | 5220 | 2875 | 1805 |
| Feb-2016 | 5470 | 2994 | 1894 |
| Mar-2016 | 5359 | 2917 | 1850 |
| Apr-2016 | 5294 | 2955 | 1771 |
| May-2016 | 5197 | 3009 | 1825 |
| Jun-2016 | 5281 | 3018 | 1750 |
| Jul-2016 | 5426 | 2967 | 1759 |
| Aug-2016 | 5327 | 2998 | 1860 |
| Sep-2016 | 5306 | 3047 | 1588 |
| Oct-2016 | 5210 | 3074 | 1664 |
| Nov-2016 | 5308 | 3026 | 1751 |
| Dec-2016 | 5343 | 2989 | 1708 |
| Jan-2017 | 5499 | 3188 | 1745 |
| Feb-2017 | 5350 | 3089 | 1711 |
| Mar-2017 | 5395 | 3150 | 1762 |
| Apr-2017 | 5272 | 3028 | 1710 |
| May-2017 | 5477 | 3111 | 1794 |
| Jun-2017 | 5635 | 3154 | 1970 |
| Jul-2017 | 5497 | 3097 | 1910 |
| Aug-2017 | 5519 | 3103 | 1868 |
| Sep-2017 | 5450 | 3190 | 1787 |
| Oct-2017 | 5581 | 3219 | 1837 |
| Nov-2017 | 5494 | 3186 | 1747 |
| Dec-2017 | 5421 | 3222 | 1732 |
| Jan-2018 | 5512 | 3019 | 1932 |
| Feb-2018 | 5624 | 3222 | 1771 |
| Mar-2018 | 5623 | 3323 | 1795 |
| Apr-2018 | 5590 | 3370 | 1727 |
| May-2018 | 5859 | 3382 | 1775 |
| Jun-2018 | 5760 | 3382 | 1822 |
| Jul-2018 | 5649 | 3426 | 1806 |
| Aug-2018 | 5815 | 3423 | 1803 |
| Sep-2018 | 5625 | 3391 | 1764 |
| Oct-2018 | 5907 | 3458 | 1813 |
| Nov-2018 | 5826 | 3511 | 1938 |
| Dec-2018 | 5768 | 3407 | 1839 |
| Jan-2019 | 5786 | 3517 | 1705 |
| Feb-2019 | 5704 | 3547 | 1763 |
| Mar-2019 | 5689 | 3529 | 1690 |
| Apr-2019 | 6016 | 3501 | 1963 |
| May-2019 | 5686 | 3472 | 1775 |
| Jun-2019 | 5801 | 3474 | 1780 |
| Jul-2019 | 5871 | 3654 | 1833 |
| Aug-2019 | 5900 | 3540 | 1808 |
| Sep-2019 | 5963 | 3447 | 1970 |
| Oct-2019 | 5781 | 3452 | 1819 |
| Nov-2019 | 5847 | 3541 | 1782 |
| Dec-2019 | 5951 | 3487 | 1931 |
| Jan-2020 | 5981 | 3563 | 1808 |
| Feb-2020 | 5990 | 3497 | 1954 |
| Mar-2020 | 5171 | 2933 | 12985 |
| Apr-2020 | 4029 | 1991 | 9170 |
| May-2020 | 8133 | 2259 | 2139 |
| Jun-2020 | 7477 | 2594 | 2245 |
| Jul-2020 | 6320 | 3020 | 1827 |
| Aug-2020 | 6004 | 2931 | 1560 |
| Sep-2020 | 5966 | 3185 | 1567 |
| Oct-2020 | 6091 | 3311 | 1697 |
| Nov-2020 | 5894 | 3209 | 2097 |
| Dec-2020 | 5577 | 3369 | 1906 |
| Jan-2021 | 5598 | 3292 | 1567 |
| Feb-2021 | 5813 | 3373 | 1628 |
| Mar-2021 | 6158 | 3654 | 1500 |
| Apr-2021 | 6138 | 3943 | 1402 |
| May-2021 | 5981 | 3817 | 1351 |
| Jun-2021 | 6535 | 4017 | 1335 |
| Jul-2021 | 6720 | 4059 | 1410 |
| Aug-2021 | 6394 | 4171 | 1332 |
| Sep-2021 | 6632 | 4354 | 1411 |
| Oct-2021 | 6678 | 4153 | 1313 |
| Nov-2021 | 6911 | 4453 | 1348 |
| Dec-2021 | 6686 | 4314 | 1403 |
| Jan-2022 | 6431 | 4413 | 1423 |
| Feb-2022 | 6801 | 4233 | 1401 |
| Mar-2022 | 6619 | 4447 | 1377 |
| Apr-2022 | 6528 | 4499 | 1312 |
| May-2022 | 6440 | 4237 | 1500 |
| Jun-2022 | 6487 | 4165 | 1528 |
| Jul-2022 | 6478 | 4031 | 1462 |
| Aug-2022 | 6448 | 4258 | 1606 |
| Sep-2022 | 6201 | 4134 | 1445 |
| Oct-2022 | 6151 | 3956 | 1553 |
| Nov-2022 | 6180 | 4083 | 1472 |
| Dec-2022 | 6163 | 4125 | 1535 |
| Jan-2023 | 6370 | 3839 | 1767 |
| Feb-2023 | 5989 | 3917 | 1535 |
| Mar-2023 | 5925 | 3800 | 1903 |
| Apr-2023 | 5876 | 3617 | 1654 |
| May-2023 | 6119 | 3999 | 1540 |
| Jun-2023 | 5928 | 3693 | 1658 |
| Jul-2023 | 5672 | 3552 | 1677 |
| Aug-2023 | 5846 | 3621 | 1675 |
| Sep-2023 | 5773 | 3644 | 1531 |
| Oct-2023 | 5765 | 3574 | 1623 |
| Nov-2023 | 5535 | 3576 | 1554 |
| Dec-2023 | 5583 | 3412 | 1685 |
| Jan-2024 | 5591 | 3347 | 1641 |
| Feb-2024 | 5618 | 3482 | 1692 |
| Mar-2024 | 5452 | 3289 | 1647 |
| Apr-2024 | 5469 | 3438 | 1548 |
| May-2024 | 5492 | 3386 | 1747 |
| Jun-2024 | 5137 | 3280 | 1497 |
| Jul-2024 | 5430 | 3359 | 1711 |
| Aug-2024 | 5204 | 3240 | 1683 |
| Sep-2024 | 5427 | 3123 | 1780 |
| Oct-2024 | 5228 | 3215 | 1650 |
| Nov-2024 | 5155 | 3050 | 1831 |
| Dec-2024 | 5292 | 3085 | 1689 |
| Jan-2025 | 5238 | 3203 | 1738 |
| Feb-2025 | 5236 | 3153 | 1867 |
| Mar-2025 | 5333 | 3456 | 1595 |
| Apr-2025 | 5391 | 3144 | 1818 |
| May-2025 | 5328 | 3287 | 1671 |
| Jun-2025 | 5327 | 3254 | 1843 |
| Jul-2025 | 5225 | 3132 | 1772 |
| Aug-2025 | 5145 | 3095 | 1832 |
| Sep-2025 | 5244 | 2990 | 1816 |
| Oct-2025 | 5180 | 2980 | 1891 |
| Nov-2025 | 5019 | 3119 | 1660 |
| Dec-2025 | 5272 | 3225 | 1666 |
| Jan-2026 | 5347 | 3131 | 1660 |
| Feb-2026 | 4899 | 3046 | 1714 |
| Mar-2026 | 5554 | 3171 | 1867 |
Note: Shaded areas denote recessions.
Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey