Figure B

New hire rates have been flat, except during the pandemic: State and local government education vacancy and hire rates, January 2001–July 2022

Date Vacancies Hires
Jan-2001 1.5% 1.5%
Feb-2001 1.7 1.8
Mar-2001 1.6 1.6
Apr-2001 1.5 1.6
May-2001 1.3 1.6
Jun-2001 1.5 1.6
Jul-2001 1.3 1.4
Aug-2001 1.4 1.5
Sep-2001 1.9 1.6
Oct-2001 1.4 1.4
Nov-2001 1.4 1.5
Dec-2001 1.5 1.6
Jan-2002 1.4 1.5
Feb-2002 1.2 1.3
Mar-2002 1.3 1.6
Apr-2002 1.1 1.4
May-2002 1.4 1.6
Jun-2002 1.3 1.6
Jul-2002 1.4 1.5
Aug-2002 1.4 1.5
Sep-2002 1.2 1.1
Oct-2002 1.1 1.5
Nov-2002 1.4 1.6
Dec-2002 1.1 1.3
Jan-2003 1.3 1.6
Feb-2003 1.4 1.4
Mar-2003 1.1 1.2
Apr-2003 1.3 1.5
May-2003 1.2 1.2
Jun-2003 1.4 1.5
Jul-2003 1 1.7
Aug-2003 0.7 0.9
Sep-2003 0.8 0.9
Oct-2003 1.4 1.7
Nov-2003 0.8 1.2
Dec-2003 0.9 1.4
Jan-2004 0.9 1.2
Feb-2004 0.9 1.4
Mar-2004 1 1.7
Apr-2004 1 1.5
May-2004 1.1 1.4
Jun-2004 1.1 1.2
Jul-2004 1 1.2
Aug-2004 1 1.4
Sep-2004 1.1 1.6
Oct-2004 1.3 1.6
Nov-2004 1.1 1.4
Dec-2004 1.1 1.4
Jan-2005 1.1 1.7
Feb-2005 0.9 1.4
Mar-2005 1.1 1.4
Apr-2005 1.1 1.6
May-2005 1 1.3
Jun-2005 1 1.3
Jul-2005 1.5 1.8
Aug-2005 1.1 1.4
Sep-2005 1.2 1.4
Oct-2005 1 1.4
Nov-2005 1.2 1.5
Dec-2005 1.4 1.6
Jan-2006 1.2 1.4
Feb-2006 1.2 1.6
Mar-2006 1.3 1.6
Apr-2006 1.3 1.4
May-2006 1.2 1.5
Jun-2006 1.3 1.4
Jul-2006 1.6 1.5
Aug-2006 1.4 1.6
Sep-2006 1.5 1.9
Oct-2006 1.1 1.3
Nov-2006 1.3 1.5
Dec-2006 1.2 1.4
Jan-2007 1.3 1.4
Feb-2007 1.4 1.5
Mar-2007 1.3 1.5
Apr-2007 1.2 1.5
May-2007 1.3 1.5
Jun-2007 1.2 1.4
Jul-2007 1.1 1.2
Aug-2007 1.4 1.7
Sep-2007 1.5 1.8
Oct-2007 1.2 1.5
Nov-2007 1.2 1.5
Dec-2007 1.3 1.5
Jan-2008 1 1.2
Feb-2008 1.3 1.3
Mar-2008 1.2 1.5
Apr-2008 1.2 1.2
May-2008 1.3 1.4
Jun-2008 1.2 1.4
Jul-2008 1.1 1.4
Aug-2008 0.9 1.1
Sep-2008 1 1.2
Oct-2008 1 1.3
Nov-2008 1 1.2
Dec-2008 1 1.1
Jan-2009 1 1.3
Feb-2009 1 1.2
Mar-2009 0.8 1.1
Apr-2009 0.8 1
May-2009 0.8 1.1
Jun-2009 0.9 1.3
Jul-2009 0.6 0.6
Aug-2009 1 1.3
Sep-2009 0.6 0.9
Oct-2009 1.1 1.7
Nov-2009 0.9 1.3
Dec-2009 0.8 1.1
Jan-2010 0.9 1.2
Feb-2010 0.7 1.2
Mar-2010 0.9 1.2
Apr-2010 0.8 1.2
May-2010 0.9 1.3
Jun-2010 0.8 1.3
Jul-2010 0.8 1.1
Aug-2010 0.7 1.1
Sep-2010 0.6 1.1
Oct-2010 0.9 1.6
Nov-2010 0.8 1.3
Dec-2010 0.9 1.4
Jan-2011 0.9 1.5
Feb-2011 0.7 0.9
Mar-2011 0.8 1.2
Apr-2011 1 1.4
May-2011 0.7 1.1
Jun-2011 1.2 1.6
Jul-2011 0.8 0.8
Aug-2011 0.8 1
Sep-2011 1 1.2
Oct-2011 1 1.3
Nov-2011 1 1.3
Dec-2011 1 1.3
Jan-2012 1 1.4
Feb-2012 1 1.4
Mar-2012 1.1 1.3
Apr-2012 1 1.5
May-2012 1.1 1.4
Jun-2012 1.1 1.4
Jul-2012 1.2 1.3
Aug-2012 1.2 1.4
Sep-2012 1.1 1.2
Oct-2012 0.9 1
Nov-2012 1 1.2
Dec-2012 1.2 1.3
Jan-2013 1.1 1.1
Feb-2013 1.4 1.3
Mar-2013 1.2 1.2
Apr-2013 1.1 1.3
May-2013 1.3 1.3
Jun-2013 1.2 1.2
Jul-2013 1.1 1.3
Aug-2013 1.3 1.5
Sep-2013 1.2 1.3
Oct-2013 1.2 1.3
Nov-2013 1.3 1.3
Dec-2013 1.1 1.3
Jan-2014 1.1 1.2
Feb-2014 1.1 1.2
Mar-2014 1.3 1.4
Apr-2014 1.3 1.3
May-2014 1.2 1
Jun-2014 1.7 1.5
Jul-2014 1.4 1.3
Aug-2014 0.9 1
Sep-2014 1.6 1.6
Oct-2014 1.3 1.3
Nov-2014 1.3 1.2
Dec-2014 1.3 1.3
Jan-2015 1.5 1.3
Feb-2015 1.5 1.4
Mar-2015 1.4 1.3
Apr-2015 1.4 1.5
May-2015 1.4 1.4
Jun-2015 1.6 1.5
Jul-2015 1.6 1.5
Aug-2015 1.4 1.5
Sep-2015 1.2 1.3
Oct-2015 1.7 1.6
Nov-2015 1.6 1.6
Dec-2015 1.7 1.7
Jan-2016 1.5 1.7
Feb-2016 1.4 1.4
Mar-2016 1.5 1.6
Apr-2016 1.4 1.5
May-2016 1.5 1.6
Jun-2016 1.2 1.5
Jul-2016 1.9 2
Aug-2016 1.3 1.4
Sep-2016 1.3 1.9
Oct-2016 1.1 1
Nov-2016 1.4 1.4
Dec-2016 1.4 1.4
Jan-2017 1.5 1.6
Feb-2017 1.3 1.5
Mar-2017 1.4 1.5
Apr-2017 1.6 1.5
May-2017 1.6 1.5
Jun-2017 1.4 1.3
Jul-2017 1.5 1.5
Aug-2017 1.2 1.1
Sep-2017 1.6 1.4
Oct-2017 1.6 1.6
Nov-2017 1.5 1.6
Dec-2017 1.5 1.6
Jan-2018 1.6 1.4
Feb-2018 1.9 1.6
Mar-2018 1.8 1.5
Apr-2018 1.8 1.5
May-2018 1.7 1.6
Jun-2018 1.8 1.7
Jul-2018 1.6 1.5
Aug-2018 2.1 1.8
Sep-2018 1.9 1.5
Oct-2018 2 1.5
Nov-2018 2 1.6
Dec-2018 2.2 1.7
Jan-2019 2 1.7
Feb-2019 2 1.5
Mar-2019 2.2 1.7
Apr-2019 2 1.7
May-2019 2 1.5
Jun-2019 2 1.6
Jul-2019 1.7 1.5
Aug-2019 2 1.6
Sep-2019 2.3 1.6
Oct-2019 2.3 1.6
Nov-2019 2.2 1.6
Dec-2019 2.2 1.5
Jan-2020 2.4 1.6
Feb-2020 2.7 1.8
Mar-2020 1.9 1.6
Apr-2020 1.8 1
May-2020 1.9 1.2
Jun-2020 1.8 1.3
Jul-2020 1.8 1.3
Aug-2020 2 1.2
Sep-2020 2.1 1.2
Oct-2020 2.3 1.4
Nov-2020 2.3 1.4
Dec-2020 2.2 1.4
Jan-2021 3.1 2
Feb-2021 2.2 1.4
Mar-2021 2.6 1.8
Apr-2021 2.9 1.6
May-2021 3.4 2
Jun-2021 3.1 2.1
Jul-2021 3.2 2.1
Aug-2021 2.7 1.6
Sep-2021 2.6 1.3
Oct-2021 3 1.5
Nov-2021 3.1 1.9
Dec-2021 3.4 1.8
Jan-2022 3.5 1.9
Feb-2022 3.6 1.9
Mar-2022 3.1 1.9
Apr-2022 3.4 1.8
May-2022 3.4 1.8
Jun-2022 3 1.9
Jul-2022 3.1 1.6
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Source: EPI analysis of JOLTS data (Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), Public data series accessed through the JOLTS databases, 2022). 

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