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 |
Note: Data include community colleges, state colleges, and universities, and nonteaching jobs at all levels of education.
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).