Figure 8a. Job openings levels of establishment-based size classes, by number of employees, seasonally adjusted, December 2000 to December 2016
Month and year Size class 1 (1–49 employees) Size class 2 (50–449 employees) Size class 3 (500+ employees)

Dec 2000

 1,724,481 1,817,948 910,117

Jan 2001

 1,867,215 1,726,355 1,038,630

Feb 2001

 1,716,500 1,713,574 908,964

Mar 2001

 1,529,514 1,696,557 866,619

Apr 2001

 1,589,401 1,669,130 934,021

May 2001

 1,673,064 1,442,546 754,971

Jun 2001

 1,490,234 1,418,828 773,556

Jul 2001

 1,428,081 1,480,935 926,526

Aug 2001

 1,421,528 1,420,629 761,377

Sep 2001

 1,562,466 1,246,631 954,021

Oct 2001

 1,373,514 1,116,255 521,645

Nov 2001

 1,163,042 1,131,320 691,839

Dec 2001

 1,241,707 1,207,369 704,301

Jan 2002

 1,346,758 1,210,890 669,961

Feb 2002

 1,014,357 1,155,226 682,743

Mar 2002

 1,240,815 1,195,632 697,436

Apr 2002

 1,044,282 1,157,685 657,972

May 2002

 984,269 1,259,976 727,993

Jun 2002

 1,002,419 1,175,812 639,465

Jul 2002

 1,092,175 1,129,444 622,684

Aug 2002

 1,081,740 1,245,696 590,086

Sep 2002

 1,006,465 1,254,132 561,763

Oct 2002

 1,025,566 1,310,002 653,287

Nov 2002

 1,137,646 1,258,716 610,999

Dec 2002

 905,125 1,068,136 597,629

Jan 2003

 1,087,042 1,257,175 771,262

Feb 2003

 1,146,091 1,158,243 590,105

Mar 2003

 1,010,501 1,087,230 528,484

Apr 2003

 1,050,528 1,134,397 547,825

May 2003

 1,086,502 1,125,963 561,534

Jun 2003

 1,073,311 1,199,098 579,713

Jul 2003

 977,678 1,162,389 551,572

Aug 2003

 1,002,875 1,240,738 580,988

Sep 2003

 933,193 1,194,568 588,511

Oct 2003

 1,010,414 1,173,473 587,706

Nov 2003

 1,042,653 1,219,192 579,980

Dec 2003

 1,116,029 1,269,202 588,653

Jan 2004

 1,115,222 1,249,279 576,195

Feb 2004

 1,262,436 1,209,998 559,653

Mar 2004

 1,210,078 1,232,249 570,054

Apr 2004

 1,154,997 1,234,053 653,890

May 2004

 1,212,101 1,322,311 587,073

Jun 2004

 1,091,428 1,234,671 606,463

Jul 2004

 1,428,693 1,391,513 630,995

Aug 2004

 1,268,804 1,245,973 585,336

Sep 2004

 1,345,368 1,313,461 616,268

Oct 2004

 1,274,117 1,299,703 670,992

Nov 2004

 1,135,071 1,226,994 585,642

Dec 2004

 1,379,447 1,353,203 634,438

Jan 2005

 1,232,756 1,322,278 642,952

Feb 2005

 1,378,948 1,430,938 690,447

Mar 2005

 1,339,448 1,358,318 713,920

Apr 2005

 1,389,458 1,408,946 712,639

May 2005

 1,345,794 1,373,154 709,858

Jun 2005

 1,392,392 1,450,916 723,025

Jul 2005

 1,530,477 1,376,132 771,680

Aug 2005

 1,335,211 1,452,979 792,406

Sep 2005

 1,428,624 1,462,488 812,475

Oct 2005

 1,483,725 1,452,571 836,646

Nov 2005

 1,440,271 1,608,523 900,195

Dec 2005

 1,394,943 1,467,606 844,875

Jan 2006

 1,336,177 1,477,789 955,066

Feb 2006

 1,448,555 1,566,149 833,985

Mar 2006

 1,504,896 1,613,437 837,220

Apr 2006

 1,473,957 1,652,844 808,247

May 2006

 1,461,552 1,618,266 841,568

Jun 2006

 1,488,237 1,547,273 792,484

Jul 2006

 1,220,588 1,423,299 787,087

Aug 2006

 1,457,151 1,624,090 792,087

Sep 2006

 1,488,368 1,608,018 782,030

Oct 2006

 1,386,305 1,675,770 827,302

Nov 2006

 1,531,712 1,667,883 807,617

Dec 2006

 1,458,464 1,688,928 808,447

Jan 2007

 1,620,059 1,638,601 827,056

Feb 2007

 1,544,405 1,700,324 791,776

Mar 2007

 1,504,879 1,742,683 794,458

Apr 2007

 1,499,445 1,713,472 768,077

May 2007

 1,444,634 1,750,354 801,006

Jun 2007

 1,632,900 1,635,964 799,464

Jul 2007

 1,501,190 1,571,015 744,670

Aug 2007

 1,527,583 1,569,242 803,716

Sep 2007

 1,618,670 1,567,592 752,836

Oct 2007

 1,493,641 1,520,918 722,737

Nov 2007

 1,368,491 1,651,370 743,901

Dec 2007

 1,534,121 1,684,044 725,602

Jan 2008

 1,544,025 1,517,185 696,008

Feb 2008

 1,343,455 1,522,702 739,051

Mar 2008

 1,333,279 1,450,500 699,124

Apr 2008

 1,272,151 1,424,111 705,214

May 2008

 1,303,967 1,433,714 684,849

Jun 2008

 1,157,440 1,382,931 723,162

Jul 2008

 1,209,992 1,370,921 655,987

Aug 2008

 1,163,375 1,236,276 675,040

Sep 2008

 1,059,850 1,136,839 589,415

Oct 2008

 1,081,398 1,148,317 548,287

Nov 2008

 1,026,095 1,028,705 492,747

Dec 2008

 1,239,371 950,318 454,887

Jan 2009

 960,438 910,143 417,189

Feb 2009

 1,030,331 880,040 448,600

Mar 2009

 870,655 767,138 402,948

Apr 2009

 796,516 676,139 404,174

May 2009

 925,148 774,469 363,502

Jun 2009

 916,166 796,245 367,560

Jul 2009

 778,765 687,001 355,394

Aug 2009

 738,320 780,486 360,040

Sep 2009

 910,332 828,299 402,629

Oct 2009

 806,614 773,379 330,169

Nov 2009

 837,638 757,223 394,875

Dec 2009

 762,740 832,210 468,166

Jan 2010

 887,791 840,184 447,641

Feb 2010

 806,616 901,405 457,485

Mar 2010

 798,899 925,926 470,049

Apr 2010

 962,998 953,255 445,487

May 2010

 1,038,158 902,541 515,456

Jun 2010

 872,632 914,279 499,618

Jul 2010

 964,503 983,081 526,878

Aug 2010

 982,288 1,015,215 500,851

Sep 2010

 844,090 989,405 561,715

Oct 2010

 1,013,365 944,033 591,681

Nov 2010

 1,078,043 1,013,874 610,345

Dec 2010

 883,634 935,568 601,536

Jan 2011

 912,057 1,116,375 649,616

Feb 2011

 950,227 1,169,169 573,786

Mar 2011

 956,420 1,169,775 607,279

Apr 2011

 912,439 1,204,702 658,326

May 2011

 1,017,681 1,160,066 615,220

Jun 2011

 976,941 1,236,279 647,598

Jul 2011

 1,055,247 1,260,577 619,553

Aug 2011

 956,763 1,226,493 596,749

Sep 2011

 1,141,332 1,316,143 613,413

Oct 2011

 1,078,820 1,284,740 663,820

Nov 2011

 1,049,291 1,250,721 604,132

Dec 2011

 1,088,266 1,299,966 628,441

Jan 2012

 1,423,588 1,329,570 587,745

Feb 2012

 1,167,426 1,309,752 642,197

Mar 2012

 1,235,579 1,404,803 675,431

Apr 2012

 1,267,365 1,212,742 634,346

May 2012

 1,263,699 1,318,286 708,677

Jun 2012

 1,329,176 1,346,505 668,756

Jul 2012

 1,166,332 1,338,295 687,902

Aug 2012

 1,202,772 1,311,798 664,008

Sep 2012

 1,237,858 1,315,865 592,115

Oct 2012

 1,237,926 1,423,576 630,545

Nov 2012

 1,308,853 1,399,160 650,751

Dec 2012

 1,209,059 1,411,215 646,926

Jan 2013

 1,252,191 1,399,059 679,759

Feb 2013

 1,382,744 1,475,271 707,765

Mar 2013

 1,329,656 1,417,401 666,903

Apr 2013

 1,319,660 1,443,485 602,828

May 2013

 1,298,293 1,454,870 615,285

Jun 2013

 1,420,495 1,410,737 616,072

Jul 2013

 1,392,254 1,383,958 618,725

Aug 2013

 1,318,591 1,460,753 699,182

Sep 2013

 1,476,989 1,364,732 749,228

Oct 2013

 1,366,696 1,474,834 782,037

Nov 2013

 1,294,851 1,555,258 739,626

Dec 2013

 1,420,377 1,460,407 653,164

Jan 2014

 1,294,356 1,488,774 738,864

Feb 2014

 1,347,377 1,518,836 783,842

Mar 2014

 1,447,426 1,540,378 686,654

Apr 2014

 1,372,739 1,710,043 773,121

May 2014

 1,630,519 1,680,062 747,796

Jun 2014

 1,547,178 1,758,812 806,464

Jul 2014

 1,543,285 1,619,409 835,460

Aug 2014

 1,900,547 1,724,095 834,753

Sep 2014

 1,593,931 1,771,408 848,176

Oct 2014

 1,732,527 1,829,031 830,514

Nov 2014

 1,750,605 1,858,201 843,982

Dec 2014

 1,820,784 1,850,517 886,004

Jan 2015

 1,780,701 1,826,414 907,200

Feb 2015

 2,030,338 1,747,363 844,169

Mar 2015

 1,757,594 1,897,346 927,649

Apr 2015

 1,916,657 1,944,719 1,046,873

May 2015

 1,724,553 2,031,991 980,578

Jun 2015

 1,669,437 2,002,389 950,909

Jul 2015

 2,115,866 2,103,414 956,666

Aug 2015

 1,970,992 2,004,164 922,021

Sep 2015

 1,908,603 2,088,881 998,366

Oct 2015

 1,994,112 1,960,249 981,279

Nov 2015

 2,146,812 1,962,748 989,928

Dec 2015

 1,972,829 2,116,328 1,012,173

Jan 2016

 1,949,374 2,087,683 993,058

Feb 2016

 2,121,696 2,010,436 1,037,296

Mar 2016

 2,239,353 2,035,445 1,034,299

Apr 2016

 2,080,600 2,056,583 919,973

May 2016

 2,028,957 2,035,890 1,062,970

Jun 2016

 1,995,133 1,976,167 1,053,437

Jul 2016

 1,972,528 2,129,089 972,733

Aug 2016

 1,918,883 2,046,646 1,023,962

Sep 2016

 2,054,823 2,159,846 973,372

Oct 2016

 2,111,884 1,981,412 956,537

Nov 2016

 2,019,796 2,228,826 995,405

Dec 2016

 1,992,178 2,128,740 1,039,456

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.