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February 2022 hires equaled 60 percent of January job openings

April 04, 2022

The number of hires edged up to 6.7 million in February 2022, an increase of 263,000 from January. The number of hires in February was lower than its peak of 8.1 million in May 2020 but still historically high. (These data start in December 2000.)

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Number of hires, December 2000 to February 2022
Month	Hires
Dec 2000	5,426,000
Jan 2001	5,722,000
Feb 2001	5,303,000
Mar 2001	5,528,000
Apr 2001	5,204,000
May 2001	5,410,000
Jun 2001	5,109,000
Jul 2001	5,244,000
Aug 2001	5,223,000
Sep 2001	4,954,000
Oct 2001	5,078,000
Nov 2001	4,914,000
Dec 2001	4,829,000
Jan 2002	4,855,000
Feb 2002	4,801,000
Mar 2002	4,706,000
Apr 2002	4,928,000
May 2002	4,857,000
Jun 2002	4,869,000
Jul 2002	4,946,000
Aug 2002	4,871,000
Sep 2002	4,879,000
Oct 2002	4,798,000
Nov 2002	4,792,000
Dec 2002	4,893,000
Jan 2003	5,058,000
Feb 2003	4,714,000
Mar 2003	4,470,000
Apr 2003	4,600,000
May 2003	4,678,000
Jun 2003	4,682,000
Jul 2003	4,639,000
Aug 2003	4,666,000
Sep 2003	4,799,000
Oct 2003	4,902,000
Nov 2003	4,767,000
Dec 2003	4,984,000
Jan 2004	4,900,000
Feb 2004	4,788,000
Mar 2004	5,227,000
Apr 2004	5,152,000
May 2004	4,976,000
Jun 2004	5,009,000
Jul 2004	4,891,000
Aug 2004	5,013,000
Sep 2004	5,062,000
Oct 2004	5,149,000
Nov 2004	5,181,000
Dec 2004	5,153,000
Jan 2005	5,201,000
Feb 2005	5,276,000
Mar 2005	5,273,000
Apr 2005	5,362,000
May 2005	5,271,000
Jun 2005	5,376,000
Jul 2005	5,328,000
Aug 2005	5,409,000
Sep 2005	5,493,000
Oct 2005	5,124,000
Nov 2005	5,344,000
Dec 2005	5,294,000
Jan 2006	5,271,000
Feb 2006	5,474,000
Mar 2006	5,524,000
Apr 2006	5,215,000
May 2006	5,498,000
Jun 2006	5,455,000
Jul 2006	5,573,000
Aug 2006	5,373,000
Sep 2006	5,288,000
Oct 2006	5,375,000
Nov 2006	5,495,000
Dec 2006	5,214,000
Jan 2007	5,426,000
Feb 2007	5,160,000
Mar 2007	5,479,000
Apr 2007	5,353,000
May 2007	5,469,000
Jun 2007	5,267,000
Jul 2007	5,217,000
Aug 2007	5,358,000
Sep 2007	5,344,000
Oct 2007	5,398,000
Nov 2007	5,176,000
Dec 2007	5,119,000
Jan 2008	5,071,000
Feb 2008	5,077,000
Mar 2008	4,924,000
Apr 2008	4,948,000
May 2008	4,691,000
Jun 2008	4,893,000
Jul 2008	4,637,000
Aug 2008	4,682,000
Sep 2008	4,499,000
Oct 2008	4,548,000
Nov 2008	4,104,000
Dec 2008	4,348,000
Jan 2009	4,095,000
Feb 2009	4,061,000
Mar 2009	3,858,000
Apr 2009	3,888,000
May 2009	3,758,000
Jun 2009	3,639,000
Jul 2009	3,857,000
Aug 2009	3,810,000
Sep 2009	3,944,000
Oct 2009	3,838,000
Nov 2009	4,024,000
Dec 2009	4,004,000
Jan 2010	3,904,000
Feb 2010	3,864,000
Mar 2010	4,302,000
Apr 2010	4,159,000
May 2010	4,420,000
Jun 2010	4,111,000
Jul 2010	4,163,000
Aug 2010	4,046,000
Sep 2010	4,034,000
Oct 2010	4,173,000
Nov 2010	4,182,000
Dec 2010	4,299,000
Jan 2011	4,000,000
Feb 2011	4,231,000
Mar 2011	4,430,000
Apr 2011	4,296,000
May 2011	4,261,000
Jun 2011	4,366,000
Jul 2011	4,261,000
Aug 2011	4,298,000
Sep 2011	4,429,000
Oct 2011	4,370,000
Nov 2011	4,365,000
Dec 2011	4,356,000
Jan 2012	4,457,000
Feb 2012	4,560,000
Mar 2012	4,575,000
Apr 2012	4,389,000
May 2012	4,533,000
Jun 2012	4,440,000
Jul 2012	4,327,000
Aug 2012	4,450,000
Sep 2012	4,302,000
Oct 2012	4,389,000
Nov 2012	4,489,000
Dec 2012	4,452,000
Jan 2013	4,487,000
Feb 2013	4,571,000
Mar 2013	4,369,000
Apr 2013	4,572,000
May 2013	4,663,000
Jun 2013	4,440,000
Jul 2013	4,561,000
Aug 2013	4,730,000
Sep 2013	4,726,000
Oct 2013	4,518,000
Nov 2013	4,622,000
Dec 2013	4,614,000
Jan 2014	4,626,000
Feb 2014	4,696,000
Mar 2014	4,763,000
Apr 2014	4,880,000
May 2014	4,808,000
Jun 2014	4,925,000
Jul 2014	5,008,000
Aug 2014	4,810,000
Sep 2014	5,149,000
Oct 2014	5,111,000
Nov 2014	4,978,000
Dec 2014	5,192,000
Jan 2015	5,061,000
Feb 2015	5,127,000
Mar 2015	5,126,000
Apr 2015	5,196,000
May 2015	5,142,000
Jun 2015	5,125,000
Jul 2015	5,150,000
Aug 2015	5,163,000
Sep 2015	5,287,000
Oct 2015	5,338,000
Nov 2015	5,358,000
Dec 2015	5,540,000
Jan 2016	5,220,000
Feb 2016	5,470,000
Mar 2016	5,359,000
Apr 2016	5,294,000
May 2016	5,197,000
Jun 2016	5,281,000
Jul 2016	5,426,000
Aug 2016	5,327,000
Sep 2016	5,306,000
Oct 2016	5,210,000
Nov 2016	5,308,000
Dec 2016	5,343,000
Jan 2017	5,499,000
Feb 2017	5,350,000
Mar 2017	5,395,000
Apr 2017	5,272,000
May 2017	5,477,000
Jun 2017	5,635,000
Jul 2017	5,497,000
Aug 2017	5,519,000
Sep 2017	5,450,000
Oct 2017	5,581,000
Nov 2017	5,494,000
Dec 2017	5,421,000
Jan 2018	5,480,000
Feb 2018	5,644,000
Mar 2018	5,641,000
Apr 2018	5,599,000
May 2018	5,845,000
Jun 2018	5,763,000
Jul 2018	5,676,000
Aug 2018	5,803,000
Sep 2018	5,601,000
Oct 2018	5,867,000
Nov 2018	5,833,000
Dec 2018	5,754,000
Jan 2019	5,778,000
Feb 2019	5,684,000
Mar 2019	5,706,000
Apr 2019	6,010,000
May 2019	5,704,000
Jun 2019	5,769,000
Jul 2019	5,928,000
Aug 2019	5,862,000
Sep 2019	5,954,000
Oct 2019	5,779,000
Nov 2019	5,845,000
Dec 2019	5,941,000
Jan 2020	6,005,000
Feb 2020	6,025,000
Mar 2020	5,222,000
Apr 2020	4,031,000
May 2020	8,145,000
Jun 2020	7,438,000
Jul 2020	6,188,000
Aug 2020	5,998,000
Sep 2020	5,898,000
Oct 2020	6,105,000
Nov 2020	5,885,000
Dec 2020	5,660,000
Jan 2021	5,719,000
Feb 2021	6,028,000
Mar 2021	6,208,000
Apr 2021	6,121,000
May 2021	6,092,000
Jun 2021	6,414,000
Jul 2021	6,556,000
Aug 2021	6,362,000
Sep 2021	6,504,000
Oct 2021	6,460,000
Nov 2021	6,705,000
Dec 2021	6,450,000
Jan 2022	6,426,000
Feb 2022	6,689,000

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The fill rate is a ratio of hires during the month to job openings at the end of the prior month. A fill rate greater than 1.0 means businesses hired more employees during the month than they had jobs open at the end of the prior month. A ratio less than 1.0 means fewer hires during the month than open jobs at the end of the prior month. There were 6.7 million hires in February 2022, compared with 11.3 million job openings in January 2022. That means 60 percent of job openings were filled during February, or a fill rate of 0.6. February 2022 was the seventh consecutive month in which the fill rate was 0.6.

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Fill rate, January 2001 to February 2022
Month	Hires	Previous month's job openings	Difference (hires minus job openings)	Fill rate
Jan 2001	5,722,000	5,088,000	634,000	1.1
Feb 2001	5,303,000	5,234,000	69,000	1.0
Mar 2001	5,528,000	5,097,000	431,000	1.1
Apr 2001	5,204,000	4,762,000	442,000	1.1
May 2001	5,410,000	4,615,000	795,000	1.2
Jun 2001	5,109,000	4,425,000	684,000	1.2
Jul 2001	5,244,000	4,361,000	883,000	1.2
Aug 2001	5,223,000	4,447,000	776,000	1.2
Sep 2001	4,954,000	4,024,000	930,000	1.2
Oct 2001	5,078,000	4,071,000	1,007,000	1.2
Nov 2001	4,914,000	3,707,000	1,207,000	1.3
Dec 2001	4,829,000	3,775,000	1,054,000	1.3
Jan 2002	4,855,000	3,677,000	1,178,000	1.3
Feb 2002	4,801,000	3,699,000	1,102,000	1.3
Mar 2002	4,706,000	3,436,000	1,270,000	1.4
Apr 2002	4,928,000	3,612,000	1,316,000	1.4
May 2002	4,857,000	3,471,000	1,386,000	1.4
Jun 2002	4,869,000	3,457,000	1,412,000	1.4
Jul 2002	4,946,000	3,412,000	1,534,000	1.4
Aug 2002	4,871,000	3,367,000	1,504,000	1.4
Sep 2002	4,879,000	3,517,000	1,362,000	1.4
Oct 2002	4,798,000	3,301,000	1,497,000	1.5
Nov 2002	4,792,000	3,479,000	1,313,000	1.4
Dec 2002	4,893,000	3,514,000	1,379,000	1.4
Jan 2003	5,058,000	3,169,000	1,889,000	1.6
Feb 2003	4,714,000	3,441,000	1,273,000	1.4
Mar 2003	4,470,000	3,229,000	1,241,000	1.4
Apr 2003	4,600,000	3,099,000	1,501,000	1.5
May 2003	4,678,000	3,108,000	1,570,000	1.5
Jun 2003	4,682,000	3,289,000	1,393,000	1.4
Jul 2003	4,639,000	3,390,000	1,249,000	1.4
Aug 2003	4,666,000	2,981,000	1,685,000	1.6
Sep 2003	4,799,000	3,190,000	1,609,000	1.5
Oct 2003	4,902,000	3,091,000	1,811,000	1.6
Nov 2003	4,767,000	3,305,000	1,462,000	1.4
Dec 2003	4,984,000	3,324,000	1,660,000	1.5
Jan 2004	4,900,000	3,414,000	1,486,000	1.4
Feb 2004	4,788,000	3,424,000	1,364,000	1.4
Mar 2004	5,227,000	3,532,000	1,695,000	1.5
Apr 2004	5,152,000	3,525,000	1,627,000	1.5
May 2004	4,976,000	3,511,000	1,465,000	1.4
Jun 2004	5,009,000	3,710,000	1,299,000	1.4
Jul 2004	4,891,000	3,337,000	1,554,000	1.5
Aug 2004	5,013,000	3,814,000	1,199,000	1.3
Sep 2004	5,062,000	3,541,000	1,521,000	1.4
Oct 2004	5,149,000	3,821,000	1,328,000	1.3
Nov 2004	5,181,000	3,943,000	1,238,000	1.3
Dec 2004	5,153,000	3,472,000	1,681,000	1.5
Jan 2005	5,201,000	4,074,000	1,127,000	1.3
Feb 2005	5,276,000	3,804,000	1,472,000	1.4
Mar 2005	5,273,000	3,965,000	1,308,000	1.3
Apr 2005	5,362,000	4,044,000	1,318,000	1.3
May 2005	5,271,000	4,159,000	1,112,000	1.3
Jun 2005	5,376,000	3,797,000	1,579,000	1.4
Jul 2005	5,328,000	4,062,000	1,266,000	1.3
Aug 2005	5,409,000	4,256,000	1,153,000	1.3
Sep 2005	5,493,000	4,142,000	1,351,000	1.3
Oct 2005	5,124,000	4,352,000	772,000	1.2
Nov 2005	5,344,000	4,184,000	1,160,000	1.3
Dec 2005	5,294,000	4,248,000	1,046,000	1.2
Jan 2006	5,271,000	4,282,000	989,000	1.2
Feb 2006	5,474,000	4,397,000	1,077,000	1.2
Mar 2006	5,524,000	4,325,000	1,199,000	1.3
Apr 2006	5,215,000	4,732,000	483,000	1.1
May 2006	5,498,000	4,790,000	708,000	1.1
Jun 2006	5,455,000	4,463,000	992,000	1.2
Jul 2006	5,573,000	4,614,000	959,000	1.2
Aug 2006	5,373,000	4,394,000	979,000	1.2
Sep 2006	5,288,000	4,710,000	578,000	1.1
Oct 2006	5,375,000	4,737,000	638,000	1.1
Nov 2006	5,495,000	4,591,000	904,000	1.2
Dec 2006	5,214,000	4,645,000	569,000	1.1
Jan 2007	5,426,000	4,620,000	806,000	1.2
Feb 2007	5,160,000	4,763,000	397,000	1.1
Mar 2007	5,479,000	4,699,000	780,000	1.2
Apr 2007	5,353,000	4,962,000	391,000	1.1
May 2007	5,469,000	4,689,000	780,000	1.2
Jun 2007	5,267,000	4,657,000	610,000	1.1
Jul 2007	5,217,000	4,859,000	358,000	1.1
Aug 2007	5,358,000	4,598,000	760,000	1.2
Sep 2007	5,344,000	4,546,000	798,000	1.2
Oct 2007	5,398,000	4,652,000	746,000	1.2
Nov 2007	5,176,000	4,636,000	540,000	1.1
Dec 2007	5,119,000	4,646,000	473,000	1.1
Jan 2008	5,071,000	4,545,000	526,000	1.1
Feb 2008	5,077,000	4,624,000	453,000	1.1
Mar 2008	4,924,000	4,279,000	645,000	1.2
Apr 2008	4,948,000	4,225,000	723,000	1.2
May 2008	4,691,000	4,035,000	656,000	1.2
Jun 2008	4,893,000	4,194,000	699,000	1.2
Jul 2008	4,637,000	3,830,000	807,000	1.2
Aug 2008	4,682,000	3,749,000	933,000	1.2
Sep 2008	4,499,000	3,674,000	825,000	1.2
Oct 2008	4,548,000	3,222,000	1,326,000	1.4
Nov 2008	4,104,000	3,377,000	727,000	1.2
Dec 2008	4,348,000	3,231,000	1,117,000	1.3
Jan 2009	4,095,000	3,146,000	949,000	1.3
Feb 2009	4,061,000	2,738,000	1,323,000	1.5
Mar 2009	3,858,000	2,864,000	994,000	1.3
Apr 2009	3,888,000	2,534,000	1,354,000	1.5
May 2009	3,758,000	2,295,000	1,463,000	1.6
Jun 2009	3,639,000	2,549,000	1,090,000	1.4
Jul 2009	3,857,000	2,503,000	1,354,000	1.5
Aug 2009	3,810,000	2,232,000	1,578,000	1.7
Sep 2009	3,944,000	2,338,000	1,606,000	1.7
Oct 2009	3,838,000	2,487,000	1,351,000	1.5
Nov 2009	4,024,000	2,406,000	1,618,000	1.7
Dec 2009	4,004,000	2,503,000	1,501,000	1.6
Jan 2010	3,904,000	2,568,000	1,336,000	1.5
Feb 2010	3,864,000	2,837,000	1,027,000	1.4
Mar 2010	4,302,000	2,666,000	1,636,000	1.6
Apr 2010	4,159,000	2,679,000	1,480,000	1.6
May 2010	4,420,000	3,153,000	1,267,000	1.4
Jun 2010	4,111,000	2,988,000	1,123,000	1.4
Jul 2010	4,163,000	2,801,000	1,362,000	1.5
Aug 2010	4,046,000	3,082,000	964,000	1.3
Sep 2010	4,034,000	2,999,000	1,035,000	1.3
Oct 2010	4,173,000	2,918,000	1,255,000	1.4
Nov 2010	4,182,000	3,235,000	947,000	1.3
Dec 2010	4,299,000	3,211,000	1,088,000	1.3
Jan 2011	4,000,000	3,058,000	942,000	1.3
Feb 2011	4,231,000	3,104,000	1,127,000	1.4
Mar 2011	4,430,000	3,226,000	1,204,000	1.4
Apr 2011	4,296,000	3,261,000	1,035,000	1.3
May 2011	4,261,000	3,259,000	1,002,000	1.3
Jun 2011	4,366,000	3,179,000	1,187,000	1.4
Jul 2011	4,261,000	3,455,000	806,000	1.2
Aug 2011	4,298,000	3,623,000	675,000	1.2
Sep 2011	4,429,000	3,329,000	1,100,000	1.3
Oct 2011	4,370,000	3,774,000	596,000	1.2
Nov 2011	4,365,000	3,619,000	746,000	1.2
Dec 2011	4,356,000	3,565,000	791,000	1.2
Jan 2012	4,457,000	3,768,000	689,000	1.2
Feb 2012	4,560,000	3,909,000	651,000	1.2
Mar 2012	4,575,000	3,616,000	959,000	1.3
Apr 2012	4,389,000	3,979,000	410,000	1.1
May 2012	4,533,000	3,793,000	740,000	1.2
Jun 2012	4,440,000	3,835,000	605,000	1.2
Jul 2012	4,327,000	3,911,000	416,000	1.1
Aug 2012	4,450,000	3,735,000	715,000	1.2
Sep 2012	4,302,000	3,809,000	493,000	1.1
Oct 2012	4,389,000	3,882,000	507,000	1.1
Nov 2012	4,489,000	3,775,000	714,000	1.2
Dec 2012	4,452,000	3,878,000	574,000	1.1
Jan 2013	4,487,000	3,970,000	517,000	1.1
Feb 2013	4,571,000	3,923,000	648,000	1.2
Mar 2013	4,369,000	4,004,000	365,000	1.1
Apr 2013	4,572,000	4,076,000	496,000	1.1
May 2013	4,663,000	3,988,000	675,000	1.2
Jun 2013	4,440,000	4,145,000	295,000	1.1
Jul 2013	4,561,000	4,150,000	411,000	1.1
Aug 2013	4,730,000	3,885,000	845,000	1.2
Sep 2013	4,726,000	4,085,000	641,000	1.2
Oct 2013	4,518,000	4,128,000	390,000	1.1
Nov 2013	4,622,000	4,222,000	400,000	1.1
Dec 2013	4,614,000	4,119,000	495,000	1.1
Jan 2014	4,626,000	4,121,000	505,000	1.1
Feb 2014	4,696,000	4,127,000	569,000	1.1
Mar 2014	4,763,000	4,373,000	390,000	1.1
Apr 2014	4,880,000	4,388,000	492,000	1.1
May 2014	4,808,000	4,566,000	242,000	1.1
Jun 2014	4,925,000	4,747,000	178,000	1.0
Jul 2014	5,008,000	4,982,000	26,000	1.0
Aug 2014	4,810,000	4,846,000	-36,000	1.0
Sep 2014	5,149,000	5,349,000	-200,000	1.0
Oct 2014	5,111,000	4,914,000	197,000	1.0
Nov 2014	4,978,000	5,012,000	-34,000	1.0
Dec 2014	5,192,000	4,843,000	349,000	1.1
Jan 2015	5,061,000	5,130,000	-69,000	1.0
Feb 2015	5,127,000	5,344,000	-217,000	1.0
Mar 2015	5,126,000	5,466,000	-340,000	0.9
Apr 2015	5,196,000	5,210,000	-14,000	1.0
May 2015	5,142,000	5,598,000	-456,000	0.9
Jun 2015	5,125,000	5,563,000	-438,000	0.9
Jul 2015	5,150,000	5,248,000	-98,000	1.0
Aug 2015	5,163,000	6,056,000	-893,000	0.9
Sep 2015	5,287,000	5,467,000	-180,000	1.0
Oct 2015	5,338,000	5,488,000	-150,000	1.0
Nov 2015	5,358,000	5,773,000	-415,000	0.9
Dec 2015	5,540,000	5,708,000	-168,000	1.0
Jan 2016	5,220,000	5,845,000	-625,000	0.9
Feb 2016	5,470,000	6,012,000	-542,000	0.9
Mar 2016	5,359,000	5,770,000	-411,000	0.9
Apr 2016	5,294,000	6,129,000	-835,000	0.9
May 2016	5,197,000	5,803,000	-606,000	0.9
Jun 2016	5,281,000	5,777,000	-496,000	0.9
Jul 2016	5,426,000	5,742,000	-316,000	0.9
Aug 2016	5,327,000	5,962,000	-635,000	0.9
Sep 2016	5,306,000	5,677,000	-371,000	0.9
Oct 2016	5,210,000	5,868,000	-658,000	0.9
Nov 2016	5,308,000	5,591,000	-283,000	0.9
Dec 2016	5,343,000	5,971,000	-628,000	0.9
Jan 2017	5,499,000	5,964,000	-465,000	0.9
Feb 2017	5,350,000	5,617,000	-267,000	1.0
Mar 2017	5,395,000	5,923,000	-528,000	0.9
Apr 2017	5,272,000	5,811,000	-539,000	0.9
May 2017	5,477,000	6,091,000	-614,000	0.9
Jun 2017	5,635,000	5,826,000	-191,000	1.0
Jul 2017	5,497,000	6,305,000	-808,000	0.9
Aug 2017	5,519,000	6,238,000	-719,000	0.9
Sep 2017	5,450,000	6,276,000	-826,000	0.9
Oct 2017	5,581,000	6,320,000	-739,000	0.9
Nov 2017	5,494,000	6,408,000	-914,000	0.9
Dec 2017	5,421,000	6,271,000	-850,000	0.9
Jan 2018	5,480,000	6,336,000	-856,000	0.9
Feb 2018	5,644,000	6,589,000	-945,000	0.9
Mar 2018	5,641,000	6,578,000	-937,000	0.9
Apr 2018	5,599,000	6,818,000	-1,219,000	0.8
May 2018	5,845,000	6,903,000	-1,058,000	0.8
Jun 2018	5,763,000	6,996,000	-1,233,000	0.8
Jul 2018	5,676,000	7,237,000	-1,561,000	0.8
Aug 2018	5,803,000	7,196,000	-1,393,000	0.8
Sep 2018	5,601,000	7,211,000	-1,610,000	0.8
Oct 2018	5,867,000	7,340,000	-1,473,000	0.8
Nov 2018	5,833,000	7,365,000	-1,532,000	0.8
Dec 2018	5,754,000	7,558,000	-1,804,000	0.8
Jan 2019	5,778,000	7,435,000	-1,657,000	0.8
Feb 2019	5,684,000	7,473,000	-1,789,000	0.8
Mar 2019	5,706,000	7,058,000	-1,352,000	0.8
Apr 2019	6,010,000	7,320,000	-1,310,000	0.8
May 2019	5,704,000	7,224,000	-1,520,000	0.8
Jun 2019	5,769,000	7,295,000	-1,526,000	0.8
Jul 2019	5,928,000	7,147,000	-1,219,000	0.8
Aug 2019	5,862,000	7,080,000	-1,218,000	0.8
Sep 2019	5,954,000	7,142,000	-1,188,000	0.8
Oct 2019	5,779,000	7,100,000	-1,321,000	0.8
Nov 2019	5,845,000	7,417,000	-1,572,000	0.8
Dec 2019	5,941,000	6,896,000	-955,000	0.9
Jan 2020	6,005,000	6,741,000	-736,000	0.9
Feb 2020	6,025,000	7,161,000	-1,136,000	0.8
Mar 2020	5,222,000	7,006,000	-1,784,000	0.7
Apr 2020	4,031,000	5,919,000	-1,888,000	0.7
May 2020	8,145,000	4,709,000	3,436,000	1.7
Jun 2020	7,438,000	5,441,000	1,997,000	1.4
Jul 2020	6,188,000	6,039,000	149,000	1.0
Aug 2020	5,998,000	6,621,000	-623,000	0.9
Sep 2020	5,898,000	6,315,000	-417,000	0.9
Oct 2020	6,105,000	6,494,000	-389,000	0.9
Nov 2020	5,885,000	6,874,000	-989,000	0.9
Dec 2020	5,660,000	6,844,000	-1,184,000	0.8
Jan 2021	5,719,000	6,938,000	-1,219,000	0.8
Feb 2021	6,028,000	7,232,000	-1,204,000	0.8
Mar 2021	6,208,000	7,860,000	-1,652,000	0.8
Apr 2021	6,121,000	8,480,000	-2,359,000	0.7
May 2021	6,092,000	9,265,000	-3,173,000	0.7
Jun 2021	6,414,000	9,639,000	-3,225,000	0.7
Jul 2021	6,556,000	9,852,000	-3,296,000	0.7
Aug 2021	6,362,000	10,783,000	-4,421,000	0.6
Sep 2021	6,504,000	10,629,000	-4,125,000	0.6
Oct 2021	6,460,000	10,673,000	-4,213,000	0.6
Nov 2021	6,705,000	11,094,000	-4,389,000	0.6
Dec 2021	6,450,000	10,922,000	-4,472,000	0.6
Jan 2022	6,426,000	11,448,000	-5,022,000	0.6
Feb 2022	6,689,000	11,283,000	-4,594,000	0.6

These data are from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey and are seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent month are preliminary. To learn more, see "Job Openings and Labor Turnover — February 2022." Also see charts featuring data on job openings, hires, and separations.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, February 2022 hires equaled 60 percent of January job openings at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2022/february-2022-hires-equaled-60-percent-of-january-job-openings.htm (visited May 05, 2024).

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