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State job openings rates, annual averages

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
State job openings rates, annual averages
State 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Total U.S.

3.9 4.0 4.6 4.5 4.3 6.4 6.8 5.6 4.6 4.3

Alabama

3.7 3.7 4.3 4.4 4.6 6.5 6.8 5.9 5.0 4.6

Alaska

5.2 5.3 6.3 6.5 5.7 8.3 8.9 7.4 6.3 5.4

Arizona

4.1 4.3 5.0 5.1 4.9 6.5 7.1 5.8 4.9 4.4

Arkansas

3.7 3.8 4.3 4.6 4.3 6.2 7.0 6.1 4.9 4.6

California

3.8 3.8 4.2 4.2 4.0 5.8 6.6 4.7 3.6 3.6

Colorado

4.4 4.4 4.9 5.0 4.0 6.7 7.3 7.0 5.4 4.1

Connecticut

3.4 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6 5.6 6.8 5.1 4.5 4.0

Delaware

4.1 4.1 4.6 4.6 4.6 6.5 7.4 6.0 4.9 4.6

District of Columbia

3.5 3.4 3.3 3.8 3.8 5.5 5.5 5.0 4.3 4.2

Florida

3.8 3.8 4.8 4.5 4.2 6.3 6.7 5.8 4.6 4.1

Georgia

4.3 4.4 4.8 4.8 5.0 7.7 8.0 6.6 4.9 5.5

Hawaii

3.6 3.9 4.2 4.5 4.3 6.1 6.0 4.8 4.1 3.5

Idaho

4.5 4.4 4.9 5.0 4.7 6.7 7.3 6.1 4.9 4.4

Illinois

3.6 3.9 4.5 4.3 4.0 6.0 6.8 5.9 4.8 4.2

Indiana

3.6 4.0 5.1 4.7 4.4 6.6 6.4 4.9 4.4 4.1

Iowa

3.6 3.9 4.7 4.5 4.1 6.1 6.8 5.2 4.2 3.9

Kansas

3.7 4.1 5.3 4.8 4.4 5.9 6.6 5.3 4.6 4.3

Kentucky

4.3 4.0 4.5 4.4 4.9 7.2 7.6 5.8 5.7 4.7

Louisiana

3.8 3.6 4.1 4.4 4.6 6.5 7.4 6.6 5.2 4.9

Maine

4.3 4.3 5.0 4.7 4.3 6.5 6.8 6.2 5.0 4.7

Maryland

4.0 4.1 4.7 4.8 5.1 7.0 7.2 6.3 5.1 4.4

Massachusetts

3.9 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.0 6.5 7.2 6.3 4.9 4.2

Michigan

3.9 4.5 4.9 4.7 4.6 7.4 6.9 5.4 4.6 4.8

Minnesota

3.9 4.5 5.2 4.5 3.9 5.9 7.0 6.0 5.1 4.5

Mississippi

3.5 3.6 4.3 4.3 4.7 6.6 7.1 6.5 5.2 5.0

Missouri

3.8 4.2 5.1 4.8 4.1 6.1 6.7 5.5 5.2 4.4

Montana

4.8 4.8 5.2 5.3 4.9 7.3 8.1 6.5 5.5 4.9

Nebraska

3.9 4.3 4.9 4.6 4.4 5.9 6.5 5.4 4.3 3.9

Nevada

4.1 4.2 4.8 4.5 4.8 7.3 6.6 5.8 4.3 3.8

New Hampshire

3.8 4.0 4.6 4.4 4.6 7.1 7.2 5.7 5.0 4.4

New Jersey

3.5 3.7 4.3 4.2 4.6 6.5 5.9 5.0 4.5 4.4

New Mexico

4.2 4.1 5.0 5.1 4.7 7.1 7.4 6.3 5.7 4.6

New York

3.4 3.4 3.9 3.8 3.7 5.7 5.5 4.4 4.5 4.5

North Carolina

4.1 4.4 5.1 5.8 4.6 6.8 7.3 6.3 5.1 4.8

North Dakota

3.9 4.3 5.1 5.6 4.4 6.3 6.7 6.1 5.0 4.6

Ohio

4.2 4.2 4.8 4.7 4.3 6.2 6.8 5.7 4.6 4.7

Oklahoma

3.6 3.8 4.4 4.6 4.8 6.5 6.9 6.3 5.4 5.2

Oregon

4.0 4.2 4.7 5.0 4.8 6.8 6.9 5.6 4.8 4.0

Pennsylvania

3.6 4.3 4.6 4.3 4.3 6.6 6.9 5.8 4.6 4.0

Rhode Island

3.7 4.2 4.6 4.6 4.3 6.8 7.1 5.7 5.1 4.5

South Carolina

3.9 4.3 5.2 4.9 5.0 7.3 7.4 6.9 5.7 4.8

South Dakota

4.0 4.3 5.1 4.8 4.3 6.3 6.5 5.7 4.5 4.3

Tennessee

3.8 4.0 4.7 4.3 4.6 6.7 7.5 6.4 4.9 4.3

Texas

4.2 3.7 4.1 4.3 3.8 6.3 6.8 5.4 4.2 4.1

Utah

4.1 4.3 4.9 4.9 4.4 6.1 6.7 5.6 4.4 4.0

Vermont

4.3 4.6 5.0 4.8 4.4 7.0 7.2 5.5 4.8 4.6

Virginia

4.2 4.6 4.7 5.1 4.9 6.6 7.4 6.3 5.5 4.8

Washington

4.3 3.8 4.4 4.5 3.9 5.7 6.2 4.5 3.9 3.3

West Virginia

4.0 4.5 5.0 5.3 6.1 7.4 8.2 7.2 6.1 5.3

Wisconsin

3.9 4.1 4.8 4.9 4.4 6.1 7.0 6.0 4.5 4.0

Wyoming

4.2 4.5 5.2 5.6 4.7 7.1 7.6 6.0 5.2 4.6