Figure 13. Job openings and employment, total nonfarm, seasonally adjusted, December 2000–December 2015 (in thousands)
Month and year Job openings (in thousands) Employment

Dec 2000

 4,736 132,731

Jan 2001

 5,385 132,705

Feb 2001

 4,658 132,777

Mar 2001

 4,563 132,752

Apr 2001

 4,901 132,471

May 2001

 4,550 132,433

Jun 2001

 4,280 132,302

Jul 2001

 4,499 132,190

Aug 2001

 4,134 132,033

Sep 2001

 3,975 131,793

Oct 2001

 3,605 131,468

Nov 2001

 3,387 131,175

Dec 2001

 3,385 131,005

Jan 2002

 3,759 130,867

Feb 2002

 3,372 130,733

Mar 2002

 3,551 130,713

Apr 2002

 3,472 130,634

May 2002

 3,596 130,627

Jun 2002

 3,365 130,684

Jul 2002

 3,411 130,599

Aug 2002

 3,490 130,585

Sep 2002

 3,308 130,526

Oct 2002

 3,535 130,652

Nov 2002

 3,415 130,662

Dec 2002

 2,943 130,505

Jan 2003

 3,824 130,597

Feb 2003

 3,381 130,447

Mar 2003

 3,052 130,238

Apr 2003

 3,340 130,194

May 2003

 3,233 130,186

Jun 2003

 3,334 130,195

Jul 2003

 3,270 130,219

Aug 2003

 3,283 130,177

Sep 2003

 3,074 130,281

Oct 2003

 3,205 130,479

Nov 2003

 3,157 130,496

Dec 2003

 3,214 130,618

Jan 2004

 3,459 130,780

Feb 2004

 3,402 130,826

Mar 2004

 3,380 131,158

Apr 2004

 3,629 131,407

May 2004

 3,660 131,715

Jun 2004

 3,424 131,791

Jul 2004

 3,934 131,835

Aug 2004

 3,619 131,956

Sep 2004

 3,742 132,120

Oct 2004

 3,792 132,466

Nov 2004

 3,238 132,530

Dec 2004

 3,650 132,660

Jan 2005

 3,670 132,794

Feb 2005

 3,845 133,033

Mar 2005

 3,831 133,169

Apr 2005

 4,243 133,534

May 2005

 3,884 133,708

Jun 2005

 4,022 133,955

Jul 2005

 4,319 134,331

Aug 2005

 4,073 134,525

Sep 2005

 4,237 134,593

Oct 2005

 4,277 134,678

Nov 2005

 4,220 135,015

Dec 2005

 4,064 135,174

Jan 2006

 4,298 135,452

Feb 2006

 4,229 135,768

Mar 2006

 4,493 136,049

Apr 2006

 4,680 136,232

May 2006

 4,389 136,255

Jun 2006

 4,349 136,337

Jul 2006

 4,154 136,544

Aug 2006

 4,560 136,725

Sep 2006

 4,516 136,883

Oct 2006

 4,472 136,887

Nov 2006

 4,341 137,095

Dec 2006

 4,278 137,266

Jan 2007

 4,630 137,506

Feb 2007

 4,465 137,596

Mar 2007

 4,666 137,785

Apr 2007

 4,824 137,864

May 2007

 4,550 138,007

Jun 2007

 4,608 138,085

Jul 2007

 4,490 138,052

Aug 2007

 4,555 138,028

Sep 2007

 4,523 138,116

Oct 2007

 4,300 138,201

Nov 2007

 4,156 138,316

Dec 2007

 4,123 138,413

Jan 2008

 4,260 138,432

Feb 2008

 4,042 138,346

Mar 2008

 4,001 138,268

Apr 2008

 4,098 138,058

May 2008

 3,960 137,873

Jun 2008

 3,767 137,708

Jul 2008

 3,821 137,499

Aug 2008

 3,665 137,233

Sep 2008

 3,264 136,781

Oct 2008

 3,292 136,308

Nov 2008

 2,956 135,539

Dec 2008

 2,830 134,844

Jan 2009

 2,767 134,053

Feb 2009

 2,791 133,350

Mar 2009

 2,491 132,527

Apr 2009

 2,357 131,841

May 2009

 2,427 131,490

Jun 2009

 2,428 131,020

Jul 2009

 2,196 130,691

Aug 2009

 2,306 130,479

Sep 2009

 2,478 130,260

Oct 2009

 2,400 130,060

Nov 2009

 2,350 130,053

Dec 2009

 2,407 129,774

Jan 2010

 2,636 129,802

Feb 2010

 2,578 129,733

Mar 2010

 2,666 129,896

Apr 2010

 3,220 130,139

May 2010

 2,891 130,661

Jun 2010

 2,664 130,528

Jul 2010

 2,965 130,458

Aug 2010

 2,920 130,424

Sep 2010

 2,767 130,372

Oct 2010

 3,033 130,629

Nov 2010

 2,914 130,752

Dec 2010

 2,857 130,840

Jan 2011

 2,939 130,882

Feb 2011

 3,056 131,070

Mar 2011

 3,130 131,295

Apr 2011

 3,287 131,641

May 2011

 3,114 131,714

Jun 2011

 3,224 131,949

Jul 2011

 3,475 132,019

Aug 2011

 3,168 132,126

Sep 2011

 3,495 132,372

Oct 2011

 3,421 132,574

Nov 2011

 3,153 132,720

Dec 2011

 3,369 132,927

Jan 2012

 3,664 133,265

Feb 2012

 3,501 133,522

Mar 2012

 3,852 133,761

Apr 2012

 3,663 133,836

May 2012

 3,706 133,951

Jun 2012

 3,792 134,038

Jul 2012

 3,694 134,181

Aug 2012

 3,655 134,371

Sep 2012

 3,533 134,552

Oct 2012

 3,713 134,684

Nov 2012

 3,556 134,833

Dec 2012

 3,576 135,076

Jan 2013

 3,712 135,266

Feb 2013

 3,972 135,577

Mar 2013

 3,901 135,712

Apr 2013

 3,962 135,904

May 2013

 3,886 136,122

Jun 2013

 3,913 136,268

Jul 2013

 3,915 136,408

Aug 2013

 3,921 136,677

Sep 2013

 3,985 136,862

Oct 2013

 4,104 137,051

Nov 2013

 3,878 137,342

Dec 2013

 3,742 137,387

Jan 2014

 3,884 137,574

Feb 2014

 4,098 137,742

Mar 2014

 4,202 138,014

Apr 2014

 4,575 138,324

May 2014

 4,603 138,537

Jun 2014

 4,690 138,843

Jul 2014

 4,680 139,075

Aug 2014

 4,952 139,293

Sep 2014

 4,658 139,579

Oct 2014

 4,896 139,779

Nov 2014

 4,721 140,110

Dec 2014

 4,815 140,402

Jan 2015

 4,972 140,623

Feb 2015

 5,131 140,888

Mar 2015

 5,180 140,972

Apr 2015

 5,580 141,223

May 2015

 5,386 141,496

Jun 2015

 5,168 141,724

Jul 2015

 5,788 142,001

Aug 2015

 5,308 142,151

Sep 2015

 5,360 142,300

Oct 2015

 5,422 142,595

Nov 2015

 5,198 142,875

Dec 2015

 5,281 143,146

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.