Figure 12. Job openings and employment, total nonfarm, seasonally adjusted, December 2000–December 2016
Month and year Job openings (thousands) Employment (thousands)

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

4,465 137,595

Mar 2007

4,666 137,785

Apr 2007

4,824 137,865

May 2007

4,550 138,008

Jun 2007

4,608 138,083

Jul 2007

4,490 138,049

Aug 2007

4,555 138,029

Sep 2007

4,523 138,117

Oct 2007

4,300 138,201

Nov 2007

4,156 138,315

Dec 2007

4,123 138,413

Jan 2008

4,260 138,430

Feb 2008

4,042 138,346

Mar 2008

4,001 138,268

Apr 2008

4,098 138,058

May 2008

3,960 137,872

Jun 2008

3,767 137,710

Jul 2008

3,821 137,497

Aug 2008

3,665 137,230

Sep 2008

3,264 136,780

Oct 2008

3,292 136,306

Nov 2008

2,956 135,540

Dec 2008

2,830 134,846

Jan 2009

2,767 134,053

Feb 2009

2,791 133,351

Mar 2009

2,491 132,528

Apr 2009

2,357 131,841

May 2009

2,427 131,492

Jun 2009

2,428 131,021

Jul 2009

2,196 130,692

Aug 2009

2,306 130,479

Sep 2009

2,478 130,259

Oct 2009

2,400 130,055

Nov 2009

2,350 130,053

Dec 2009

2,407 129,778

Jan 2010

2,636 129,801

Feb 2010

2,578 129,733

Mar 2010

2,666 129,897

Apr 2010

3,220 130,140

May 2010

2,891 130,664

Jun 2010

2,664 130,527

Jul 2010

2,965 130,459

Aug 2010

2,920 130,423

Sep 2010

2,767 130,371

Oct 2010

3,033 130,633

Nov 2010

2,914 130,752

Dec 2010

2,857 130,839

Jan 2011

2,939 130,882

Feb 2011

3,056 131,071

Mar 2011

3,130 131,296

Apr 2011

3,287 131,642

May 2011

3,114 131,719

Jun 2011

3,224 131,944

Jul 2011

3,475 132,013

Aug 2011

3,168 132,123

Sep 2011

3,495 132,371

Oct 2011

3,421 132,580

Nov 2011

3,153 132,721

Dec 2011

3,369 132,930

Jan 2012

3,725 133,288

Feb 2012

3,500 133,525

Mar 2012

3,831 133,758

Apr 2012

3,643 133,836

May 2012

3,694 133,951

Jun 2012

3,799 134,027

Jul 2012

3,694 134,170

Aug 2012

3,683 134,347

Sep 2012

3,521 134,550

Oct 2012

3,708 134,696

Nov 2012

3,521 134,828

Dec 2012

3,570 135,072

Jan 2013

3,790 135,283

Feb 2013

3,974 135,569

Mar 2013

3,872 135,699

Apr 2013

3,951 135,896

May 2013

3,873 136,122

Jun 2013

3,924 136,284

Jul 2013

3,896 136,406

Aug 2013

3,968 136,667

Sep 2013

3,959 136,857

Oct 2013

4,105 137,069

Nov 2013

3,837 137,327

Dec 2013

3,742 137,374

Jan 2014

3,980 137,564

Feb 2014

4,101 137,715

Mar 2014

4,167 137,987

Apr 2014

4,569 138,316

May 2014

4,594 138,562

Jun 2014

4,680 138,866

Jul 2014

4,648 139,068

Aug 2014

5,026 139,298

Sep 2014

4,625 139,578

Oct 2014

4,906 139,805

Nov 2014

4,684 140,117

Dec 2014

4,795 140,372

Jan 2015

5,104 140,606

Feb 2015

5,124 140,844

Mar 2015

5,125 140,930

Apr 2015

5,632 141,192

May 2015

5,421 141,536

Jun 2015

5,189 141,742

Jul 2015

5,891 141,996

Aug 2015

5,445 142,153

Sep 2015

5,414 142,253

Oct 2015

5,484 142,574

Nov 2015

5,221 142,846

Dec 2015

5,374 143,085

Jan 2016

5,713 143,211

Feb 2016

5,566 143,448

Mar 2016

5,852 143,673

Apr 2016

5,643 143,826

May 2016

5,582 143,869

Jun 2016

5,535 144,166

Jul 2016

5,973 144,457

Aug 2016

5,491 144,633

Sep 2016

5,666 144,882

Oct 2016

5,587 145,006

Nov 2016

5,631 145,170

Dec 2016

5,539 145,327

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.