Figure 3a. Job openings levels of firm-based size classes, by number of employees, seasonally adjusted, December 2000 to December 2017
| Month and year |
Size class 1 (1–49 employees) |
Size class 2 (49–449 employees) |
Size class 3 (500+ employees) |
|
Dec 2000
|
1,060,371 |
1,194,207 |
2,156,092 |
|
Jan 2001
|
1,251,998 |
1,011,517 |
2,261,660 |
|
Feb 2001
|
1,148,520 |
1,002,168 |
2,341,776 |
|
Mar 2001
|
1,010,365 |
1,004,639 |
2,194,876 |
|
Apr 2001
|
976,913 |
1,021,926 |
2,316,391 |
|
May 2001
|
1,013,499 |
951,688 |
1,970,538 |
|
Jun 2001
|
939,943 |
934,446 |
1,996,978 |
|
Jul 2001
|
993,117 |
1,035,138 |
1,856,490 |
|
Aug 2001
|
886,918 |
902,797 |
1,881,658 |
|
Sep 2001
|
1,025,970 |
834,723 |
1,766,265 |
|
Oct 2001
|
886,431 |
733,790 |
1,574,988 |
|
Nov 2001
|
759,904 |
735,705 |
1,616,600 |
|
Dec 2001
|
803,877 |
750,274 |
1,638,972 |
|
Jan 2002
|
817,511 |
753,647 |
1,732,348 |
|
Feb 2002
|
652,163 |
759,741 |
1,537,253 |
|
Mar 2002
|
824,403 |
774,036 |
1,554,364 |
|
Apr 2002
|
694,830 |
771,335 |
1,504,822 |
|
May 2002
|
655,049 |
804,244 |
1,572,781 |
|
Jun 2002
|
673,265 |
768,327 |
1,454,566 |
|
Jul 2002
|
692,808 |
761,857 |
1,550,086 |
|
Aug 2002
|
693,032 |
797,517 |
1,541,074 |
|
Sep 2002
|
672,243 |
785,492 |
1,473,202 |
|
Oct 2002
|
689,297 |
798,780 |
1,655,243 |
|
Nov 2002
|
748,704 |
817,510 |
1,542,835 |
|
Dec 2002
|
587,241 |
748,697 |
1,338,978 |
|
Jan 2003
|
659,916 |
838,881 |
1,693,859 |
|
Feb 2003
|
765,374 |
713,558 |
1,526,568 |
|
Mar 2003
|
630,370 |
710,443 |
1,358,610 |
|
Apr 2003
|
729,153 |
727,277 |
1,365,635 |
|
May 2003
|
695,926 |
683,791 |
1,442,314 |
|
Jun 2003
|
680,822 |
771,116 |
1,497,054 |
|
Jul 2003
|
607,572 |
754,278 |
1,467,018 |
|
Aug 2003
|
637,713 |
750,501 |
1,517,601 |
|
Sep 2003
|
574,155 |
742,703 |
1,515,040 |
|
Oct 2003
|
587,580 |
828,530 |
1,460,511 |
|
Nov 2003
|
663,287 |
768,039 |
1,523,296 |
|
Dec 2003
|
749,109 |
780,361 |
1,490,760 |
|
Jan 2004
|
693,516 |
779,282 |
1,520,125 |
|
Feb 2004
|
766,205 |
789,222 |
1,544,842 |
|
Mar 2004
|
742,618 |
801,411 |
1,537,407 |
|
Apr 2004
|
686,435 |
815,096 |
1,697,626 |
|
May 2004
|
767,506 |
799,369 |
1,641,923 |
|
Jun 2004
|
663,422 |
749,845 |
1,628,307 |
|
Jul 2004
|
853,073 |
885,880 |
1,778,668 |
|
Aug 2004
|
745,376 |
830,201 |
1,589,285 |
|
Sep 2004
|
837,090 |
866,336 |
1,656,152 |
|
Oct 2004
|
730,831 |
854,954 |
1,736,385 |
|
Nov 2004
|
697,143 |
849,973 |
1,511,589 |
|
Dec 2004
|
847,009 |
873,721 |
1,734,251 |
|
Jan 2005
|
711,216 |
846,006 |
1,688,398 |
|
Feb 2005
|
805,895 |
904,772 |
1,817,558 |
|
Mar 2005
|
790,941 |
885,813 |
1,846,134 |
|
Apr 2005
|
893,717 |
878,615 |
1,891,445 |
|
May 2005
|
823,950 |
881,781 |
1,759,469 |
|
Jun 2005
|
868,899 |
929,215 |
1,870,156 |
|
Jul 2005
|
933,401 |
910,068 |
1,959,287 |
|
Aug 2005
|
897,119 |
949,580 |
1,842,485 |
|
Sep 2005
|
867,202 |
978,601 |
1,995,604 |
|
Oct 2005
|
896,500 |
921,282 |
2,072,637 |
|
Nov 2005
|
870,810 |
967,873 |
2,275,062 |
|
Dec 2005
|
878,614 |
919,718 |
2,133,595 |
|
Jan 2006
|
926,544 |
957,076 |
1,879,317 |
|
Feb 2006
|
872,916 |
941,954 |
2,182,454 |
|
Mar 2006
|
906,271 |
1,026,856 |
2,206,877 |
|
Apr 2006
|
873,153 |
1,041,674 |
2,155,435 |
|
May 2006
|
815,636 |
1,051,429 |
2,150,916 |
|
Jun 2006
|
862,846 |
1,036,680 |
2,005,927 |
|
Jul 2006
|
737,911 |
976,201 |
1,902,094 |
|
Aug 2006
|
873,769 |
1,014,310 |
2,181,663 |
|
Sep 2006
|
911,595 |
1,006,168 |
2,117,394 |
|
Oct 2006
|
836,767 |
1,060,815 |
2,137,988 |
|
Nov 2006
|
946,254 |
1,049,515 |
2,213,218 |
|
Dec 2006
|
864,691 |
1,033,568 |
2,240,503 |
|
Jan 2007
|
1,010,118 |
1,007,407 |
2,166,618 |
|
Feb 2007
|
981,793 |
1,105,910 |
2,068,064 |
|
Mar 2007
|
988,480 |
1,071,712 |
2,190,279 |
|
Apr 2007
|
868,171 |
1,183,720 |
2,076,477 |
|
May 2007
|
825,096 |
1,110,877 |
2,165,211 |
|
Jun 2007
|
1,023,770 |
1,027,445 |
2,151,774 |
|
Jul 2007
|
919,872 |
999,877 |
2,044,600 |
|
Aug 2007
|
942,122 |
1,012,644 |
2,101,326 |
|
Sep 2007
|
1,061,207 |
1,039,103 |
1,971,749 |
|
Oct 2007
|
969,213 |
979,499 |
1,931,912 |
|
Nov 2007
|
809,951 |
1,089,556 |
2,017,866 |
|
Dec 2007
|
840,630 |
1,102,923 |
2,041,862 |
|
Jan 2008
|
846,134 |
1,059,505 |
1,898,396 |
|
Feb 2008
|
761,090 |
1,003,901 |
1,967,430 |
|
Mar 2008
|
785,105 |
940,218 |
1,925,345 |
|
Apr 2008
|
702,863 |
889,295 |
1,916,817 |
|
May 2008
|
711,694 |
952,368 |
1,786,843 |
|
Jun 2008
|
635,590 |
896,270 |
1,857,891 |
|
Jul 2008
|
704,658 |
884,021 |
1,789,121 |
|
Aug 2008
|
627,833 |
776,437 |
1,764,373 |
|
Sep 2008
|
615,568 |
725,545 |
1,539,049 |
|
Oct 2008
|
584,863 |
775,082 |
1,472,409 |
|
Nov 2008
|
599,938 |
658,889 |
1,385,859 |
|
Dec 2008
|
617,801 |
674,192 |
1,348,367 |
|
Jan 2009
|
497,973 |
560,428 |
1,318,409 |
|
Feb 2009
|
584,656 |
613,214 |
1,255,366 |
|
Mar 2009
|
495,729 |
581,477 |
1,022,905 |
|
Apr 2009
|
537,408 |
452,347 |
855,959 |
|
May 2009
|
527,072 |
524,623 |
1,010,496 |
|
Jun 2009
|
543,360 |
533,677 |
1,015,631 |
|
Jul 2009
|
454,578 |
491,806 |
957,544 |
|
Aug 2009
|
424,193 |
515,739 |
1,020,137 |
|
Sep 2009
|
538,064 |
575,510 |
1,124,024 |
|
Oct 2009
|
506,002 |
508,848 |
1,000,023 |
|
Nov 2009
|
533,087 |
471,364 |
1,083,939 |
|
Dec 2009
|
452,361 |
567,169 |
1,117,816 |
|
Jan 2010
|
649,049 |
591,152 |
1,022,263 |
|
Feb 2010
|
577,971 |
539,169 |
1,137,744 |
|
Mar 2010
|
503,836 |
565,386 |
1,242,543 |
|
Apr 2010
|
591,749 |
630,425 |
1,196,422 |
|
May 2010
|
637,296 |
544,181 |
1,272,490 |
|
Jun 2010
|
540,756 |
597,686 |
1,202,745 |
|
Jul 2010
|
599,269 |
599,640 |
1,366,819 |
|
Aug 2010
|
594,295 |
646,709 |
1,327,903 |
|
Sep 2010
|
531,939 |
599,075 |
1,341,846 |
|
Oct 2010
|
595,050 |
613,805 |
1,363,347 |
|
Nov 2010
|
639,703 |
663,754 |
1,497,835 |
|
Dec 2010
|
553,323 |
572,449 |
1,414,161 |
|
Jan 2011
|
509,127 |
662,432 |
1,490,936 |
|
Feb 2011
|
548,159 |
712,265 |
1,503,760 |
|
Mar 2011
|
587,064 |
727,837 |
1,545,745 |
|
Apr 2011
|
544,638 |
708,273 |
1,593,214 |
|
May 2011
|
560,818 |
687,341 |
1,601,474 |
|
Jun 2011
|
550,647 |
691,790 |
1,655,267 |
|
Jul 2011
|
613,155 |
760,557 |
1,618,183 |
|
Aug 2011
|
558,946 |
680,293 |
1,650,279 |
|
Sep 2011
|
613,380 |
772,569 |
1,743,396 |
|
Oct 2011
|
574,799 |
753,720 |
1,724,375 |
|
Nov 2011
|
578,832 |
793,153 |
1,554,228 |
|
Dec 2011
|
640,731 |
791,469 |
1,612,909 |
|
Jan 2012
|
855,821 |
850,956 |
1,638,879 |
|
Feb 2012
|
651,713 |
796,856 |
1,728,295 |
|
Mar 2012
|
667,397 |
839,034 |
1,916,515 |
|
Apr 2012
|
779,939 |
821,970 |
1,501,028 |
|
May 2012
|
680,630 |
808,594 |
1,779,255 |
|
Jun 2012
|
746,629 |
820,012 |
1,765,757 |
|
Jul 2012
|
580,608 |
816,358 |
1,804,339 |
|
Aug 2012
|
630,134 |
880,023 |
1,699,644 |
|
Sep 2012
|
695,399 |
798,150 |
1,657,257 |
|
Oct 2012
|
646,194 |
831,408 |
1,857,527 |
|
Nov 2012
|
700,652 |
822,616 |
1,843,425 |
|
Dec 2012
|
606,913 |
792,838 |
1,912,066 |
|
Jan 2013
|
608,335 |
732,992 |
2,114,863 |
|
Feb 2013
|
772,645 |
902,759 |
1,968,130 |
|
Mar 2013
|
747,098 |
842,951 |
1,883,348 |
|
Apr 2013
|
646,524 |
799,720 |
2,018,252 |
|
May 2013
|
712,091 |
891,198 |
1,786,791 |
|
Jun 2013
|
747,012 |
818,995 |
1,907,915 |
|
Jul 2013
|
757,084 |
823,621 |
1,864,795 |
|
Aug 2013
|
696,232 |
835,635 |
1,979,675 |
|
Sep 2013
|
757,150 |
781,584 |
2,118,041 |
|
Oct 2013
|
768,250 |
886,057 |
2,041,283 |
|
Nov 2013
|
669,181 |
913,069 |
2,055,662 |
|
Dec 2013
|
871,376 |
843,303 |
1,910,752 |
|
Jan 2014
|
749,914 |
875,519 |
1,973,871 |
|
Feb 2014
|
719,997 |
895,106 |
2,147,247 |
|
Mar 2014
|
726,985 |
920,067 |
2,151,163 |
|
Apr 2014
|
663,712 |
972,825 |
2,219,272 |
|
May 2014
|
897,168 |
1,016,628 |
2,104,568 |
|
Jun 2014
|
801,305 |
1,068,859 |
2,269,184 |
|
Jul 2014
|
837,042 |
1,029,074 |
2,209,650 |
|
Aug 2014
|
1,006,669 |
1,068,137 |
2,393,577 |
|
Sep 2014
|
841,252 |
1,078,517 |
2,261,497 |
|
Oct 2014
|
928,498 |
1,117,783 |
2,403,566 |
|
Nov 2014
|
924,894 |
1,086,641 |
2,417,173 |
|
Dec 2014
|
1,056,537 |
1,054,276 |
2,551,392 |
|
Jan 2015
|
1,004,000 |
1,127,737 |
2,439,457 |
|
Feb 2015
|
1,028,208 |
1,139,094 |
2,493,688 |
|
Mar 2015
|
1,070,274 |
1,135,259 |
2,524,347 |
|
Apr 2015
|
1,119,947 |
1,135,582 |
2,755,048 |
|
May 2015
|
910,033 |
1,183,142 |
2,708,289 |
|
Jun 2015
|
906,587 |
1,138,504 |
2,672,695 |
|
Jul 2015
|
1,078,427 |
1,255,394 |
2,948,940 |
|
Aug 2015
|
1,042,459 |
1,186,525 |
2,677,688 |
|
Sep 2015
|
991,128 |
1,221,993 |
2,699,948 |
|
Oct 2015
|
1,129,982 |
1,177,941 |
2,672,627 |
|
Nov 2015
|
1,131,319 |
1,180,936 |
2,736,455 |
|
Dec 2015
|
1,145,253 |
1,265,351 |
2,801,827 |
|
Jan 2016
|
1,140,822 |
1,194,444 |
2,879,580 |
|
Feb 2016
|
1,205,784 |
1,182,332 |
2,887,232 |
|
Mar 2016
|
1,282,039 |
1,253,825 |
2,934,458 |
|
Apr 2016
|
1,137,039 |
1,188,811 |
2,849,164 |
|
May 2016
|
1,144,276 |
1,176,151 |
2,876,425 |
|
Jun 2016
|
1,112,146 |
1,168,433 |
2,917,251 |
|
Jul 2016
|
1,137,030 |
1,165,299 |
2,882,314 |
|
Aug 2016
|
1,031,979 |
1,152,955 |
2,924,392 |
|
Sep 2016
|
1,110,544 |
1,230,080 |
2,847,353 |
|
Oct 2016
|
1,057,134 |
1,187,303 |
2,705,982 |
|
Nov 2016
|
1,165,740 |
1,218,315 |
2,850,339 |
|
Dec 2016
|
1,098,272 |
1,221,877 |
2,921,761 |
|
Jan 2017
|
1,044,832 |
1,175,380 |
2,788,455 |
|
Feb 2017
|
1,260,029 |
1,329,220 |
2,695,540 |
|
Mar 2017
|
1,066,356 |
1,245,067 |
2,757,632 |
|
Apr 2017
|
1,185,409 |
1,343,895 |
2,922,325 |
|
May 2017
|
1,098,893 |
1,314,018 |
2,848,390 |
|
Jun 2017
|
1,241,154 |
1,406,773 |
2,844,404 |
|
Jul 2017
|
1,232,397 |
1,421,402 |
2,786,742 |
|
Aug 2017
|
1,220,923 |
1,293,665 |
2,926,071 |
|
Sep 2017
|
1,307,574 |
1,257,198 |
3,134,246 |
|
Oct 2017
|
1,190,161 |
1,331,773 |
2,959,693 |
|
Nov 2017
|
1,187,900 |
1,391,950 |
3,182,992 |
|
Dec 2017
|
1,141,037 |
1,370,194 |
2,795,802 |