Month and year | Job openings levels | Hires levels | Quits levels |
---|---|---|---|
Dec 2000 |
1,060,371 | 1,302,490 | 688,491 |
Jan 2001 |
1,251,998 | 1,436,095 | 675,894 |
Feb 2001 |
1,148,520 | 1,292,324 | 712,799 |
Mar 2001 |
1,010,365 | 1,361,604 | 696,614 |
Apr 2001 |
976,913 | 1,402,639 | 806,220 |
May 2001 |
1,013,499 | 1,352,062 | 701,094 |
Jun 2001 |
939,943 | 1,331,169 | 733,549 |
Jul 2001 |
993,117 | 1,289,076 | 719,171 |
Aug 2001 |
886,918 | 1,308,852 | 710,459 |
Sep 2001 |
1,025,970 | 1,281,811 | 740,207 |
Oct 2001 |
886,431 | 1,354,017 | 640,730 |
Nov 2001 |
759,904 | 1,330,559 | 666,793 |
Dec 2001 |
803,877 | 1,317,255 | 686,227 |
Jan 2002 |
817,511 | 1,281,645 | 634,797 |
Feb 2002 |
652,163 | 1,318,930 | 649,990 |
Mar 2002 |
824,403 | 1,160,472 | 646,552 |
Apr 2002 |
694,830 | 1,226,740 | 674,154 |
May 2002 |
655,049 | 1,268,915 | 666,989 |
Jun 2002 |
673,265 | 1,329,457 | 653,095 |
Jul 2002 |
692,808 | 1,425,591 | 713,048 |
Aug 2002 |
693,032 | 1,337,515 | 765,623 |
Sep 2002 |
672,243 | 1,386,611 | 755,326 |
Oct 2002 |
689,297 | 1,320,579 | 710,392 |
Nov 2002 |
748,704 | 1,327,543 | 661,364 |
Dec 2002 |
587,241 | 1,398,791 | 731,875 |
Jan 2003 |
659,916 | 1,433,225 | 705,989 |
Feb 2003 |
765,374 | 1,339,946 | 739,256 |
Mar 2003 |
630,370 | 1,265,974 | 670,236 |
Apr 2003 |
729,153 | 1,382,653 | 635,076 |
May 2003 |
695,926 | 1,297,363 | 621,849 |
Jun 2003 |
680,822 | 1,336,127 | 703,351 |
Jul 2003 |
607,572 | 1,366,382 | 615,282 |
Aug 2003 |
637,713 | 1,383,934 | 622,410 |
Sep 2003 |
574,155 | 1,391,208 | 680,538 |
Oct 2003 |
587,580 | 1,377,281 | 699,139 |
Nov 2003 |
663,287 | 1,313,970 | 713,769 |
Dec 2003 |
749,109 | 1,462,949 | 732,209 |
Jan 2004 |
693,516 | 1,409,016 | 690,277 |
Feb 2004 |
766,205 | 1,379,407 | 740,860 |
Mar 2004 |
742,618 | 1,536,081 | 810,244 |
Apr 2004 |
686,435 | 1,413,924 | 812,862 |
May 2004 |
767,506 | 1,390,397 | 704,569 |
Jun 2004 |
663,422 | 1,429,364 | 753,688 |
Jul 2004 |
853,073 | 1,385,253 | 773,023 |
Aug 2004 |
745,376 | 1,400,292 | 738,229 |
Sep 2004 |
837,090 | 1,411,111 | 667,113 |
Oct 2004 |
730,831 | 1,538,496 | 791,255 |
Nov 2004 |
697,143 | 1,482,569 | 830,327 |
Dec 2004 |
847,009 | 1,436,696 | 791,552 |
Jan 2005 |
711,216 | 1,444,698 | 834,883 |
Feb 2005 |
805,895 | 1,543,882 | 771,039 |
Mar 2005 |
790,941 | 1,511,281 | 830,484 |
Apr 2005 |
893,717 | 1,517,867 | 807,615 |
May 2005 |
823,950 | 1,538,546 | 837,558 |
Jun 2005 |
868,899 | 1,503,405 | 779,941 |
Jul 2005 |
933,401 | 1,389,312 | 760,143 |
Aug 2005 |
897,119 | 1,557,229 | 880,076 |
Sep 2005 |
867,202 | 1,527,940 | 906,454 |
Oct 2005 |
896,500 | 1,428,010 | 813,872 |
Nov 2005 |
870,810 | 1,500,125 | 772,856 |
Dec 2005 |
878,614 | 1,359,164 | 803,855 |
Jan 2006 |
926,544 | 1,409,778 | 778,852 |
Feb 2006 |
872,916 | 1,465,924 | 794,389 |
Mar 2006 |
906,271 | 1,399,849 | 797,119 |
Apr 2006 |
873,153 | 1,454,760 | 782,612 |
May 2006 |
815,636 | 1,489,460 | 848,053 |
Jun 2006 |
862,846 | 1,426,027 | 846,056 |
Jul 2006 |
737,911 | 1,453,366 | 846,574 |
Aug 2006 |
873,769 | 1,400,313 | 814,817 |
Sep 2006 |
911,595 | 1,360,022 | 755,881 |
Oct 2006 |
836,767 | 1,324,288 | 762,990 |
Nov 2006 |
946,254 | 1,446,440 | 770,442 |
Dec 2006 |
864,691 | 1,422,266 | 814,792 |
Jan 2007 |
1,010,118 | 1,408,488 | 749,681 |
Feb 2007 |
981,793 | 1,389,011 | 779,627 |
Mar 2007 |
988,480 | 1,402,342 | 778,216 |
Apr 2007 |
868,171 | 1,307,891 | 723,858 |
May 2007 |
825,096 | 1,424,416 | 773,747 |
Jun 2007 |
1,023,770 | 1,340,586 | 716,696 |
Jul 2007 |
919,872 | 1,321,857 | 778,689 |
Aug 2007 |
942,122 | 1,333,873 | 749,433 |
Sep 2007 |
1,061,207 | 1,353,843 | 662,615 |
Oct 2007 |
969,213 | 1,381,911 | 748,481 |
Nov 2007 |
809,951 | 1,271,371 | 693,780 |
Dec 2007 |
840,630 | 1,311,157 | 736,626 |
Jan 2008 |
846,134 | 1,217,053 | 735,993 |
Feb 2008 |
761,090 | 1,261,191 | 664,102 |
Mar 2008 |
785,105 | 1,258,302 | 680,049 |
Apr 2008 |
702,863 | 1,230,580 | 823,832 |
May 2008 |
711,694 | 1,238,297 | 665,564 |
Jun 2008 |
635,590 | 1,279,509 | 677,059 |
Jul 2008 |
704,658 | 1,191,662 | 653,783 |
Aug 2008 |
627,833 | 1,262,084 | 583,043 |
Sep 2008 |
615,568 | 1,085,740 | 634,282 |
Oct 2008 |
584,863 | 1,207,895 | 677,387 |
Nov 2008 |
599,938 | 1,103,582 | 577,538 |
Dec 2008 |
617,801 | 1,202,804 | 537,089 |
Jan 2009 |
497,973 | 1,223,033 | 529,922 |
Feb 2009 |
584,656 | 1,246,252 | 558,192 |
Mar 2009 |
495,729 | 1,145,223 | 471,418 |
Apr 2009 |
537,408 | 1,224,871 | 428,698 |
May 2009 |
527,072 | 1,131,052 | 473,246 |
Jun 2009 |
543,360 | 1,098,902 | 487,222 |
Jul 2009 |
454,578 | 1,330,296 | 419,835 |
Aug 2009 |
424,193 | 1,109,298 | 468,283 |
Sep 2009 |
538,064 | 1,183,989 | 504,105 |
Oct 2009 |
506,002 | 1,243,223 | 442,745 |
Nov 2009 |
533,087 | 1,112,254 | 516,353 |
Dec 2009 |
452,361 | 1,210,753 | 515,686 |
Jan 2010 |
649,049 | 1,169,799 | 510,660 |
Feb 2010 |
577,971 | 1,097,102 | 490,018 |
Mar 2010 |
503,836 | 1,159,856 | 479,440 |
Apr 2010 |
591,749 | 1,254,332 | 512,106 |
May 2010 |
637,296 | 1,112,493 | 447,570 |
Jun 2010 |
540,756 | 1,119,727 | 508,851 |
Jul 2010 |
599,269 | 1,167,439 | 452,044 |
Aug 2010 |
594,295 | 1,131,006 | 527,736 |
Sep 2010 |
531,939 | 1,117,503 | 519,033 |
Oct 2010 |
595,050 | 1,138,323 | 515,147 |
Nov 2010 |
639,703 | 1,120,579 | 486,585 |
Dec 2010 |
553,323 | 1,161,695 | 562,546 |
Jan 2011 |
509,127 | 1,048,348 | 441,775 |
Feb 2011 |
548,159 | 1,196,915 | 503,549 |
Mar 2011 |
587,064 | 1,172,628 | 486,034 |
Apr 2011 |
544,638 | 1,128,146 | 504,913 |
May 2011 |
560,818 | 1,097,732 | 524,983 |
Jun 2011 |
550,647 | 1,214,189 | 530,524 |
Jul 2011 |
613,155 | 1,110,596 | 509,213 |
Aug 2011 |
558,946 | 1,144,333 | 518,567 |
Sep 2011 |
613,380 | 1,195,394 | 563,764 |
Oct 2011 |
574,799 | 1,088,996 | 552,970 |
Nov 2011 |
578,832 | 1,201,432 | 514,430 |
Dec 2011 |
640,731 | 1,136,078 | 532,999 |
Jan 2012 |
855,821 | 1,188,463 | 496,350 |
Feb 2012 |
651,713 | 1,189,122 | 537,483 |
Mar 2012 |
667,397 | 1,165,276 | 615,403 |
Apr 2012 |
779,939 | 1,181,224 | 538,230 |
May 2012 |
680,630 | 1,138,571 | 586,695 |
Jun 2012 |
746,629 | 1,145,088 | 538,579 |
Jul 2012 |
580,608 | 1,083,708 | 617,266 |
Aug 2012 |
630,134 | 1,117,827 | 549,497 |
Sep 2012 |
695,399 | 1,116,972 | 532,176 |
Oct 2012 |
646,194 | 1,056,041 | 541,474 |
Nov 2012 |
700,652 | 1,220,179 | 517,091 |
Dec 2012 |
606,913 | 1,135,907 | 538,521 |
Jan 2013 |
608,335 | 1,122,504 | 641,914 |
Feb 2013 |
772,645 | 1,228,150 | 616,038 |
Mar 2013 |
747,098 | 1,109,370 | 563,995 |
Apr 2013 |
646,524 | 1,035,107 | 594,817 |
May 2013 |
712,091 | 1,258,635 | 537,270 |
Jun 2013 |
747,012 | 1,139,636 | 552,747 |
Jul 2013 |
757,084 | 1,143,973 | 575,549 |
Aug 2013 |
696,232 | 1,207,241 | 611,113 |
Sep 2013 |
757,150 | 1,171,723 | 564,013 |
Oct 2013 |
768,250 | 1,117,835 | 545,642 |
Nov 2013 |
669,181 | 1,090,070 | 598,797 |
Dec 2013 |
871,376 | 1,107,502 | 555,867 |
Jan 2014 |
749,914 | 1,108,248 | 561,083 |
Feb 2014 |
719,997 | 1,057,969 | 557,795 |
Mar 2014 |
726,985 | 1,119,192 | 588,290 |
Apr 2014 |
663,712 | 1,027,468 | 584,348 |
May 2014 |
897,168 | 1,104,901 | 531,962 |
Jun 2014 |
801,305 | 1,063,664 | 579,398 |
Jul 2014 |
837,042 | 1,235,812 | 612,775 |
Aug 2014 |
1,006,669 | 1,180,441 | 605,302 |
Sep 2014 |
841,252 | 1,223,879 | 679,025 |
Oct 2014 |
928,498 | 1,225,132 | 656,597 |
Nov 2014 |
924,894 | 1,238,831 | 698,541 |
Dec 2014 |
1,056,537 | 1,285,773 | 652,908 |
Jan 2015 |
1,004,000 | 1,215,618 | 682,257 |
Feb 2015 |
1,028,208 | 1,253,185 | 703,105 |
Mar 2015 |
1,070,274 | 1,217,674 | 657,153 |
Apr 2015 |
1,119,947 | 1,241,147 | 662,379 |
May 2015 |
910,033 | 1,287,351 | 683,919 |
Jun 2015 |
906,587 | 1,250,608 | 695,634 |
Jul 2015 |
1,078,427 | 1,207,433 | 741,111 |
Aug 2015 |
1,042,459 | 1,261,695 | 731,430 |
Sep 2015 |
991,128 | 1,271,483 | 690,411 |
Oct 2015 |
1,129,982 | 1,335,102 | 678,818 |
Nov 2015 |
1,131,319 | 1,279,212 | 781,036 |
Dec 2015 |
1,145,253 | 1,297,119 | 773,499 |
Jan 2016 |
1,140,822 | 1,291,861 | 659,917 |
Feb 2016 |
1,205,784 | 1,326,960 | 744,907 |
Mar 2016 |
1,282,039 | 1,275,425 | 748,421 |
Apr 2016 |
1,137,039 | 1,266,829 | 790,915 |
May 2016 |
1,144,276 | 1,234,021 | 748,150 |
Jun 2016 |
1,112,146 | 1,267,171 | 776,617 |
Jul 2016 |
1,137,030 | 1,261,084 | 743,490 |
Aug 2016 |
1,031,979 | 1,247,777 | 715,038 |
Sep 2016 |
1,110,544 | 1,152,390 | 714,856 |
Oct 2016 |
1,057,134 | 1,214,351 | 762,842 |
Nov 2016 |
1,165,740 | 1,263,461 | 732,341 |
Dec 2016 |
1,098,272 | 1,303,577 | 740,962 |
Jan 2017 |
1,044,832 | 1,337,043 | 785,238 |
Feb 2017 |
1,260,029 | 1,262,084 | 714,025 |
Mar 2017 |
1,066,356 | 1,323,276 | 828,569 |
Apr 2017 |
1,185,409 | 1,269,929 | 740,748 |
May 2017 |
1,098,893 | 1,309,819 | 782,666 |
Jun 2017 |
1,241,154 | 1,387,027 | 769,145 |
Jul 2017 |
1,232,397 | 1,303,238 | 834,805 |
Aug 2017 |
1,220,923 | 1,304,132 | 797,150 |
Sep 2017 |
1,307,574 | 1,278,590 | 810,272 |
Oct 2017 |
1,190,161 | 1,269,302 | 782,833 |
Nov 2017 |
1,187,900 | 1,244,308 | 746,862 |
Dec 2017 |
1,141,037 | 1,279,204 | 778,601 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |