Month and year | Job openings levels | Hires levels | Quits levels |
---|---|---|---|
Dec 2000 |
1,194,207 | 1,460,086 | 858,796 |
Jan 2001 |
1,011,517 | 1,342,260 | 926,283 |
Feb 2001 |
1,002,168 | 1,568,898 | 919,470 |
Mar 2001 |
1,004,639 | 1,555,798 | 967,790 |
Apr 2001 |
1,021,926 | 1,342,110 | 895,794 |
May 2001 |
951,688 | 1,384,346 | 857,741 |
Jun 2001 |
934,446 | 1,394,392 | 815,695 |
Jul 2001 |
1,035,138 | 1,450,192 | 806,145 |
Aug 2001 |
902,797 | 1,332,973 | 772,728 |
Sep 2001 |
834,723 | 1,390,857 | 775,051 |
Oct 2001 |
733,790 | 1,338,725 | 781,065 |
Nov 2001 |
735,705 | 1,253,257 | 683,972 |
Dec 2001 |
750,274 | 1,299,796 | 689,962 |
Jan 2002 |
753,647 | 1,294,715 | 793,121 |
Feb 2002 |
759,741 | 1,314,312 | 747,294 |
Mar 2002 |
774,036 | 1,280,578 | 693,719 |
Apr 2002 |
771,335 | 1,344,995 | 738,685 |
May 2002 |
804,244 | 1,345,141 | 771,302 |
Jun 2002 |
768,327 | 1,348,487 | 740,848 |
Jul 2002 |
761,857 | 1,302,346 | 723,466 |
Aug 2002 |
797,517 | 1,282,969 | 672,167 |
Sep 2002 |
785,492 | 1,242,778 | 637,328 |
Oct 2002 |
798,780 | 1,251,468 | 661,742 |
Nov 2002 |
817,510 | 1,252,149 | 656,499 |
Dec 2002 |
748,697 | 1,263,244 | 677,682 |
Jan 2003 |
838,881 | 1,301,145 | 661,567 |
Feb 2003 |
713,558 | 1,224,993 | 616,407 |
Mar 2003 |
710,443 | 1,153,689 | 645,578 |
Apr 2003 |
727,277 | 1,221,924 | 650,170 |
May 2003 |
683,791 | 1,220,897 | 629,647 |
Jun 2003 |
771,116 | 1,216,392 | 590,765 |
Jul 2003 |
754,278 | 1,194,907 | 640,980 |
Aug 2003 |
750,501 | 1,220,206 | 664,756 |
Sep 2003 |
742,703 | 1,280,081 | 674,160 |
Oct 2003 |
828,530 | 1,278,001 | 669,168 |
Nov 2003 |
768,039 | 1,295,322 | 674,046 |
Dec 2003 |
780,361 | 1,278,859 | 684,591 |
Jan 2004 |
779,282 | 1,277,745 | 620,047 |
Feb 2004 |
789,222 | 1,267,446 | 684,658 |
Mar 2004 |
801,411 | 1,355,482 | 654,597 |
Apr 2004 |
815,096 | 1,346,786 | 662,541 |
May 2004 |
799,369 | 1,282,748 | 643,003 |
Jun 2004 |
749,845 | 1,291,174 | 729,022 |
Jul 2004 |
885,880 | 1,344,911 | 702,164 |
Aug 2004 |
830,201 | 1,366,856 | 729,282 |
Sep 2004 |
866,336 | 1,355,799 | 725,853 |
Oct 2004 |
854,954 | 1,338,244 | 711,022 |
Nov 2004 |
849,973 | 1,344,289 | 724,264 |
Dec 2004 |
873,721 | 1,368,866 | 750,415 |
Jan 2005 |
846,006 | 1,430,984 | 750,942 |
Feb 2005 |
904,772 | 1,358,191 | 733,241 |
Mar 2005 |
885,813 | 1,367,312 | 768,323 |
Apr 2005 |
878,615 | 1,368,940 | 761,500 |
May 2005 |
881,781 | 1,409,996 | 797,039 |
Jun 2005 |
929,215 | 1,433,296 | 747,548 |
Jul 2005 |
910,068 | 1,322,187 | 763,530 |
Aug 2005 |
949,580 | 1,392,433 | 752,292 |
Sep 2005 |
978,601 | 1,488,503 | 825,651 |
Oct 2005 |
921,282 | 1,307,376 | 779,161 |
Nov 2005 |
967,873 | 1,376,951 | 782,354 |
Dec 2005 |
919,718 | 1,380,339 | 757,443 |
Jan 2006 |
957,076 | 1,428,611 | 772,633 |
Feb 2006 |
941,954 | 1,446,384 | 834,619 |
Mar 2006 |
1,026,856 | 1,442,413 | 828,915 |
Apr 2006 |
1,041,674 | 1,421,872 | 713,431 |
May 2006 |
1,051,429 | 1,440,055 | 759,579 |
Jun 2006 |
1,036,680 | 1,347,248 | 780,470 |
Jul 2006 |
976,201 | 1,426,832 | 760,212 |
Aug 2006 |
1,014,310 | 1,381,349 | 780,704 |
Sep 2006 |
1,006,168 | 1,315,795 | 777,263 |
Oct 2006 |
1,060,815 | 1,398,152 | 741,483 |
Nov 2006 |
1,049,515 | 1,388,835 | 784,045 |
Dec 2006 |
1,033,568 | 1,373,691 | 789,636 |
Jan 2007 |
1,007,407 | 1,282,532 | 781,557 |
Feb 2007 |
1,105,910 | 1,293,490 | 795,966 |
Mar 2007 |
1,071,712 | 1,376,495 | 749,166 |
Apr 2007 |
1,183,720 | 1,367,046 | 793,072 |
May 2007 |
1,110,877 | 1,355,047 | 760,656 |
Jun 2007 |
1,027,445 | 1,391,926 | 721,330 |
Jul 2007 |
999,877 | 1,341,236 | 783,758 |
Aug 2007 |
1,012,644 | 1,368,489 | 817,046 |
Sep 2007 |
1,039,103 | 1,314,770 | 678,745 |
Oct 2007 |
979,499 | 1,395,240 | 760,128 |
Nov 2007 |
1,089,556 | 1,358,902 | 736,875 |
Dec 2007 |
1,102,923 | 1,290,562 | 707,605 |
Jan 2008 |
1,059,505 | 1,269,662 | 720,214 |
Feb 2008 |
1,003,901 | 1,284,529 | 762,150 |
Mar 2008 |
940,218 | 1,246,913 | 707,956 |
Apr 2008 |
889,295 | 1,213,383 | 765,830 |
May 2008 |
952,368 | 1,232,696 | 694,358 |
Jun 2008 |
896,270 | 1,219,088 | 718,861 |
Jul 2008 |
884,021 | 1,152,392 | 648,919 |
Aug 2008 |
776,437 | 1,158,399 | 616,715 |
Sep 2008 |
725,545 | 1,104,721 | 633,546 |
Oct 2008 |
775,082 | 1,105,621 | 603,297 |
Nov 2008 |
658,889 | 995,134 | 540,861 |
Dec 2008 |
674,192 | 1,052,962 | 515,618 |
Jan 2009 |
560,428 | 939,996 | 536,147 |
Feb 2009 |
613,214 | 987,544 | 471,274 |
Mar 2009 |
581,477 | 889,350 | 426,686 |
Apr 2009 |
452,347 | 869,588 | 410,975 |
May 2009 |
524,623 | 889,136 | 408,252 |
Jun 2009 |
533,677 | 867,229 | 411,828 |
Jul 2009 |
491,806 | 894,700 | 397,357 |
Aug 2009 |
515,739 | 881,843 | 382,238 |
Sep 2009 |
575,510 | 932,556 | 381,325 |
Oct 2009 |
508,848 | 936,440 | 408,392 |
Nov 2009 |
471,364 | 968,978 | 450,275 |
Dec 2009 |
567,169 | 919,096 | 405,169 |
Jan 2010 |
591,152 | 974,191 | 363,589 |
Feb 2010 |
539,169 | 965,888 | 425,744 |
Mar 2010 |
565,386 | 983,761 | 442,164 |
Apr 2010 |
630,425 | 1,022,947 | 459,460 |
May 2010 |
544,181 | 963,643 | 447,550 |
Jun 2010 |
597,686 | 1,003,935 | 483,438 |
Jul 2010 |
599,640 | 1,055,466 | 440,697 |
Aug 2010 |
646,709 | 925,374 | 433,737 |
Sep 2010 |
599,075 | 994,829 | 478,350 |
Oct 2010 |
613,805 | 998,819 | 449,122 |
Nov 2010 |
663,754 | 1,055,040 | 454,395 |
Dec 2010 |
572,449 | 1,071,953 | 498,837 |
Jan 2011 |
662,432 | 1,017,994 | 467,275 |
Feb 2011 |
712,265 | 1,001,132 | 461,080 |
Mar 2011 |
727,837 | 1,072,486 | 478,908 |
Apr 2011 |
708,273 | 1,121,914 | 501,133 |
May 2011 |
687,341 | 1,015,018 | 496,052 |
Jun 2011 |
691,790 | 1,035,005 | 453,016 |
Jul 2011 |
760,557 | 1,010,484 | 479,946 |
Aug 2011 |
680,293 | 1,075,198 | 531,024 |
Sep 2011 |
772,569 | 1,097,519 | 523,082 |
Oct 2011 |
753,720 | 1,011,829 | 471,729 |
Nov 2011 |
793,153 | 1,066,678 | 496,021 |
Dec 2011 |
791,469 | 1,069,675 | 489,462 |
Jan 2012 |
850,956 | 1,105,031 | 480,182 |
Feb 2012 |
796,856 | 1,047,353 | 504,777 |
Mar 2012 |
839,034 | 1,067,286 | 554,335 |
Apr 2012 |
821,970 | 1,085,234 | 487,042 |
May 2012 |
808,594 | 1,133,535 | 507,503 |
Jun 2012 |
820,012 | 1,161,296 | 582,971 |
Jul 2012 |
816,358 | 1,038,819 | 538,992 |
Aug 2012 |
880,023 | 1,149,772 | 511,637 |
Sep 2012 |
798,150 | 1,112,735 | 481,138 |
Oct 2012 |
831,408 | 973,386 | 492,973 |
Nov 2012 |
822,616 | 1,118,194 | 488,220 |
Dec 2012 |
792,838 | 1,087,797 | 528,846 |
Jan 2013 |
732,992 | 998,059 | 599,650 |
Feb 2013 |
902,759 | 1,129,364 | 552,770 |
Mar 2013 |
842,951 | 1,103,924 | 527,986 |
Apr 2013 |
799,720 | 1,092,036 | 639,625 |
May 2013 |
891,198 | 1,143,718 | 548,924 |
Jun 2013 |
818,995 | 1,071,858 | 539,393 |
Jul 2013 |
823,621 | 1,106,468 | 536,802 |
Aug 2013 |
835,635 | 1,161,523 | 570,211 |
Sep 2013 |
781,584 | 1,082,185 | 584,579 |
Oct 2013 |
886,057 | 1,130,241 | 608,216 |
Nov 2013 |
913,069 | 1,074,873 | 581,110 |
Dec 2013 |
843,303 | 1,081,132 | 592,936 |
Jan 2014 |
875,519 | 1,152,311 | 569,990 |
Feb 2014 |
895,106 | 1,149,876 | 603,183 |
Mar 2014 |
920,067 | 1,153,776 | 562,360 |
Apr 2014 |
972,825 | 1,122,672 | 602,122 |
May 2014 |
1,016,628 | 1,168,199 | 605,466 |
Jun 2014 |
1,068,859 | 1,197,650 | 610,158 |
Jul 2014 |
1,029,074 | 1,250,597 | 638,518 |
Aug 2014 |
1,068,137 | 1,179,861 | 614,386 |
Sep 2014 |
1,078,517 | 1,194,654 | 672,822 |
Oct 2014 |
1,117,783 | 1,299,552 | 685,583 |
Nov 2014 |
1,086,641 | 1,239,657 | 658,364 |
Dec 2014 |
1,054,276 | 1,238,816 | 670,571 |
Jan 2015 |
1,127,737 | 1,233,469 | 641,622 |
Feb 2015 |
1,139,094 | 1,258,957 | 705,330 |
Mar 2015 |
1,135,259 | 1,244,584 | 726,826 |
Apr 2015 |
1,135,582 | 1,273,107 | 649,981 |
May 2015 |
1,183,142 | 1,201,134 | 704,750 |
Jun 2015 |
1,138,504 | 1,254,605 | 674,766 |
Jul 2015 |
1,255,394 | 1,231,465 | 672,581 |
Aug 2015 |
1,186,525 | 1,238,723 | 691,217 |
Sep 2015 |
1,221,993 | 1,255,807 | 665,784 |
Oct 2015 |
1,177,941 | 1,258,199 | 696,557 |
Nov 2015 |
1,180,936 | 1,242,453 | 742,500 |
Dec 2015 |
1,265,351 | 1,344,729 | 723,515 |
Jan 2016 |
1,194,444 | 1,230,515 | 697,513 |
Feb 2016 |
1,182,332 | 1,256,769 | 736,721 |
Mar 2016 |
1,253,825 | 1,268,630 | 694,130 |
Apr 2016 |
1,188,811 | 1,287,902 | 718,902 |
May 2016 |
1,176,151 | 1,258,505 | 743,559 |
Jun 2016 |
1,168,433 | 1,291,397 | 761,130 |
Jul 2016 |
1,165,299 | 1,229,406 | 751,138 |
Aug 2016 |
1,152,955 | 1,312,220 | 771,008 |
Sep 2016 |
1,230,080 | 1,269,893 | 743,576 |
Oct 2016 |
1,187,303 | 1,263,307 | 757,951 |
Nov 2016 |
1,218,315 | 1,337,416 | 775,424 |
Dec 2016 |
1,221,877 | 1,283,983 | 762,998 |
Jan 2017 |
1,175,380 | 1,286,146 | 782,711 |
Feb 2017 |
1,329,220 | 1,314,899 | 739,900 |
Mar 2017 |
1,245,067 | 1,267,292 | 775,197 |
Apr 2017 |
1,343,895 | 1,249,563 | 779,568 |
May 2017 |
1,314,018 | 1,337,601 | 809,898 |
Jun 2017 |
1,406,773 | 1,346,677 | 789,987 |
Jul 2017 |
1,421,402 | 1,347,533 | 768,160 |
Aug 2017 |
1,293,665 | 1,357,972 | 786,455 |
Sep 2017 |
1,257,198 | 1,301,826 | 825,306 |
Oct 2017 |
1,331,773 | 1,362,076 | 787,579 |
Nov 2017 |
1,391,950 | 1,331,421 | 790,871 |
Dec 2017 |
1,370,194 | 1,373,733 | 806,449 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |