Figure 6. Job openings, hires, and quits levels, medium firms (50–499 employees), December 2000 to December 2017
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.