Figure 2. Job openings, hires, and employment, total nonfarm, seasonally adjusted, December 2000–December 2019 (in thousands)
Month Job openings Hires Employment

Dec 2000

4,868 5,426 132,709

Jan 2001

5,362 5,722 132,698

Feb 2001

5,008 5,303 132,789

Mar 2001

4,698 5,528 132,747

Apr 2001

4,752 5,204 132,463

May 2001

4,503 5,410 132,410

Jun 2001

4,378 5,109 132,299

Jul 2001

4,578 5,244 132,177

Aug 2001

4,042 5,223 132,028

Sep 2001

4,045 4,954 131,771

Oct 2001

3,729 5,078 131,454

Nov 2001

3,649 4,914 131,142

Dec 2001

3,523 4,829 130,982

Jan 2002

3,782 4,855 130,852

Feb 2002

3,377 4,801 130,736

Mar 2002

3,573 4,706 130,717

Apr 2002

3,576 4,928 130,623

May 2002

3,508 4,857 130,634

Jun 2002

3,415 4,869 130,684

Jul 2002

3,461 4,946 130,590

Aug 2002

3,531 4,871 130,587

Sep 2002

3,290 4,879 130,501

Oct 2002

3,502 4,798 130,628

Nov 2002

3,405 4,792 130,615

Dec 2002

3,039 4,893 130,472

Jan 2003

3,500 5,058 130,580

Feb 2003

3,178 4,714 130,444

Mar 2003

3,064 4,470 130,232

Apr 2003

3,208 4,600 130,177

May 2003

3,336 4,678 130,196

Jun 2003

3,398 4,682 130,194

Jul 2003

3,073 4,639 130,191

Aug 2003

3,204 4,666 130,149

Sep 2003

3,082 4,799 130,254

Oct 2003

3,330 4,902 130,454

Nov 2003

3,218 4,767 130,474

Dec 2003

3,281 4,984 130,588

Jan 2004

3,462 4,900 130,769

Feb 2004

3,478 4,788 130,825

Mar 2004

3,492 5,227 131,142

Apr 2004

3,615 5,152 131,411

May 2004

3,758 4,976 131,694

Jun 2004

3,345 5,009 131,793

Jul 2004

3,900 4,891 131,848

Aug 2004

3,556 5,013 131,937

Sep 2004

3,829 5,062 132,093

Oct 2004

3,970 5,149 132,447

Nov 2004

3,360 5,181 132,503

Dec 2004

3,935 5,153 132,624

Jan 2005

3,827 5,201 132,774

Feb 2005

3,901 5,276 133,032

Mar 2005

4,019 5,273 133,156

Apr 2005

4,272 5,362 133,518

May 2005

3,842 5,271 133,690

Jun 2005

4,072 5,376 133,942

Jul 2005

4,337 5,328 134,296

Aug 2005

4,160 5,409 134,498

Sep 2005

4,376 5,493 134,566

Oct 2005

4,218 5,124 134,655

Nov 2005

4,118 5,344 134,993

Dec 2005

4,146 5,294 135,149

Jan 2006

4,404 5,271 135,429

Feb 2006

4,260 5,474 135,737

Mar 2006

4,706 5,524 136,047

Apr 2006

4,915 5,215 136,205

May 2006

4,505 5,498 136,244

Jun 2006

4,625 5,455 136,325

Jul 2006

4,467 5,573 136,520

Aug 2006

4,739 5,373 136,694

Sep 2006

4,778 5,288 136,843

Oct 2006

4,643 5,375 136,852

Nov 2006

4,530 5,495 137,063

Dec 2006

4,469 5,214 137,249

Jan 2007

4,750 5,426 137,477

Feb 2007

4,618 5,160 137,558

Mar 2007

4,926 5,479 137,793

Apr 2007

4,820 5,353 137,842

May 2007

4,699 5,469 137,993

Jun 2007

4,882 5,267 138,069

Jul 2007

4,668 5,217 138,038

Aug 2007

4,586 5,358 138,015

Sep 2007

4,682 5,344 138,095

Oct 2007

4,676 5,398 138,174

Nov 2007

4,537 5,176 138,284

Dec 2007

4,400 5,119 138,392

Jan 2008

4,604 5,071 138,403

Feb 2008

4,233 5,077 138,324

Mar 2008

4,205 4,924 138,275

Apr 2008

4,124 4,948 138,035

May 2008

4,237 4,691 137,858

Jun 2008

3,849 4,893 137,687

Jul 2008

3,800 4,637 137,491

Aug 2008

3,709 4,682 137,213

Sep 2008

3,240 4,499 136,753

Oct 2008

3,403 4,548 136,272

Nov 2008

3,158 4,104 135,545

Dec 2008

3,059 4,348 134,839

Jan 2009

2,731 4,095 134,055

Feb 2009

2,838 4,061 133,312

Mar 2009

2,521 3,858 132,512

Apr 2009

2,343 3,888 131,817

May 2009

2,574 3,758 131,475

Jun 2009

2,517 3,639 131,008

Jul 2009

2,264 3,857 130,668

Aug 2009

2,365 3,810 130,485

Sep 2009

2,481 3,944 130,244

Oct 2009

2,422 3,838 130,045

Nov 2009

2,435 4,024 130,057

Dec 2009

2,487 4,004 129,788

Jan 2010

2,833 3,904 129,790

Feb 2010

2,651 3,864 129,698

Mar 2010

2,679 4,302 129,879

Apr 2010

3,217 4,159 130,110

May 2010

3,019 4,420 130,650

Jun 2010

2,813 4,111 130,511

Jul 2010

3,127 4,163 130,427

Aug 2010

3,025 4,046 130,422

Sep 2010

2,912 4,034 130,357

Oct 2010

3,256 4,173 130,625

Nov 2010

3,134 4,182 130,750

Dec 2010

2,969 4,299 130,822

Jan 2011

3,100 4,000 130,841

Feb 2011

3,213 4,231 131,053

Mar 2011

3,253 4,430 131,288

Apr 2011

3,337 4,296 131,602

May 2011

3,207 4,261 131,703

Jun 2011

3,467 4,366 131,939

Jul 2011

3,676 4,261 131,999

Aug 2011

3,358 4,298 132,125

Sep 2011

3,763 4,429 132,358

Oct 2011

3,650 4,370 132,562

Nov 2011

3,485 4,365 132,694

Dec 2011

3,662 4,356 132,896

Jan 2012

3,904 4,457 133,250

Feb 2012

3,605 4,560 133,512

Mar 2012

3,976 4,575 133,752

Apr 2012

3,878 4,389 133,834

May 2012

3,861 4,533 133,934

Jun 2012

3,916 4,440 134,007

Jul 2012

3,790 4,327 134,159

Aug 2012

3,839 4,450 134,331

Sep 2012

3,861 4,302 134,518

Oct 2012

3,808 4,389 134,677

Nov 2012

3,787 4,489 134,833

Dec 2012

3,840 4,452 135,072

Jan 2013

3,915 4,487 135,263

Feb 2013

3,981 4,571 135,541

Mar 2013

4,080 4,369 135,680

Apr 2013

4,078 4,572 135,871

May 2013

4,173 4,663 136,093

Jun 2013

4,166 4,440 136,274

Jul 2013

3,946 4,561 136,386

Aug 2013

4,112 4,730 136,628

Sep 2013

4,105 4,726 136,815

Oct 2013

4,268 4,518 137,040

Nov 2013

4,002 4,622 137,304

Dec 2013

3,996 4,614 137,373

Jan 2014

4,131 4,626 137,548

Feb 2014

4,347 4,696 137,714

Mar 2014

4,388 4,763 137,968

Apr 2014

4,662 4,880 138,293

May 2014

4,775 4,808 138,511

Jun 2014

4,999 4,925 138,837

Jul 2014

4,919 5,008 139,069

Aug 2014

5,383 4,810 139,257

Sep 2014

4,876 5,149 139,566

Oct 2014

5,066 5,111 139,818

Nov 2014

4,719 4,978 140,109

Dec 2014

4,981 5,192 140,377

Jan 2015

5,362 5,061 140,568

Feb 2015

5,446 5,127 140,839

Mar 2015

5,208 5,126 140,910

Apr 2015

5,712 5,196 141,194

May 2015

5,599 5,142 141,525

Jun 2015

5,263 5,125 141,699

Jul 2015

6,143 5,150 142,001

Aug 2015

5,510 5,163 142,126

Sep 2015

5,445 5,287 142,281

Oct 2015

5,832 5,338 142,587

Nov 2015

5,573 5,358 142,824

Dec 2015

5,676 5,540 143,097

Jan 2016

5,994 5,204 143,170

Feb 2016

5,757 5,559 143,433

Mar 2016

6,137 5,362 143,662

Apr 2016

5,868 5,277 143,849

May 2016

5,812 5,206 143,891

Jun 2016

5,768 5,277 144,158

Jul 2016

6,094 5,419 144,512

Aug 2016

5,716 5,301 144,647

Sep 2016

5,816 5,283 144,916

Oct 2016

5,626 5,234 145,061

Nov 2016

5,867 5,316 145,212

Dec 2016

5,835 5,380 145,442

Jan 2017

5,607 5,517 145,627

Feb 2017

5,872 5,366 145,815

Mar 2017

5,816 5,395 145,944

Apr 2017

6,142 5,265 146,141

May 2017

5,851 5,454 146,296

Jun 2017

6,351 5,642 146,512

Jul 2017

6,354 5,502 146,727

Aug 2017

6,335 5,528 146,911

Sep 2017

6,239 5,401 146,929

Oct 2017

6,383 5,635 147,196

Nov 2017

6,204 5,473 147,421

Dec 2017

6,235 5,426 147,551

Jan 2018

6,645 5,511 147,672

Feb 2018

6,575 5,669 148,078

Mar 2018

6,865 5,629 148,254

Apr 2018

6,985 5,587 148,391

May 2018

7,028 5,819 148,669

Jun 2018

7,280 5,783 148,888

Jul 2018

7,326 5,691 149,024

Aug 2018

7,249 5,792 149,268

Sep 2018

7,282 5,610 149,348

Oct 2018

7,237 5,855 149,549

Nov 2018

7,509 5,818 149,683

Dec 2018

7,303 5,762 149,865

Jan 2019

7,520 5,834 150,134

Feb 2019

7,048 5,703 150,135

Mar 2019

7,364 5,689 150,282

Apr 2019

7,284 6,000 150,492

May 2019

7,300 5,687 150,577

Jun 2019

7,185 5,760 150,759

Jul 2019

7,236 5,975 150,953

Aug 2019

7,166 5,839 151,160

Sep 2019

7,046 5,959 151,368

Oct 2019

7,309 5,757 151,553

Nov 2019

6,793 5,857 151,814

Dec 2019

6,552 5,927 151,998

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey and Current Employment Statistics.