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Job openings reach series high of 7.1 million in August 2018

October 18, 2018

On the last business day of August 2018, the number of job openings reached a series high of 7.1 million. Over the month, the number of job openings was little changed in August for total nonfarm, total private, and government. Job openings increased in federal government (+15,000).

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Job openings by industry, December 2000–August 2018, seasonally adjusted
Month	Mining and logging	Construction	Durable goods manufacturing	Nondurable goods manufacturing	Wholesale trade	Retail trade	Transportation, warehousing, and utilities
Dec 2000	6,000	159,000	262,000	100,000	167,000	453,000	87,000
Jan 2001	11,000	175,000	363,000	133,000	311,000	491,000	166,000
Feb 2001	7,000	175,000	285,000	115,000	207,000	490,000	137,000
Mar 2001	18,000	197,000	220,000	140,000	124,000	419,000	114,000
Apr 2001	22,000	318,000	238,000	99,000	223,000	466,000	160,000
May 2001	7,000	276,000	204,000	109,000	111,000	463,000	109,000
Jun 2001	17,000	206,000	199,000	121,000	144,000	430,000	112,000
Jul 2001	17,000	207,000	200,000	125,000	148,000	414,000	158,000
Aug 2001	18,000	122,000	161,000	106,000	99,000	376,000	119,000
Sep 2001	11,000	157,000	186,000	126,000	94,000	352,000	99,000
Oct 2001	17,000	113,000	155,000	110,000	83,000	349,000	133,000
Nov 2001	5,000	104,000	104,000	72,000	76,000	352,000	105,000
Dec 2001	12,000	91,000	116,000	62,000	65,000	391,000	87,000
Jan 2002	16,000	116,000	166,000	114,000	133,000	375,000	99,000
Feb 2002	16,000	93,000	135,000	101,000	106,000	328,000	78,000
Mar 2002	4,000	135,000	130,000	95,000	137,000	345,000	78,000
Apr 2002	8,000	128,000	151,000	106,000	132,000	283,000	121,000
May 2002	4,000	141,000	156,000	95,000	100,000	334,000	108,000
Jun 2002	8,000	140,000	152,000	108,000	121,000	342,000	89,000
Jul 2002	6,000	107,000	178,000	99,000	115,000	355,000	85,000
Aug 2002	10,000	109,000	146,000	87,000	101,000	322,000	114,000
Sep 2002	6,000	139,000	144,000	103,000	97,000	354,000	64,000
Oct 2002	9,000	127,000	145,000	79,000	89,000	418,000	91,000
Nov 2002	6,000	99,000	115,000	70,000	84,000	323,000	94,000
Dec 2002	3,000	64,000	107,000	61,000	74,000	275,000	82,000
Jan 2003	5,000	120,000	136,000	97,000	120,000	323,000	116,000
Feb 2003	6,000	87,000	120,000	74,000	89,000	359,000	100,000
Mar 2003	4,000	91,000	121,000	63,000	76,000	312,000	79,000
Apr 2003	5,000	156,000	124,000	79,000	99,000	350,000	79,000
May 2003	6,000	111,000	120,000	88,000	101,000	323,000	82,000
Jun 2003	8,000	112,000	112,000	81,000	92,000	342,000	99,000
Jul 2003	9,000	145,000	119,000	88,000	97,000	303,000	94,000
Aug 2003	8,000	108,000	140,000	85,000	116,000	335,000	90,000
Sep 2003	7,000	79,000	113,000	76,000	83,000	346,000	86,000
Oct 2003	8,000	96,000	139,000	86,000	88,000	334,000	97,000
Nov 2003	8,000	78,000	135,000	62,000	95,000	348,000	84,000
Dec 2003	9,000	86,000	108,000	78,000	111,000	363,000	79,000
Jan 2004	12,000	148,000	153,000	97,000	141,000	343,000	87,000
Feb 2004	5,000	106,000	133,000	81,000	85,000	362,000	83,000
Mar 2004	9,000	126,000	150,000	88,000	102,000	385,000	115,000
Apr 2004	7,000	165,000	185,000	97,000	149,000	363,000	93,000
May 2004	7,000	153,000	191,000	114,000	131,000	394,000	88,000
Jun 2004	11,000	120,000	170,000	94,000	146,000	390,000	86,000
Jul 2004	12,000	136,000	181,000	119,000	180,000	427,000	125,000
Aug 2004	8,000	130,000	166,000	109,000	115,000	419,000	83,000
Sep 2004	9,000	113,000	171,000	96,000	134,000	496,000	70,000
Oct 2004	9,000	139,000	181,000	102,000	105,000	441,000	94,000
Nov 2004	9,000	104,000	138,000	60,000	111,000	322,000	83,000
Dec 2004	11,000	115,000	152,000	78,000	142,000	385,000	73,000
Jan 2005	13,000	138,000	204,000	93,000	121,000	413,000	94,000
Feb 2005	10,000	139,000	187,000	92,000	161,000	424,000	109,000
Mar 2005	16,000	147,000	180,000	91,000	134,000	454,000	94,000
Apr 2005	11,000	176,000	222,000	92,000	161,000	464,000	107,000
May 2005	11,000	158,000	195,000	84,000	156,000	429,000	107,000
Jun 2005	12,000	144,000	175,000	114,000	131,000	418,000	133,000
Jul 2005	14,000	182,000	222,000	126,000	164,000	425,000	127,000
Aug 2005	13,000	155,000	217,000	88,000	138,000	446,000	116,000
Sep 2005	18,000	160,000	234,000	108,000	137,000	425,000	138,000
Oct 2005	11,000	179,000	199,000	85,000	152,000	462,000	146,000
Nov 2005	11,000	155,000	218,000	105,000	116,000	525,000	122,000
Dec 2005	12,000	123,000	214,000	89,000	128,000	431,000	102,000
Jan 2006	15,000	138,000	232,000	96,000	173,000	374,000	89,000
Feb 2006	14,000	130,000	266,000	104,000	188,000	414,000	104,000
Mar 2006	20,000	199,000	244,000	117,000	188,000	419,000	116,000
Apr 2006	18,000	231,000	267,000	128,000	186,000	414,000	167,000
May 2006	16,000	197,000	213,000	107,000	186,000	439,000	156,000
Jun 2006	18,000	228,000	233,000	133,000	146,000	404,000	149,000
Jul 2006	16,000	245,000	229,000	115,000	171,000	377,000	147,000
Aug 2006	17,000	217,000	217,000	130,000	155,000	453,000	147,000
Sep 2006	18,000	177,000	232,000	129,000	218,000	444,000	180,000
Oct 2006	18,000	158,000	218,000	141,000	163,000	445,000	193,000
Nov 2006	15,000	104,000	192,000	97,000	142,000	432,000	152,000
Dec 2006	15,000	91,000	200,000	115,000	175,000	497,000	124,000
Jan 2007	16,000	256,000	223,000	142,000	232,000	464,000	173,000
Feb 2007	13,000	273,000	227,000	122,000	144,000	441,000	144,000
Mar 2007	15,000	209,000	236,000	127,000	218,000	434,000	169,000
Apr 2007	17,000	219,000	248,000	139,000	306,000	420,000	175,000
May 2007	15,000	210,000	225,000	142,000	215,000	374,000	147,000
Jun 2007	11,000	170,000	229,000	142,000	210,000	450,000	139,000
Jul 2007	15,000	207,000	244,000	143,000	208,000	445,000	164,000
Aug 2007	9,000	164,000	226,000	108,000	219,000	401,000	173,000
Sep 2007	12,000	121,000	189,000	134,000	186,000	410,000	197,000
Oct 2007	12,000	126,000	169,000	130,000	191,000	360,000	177,000
Nov 2007	17,000	87,000	166,000	105,000	112,000	427,000	176,000
Dec 2007	18,000	96,000	141,000	125,000	219,000	393,000	112,000
Jan 2008	19,000	132,000	176,000	118,000	205,000	379,000	167,000
Feb 2008	18,000	112,000	145,000	126,000	179,000	362,000	129,000
Mar 2008	18,000	100,000	146,000	101,000	131,000	386,000	111,000
Apr 2008	22,000	119,000	170,000	130,000	147,000	394,000	111,000
May 2008	19,000	170,000	171,000	120,000	129,000	380,000	109,000
Jun 2008	21,000	117,000	155,000	93,000	125,000	301,000	117,000
Jul 2008	31,000	121,000	147,000	109,000	114,000	382,000	129,000
Aug 2008	29,000	84,000	160,000	112,000	111,000	360,000	113,000
Sep 2008	17,000	120,000	123,000	91,000	97,000	267,000	125,000
Oct 2008	15,000	68,000	128,000	110,000	75,000	372,000	110,000
Nov 2008	12,000	45,000	85,000	62,000	54,000	354,000	70,000
Dec 2008	16,000	47,000	72,000	67,000	64,000	287,000	61,000
Jan 2009	16,000	42,000	49,000	64,000	54,000	325,000	69,000
Feb 2009	9,000	63,000	63,000	67,000	88,000	305,000	36,000
Mar 2009	10,000	46,000	59,000	55,000	74,000	255,000	64,000
Apr 2009	9,000	25,000	49,000	55,000	65,000	208,000	62,000
May 2009	10,000	41,000	57,000	43,000	70,000	314,000	66,000
Jun 2009	5,000	54,000	50,000	50,000	83,000	262,000	70,000
Jul 2009	4,000	57,000	61,000	48,000	70,000	157,000	45,000
Aug 2009	4,000	62,000	67,000	66,000	97,000	233,000	80,000
Sep 2009	7,000	66,000	67,000	63,000	68,000	281,000	63,000
Oct 2009	7,000	57,000	86,000	60,000	60,000	188,000	48,000
Nov 2009	6,000	48,000	61,000	67,000	45,000	228,000	48,000
Dec 2009	4,000	54,000	75,000	79,000	77,000	249,000	29,000
Jan 2010	11,000	50,000	77,000	61,000	90,000	236,000	42,000
Feb 2010	11,000	63,000	92,000	60,000	73,000	285,000	74,000
Mar 2010	11,000	77,000	94,000	52,000	94,000	342,000	62,000
Apr 2010	21,000	103,000	121,000	68,000	87,000	267,000	80,000
May 2010	17,000	84,000	129,000	68,000	105,000	259,000	64,000
Jun 2010	16,000	81,000	147,000	69,000	74,000	258,000	85,000
Jul 2010	14,000	118,000	144,000	78,000	91,000	247,000	71,000
Aug 2010	15,000	52,000	138,000	52,000	82,000	240,000	81,000
Sep 2010	16,000	73,000	139,000	57,000	80,000	220,000	118,000
Oct 2010	20,000	65,000	141,000	63,000	75,000	258,000	104,000
Nov 2010	20,000	67,000	137,000	59,000	77,000	262,000	64,000
Dec 2010	22,000	31,000	114,000	55,000	64,000	290,000	91,000
Jan 2011	30,000	62,000	151,000	77,000	133,000	288,000	89,000
Feb 2011	20,000	44,000	138,000	69,000	132,000	270,000	116,000
Mar 2011	33,000	66,000	156,000	64,000	123,000	272,000	119,000
Apr 2011	29,000	121,000	170,000	77,000	118,000	326,000	133,000
May 2011	18,000	120,000	152,000	86,000	100,000	311,000	123,000
Jun 2011	16,000	65,000	159,000	63,000	97,000	353,000	96,000
Jul 2011	30,000	88,000	179,000	79,000	132,000	340,000	126,000
Aug 2011	20,000	98,000	166,000	68,000	75,000	328,000	106,000
Sep 2011	29,000	83,000	167,000	77,000	134,000	325,000	118,000
Oct 2011	23,000	76,000	171,000	71,000	144,000	345,000	111,000
Nov 2011	25,000	62,000	144,000	66,000	113,000	324,000	113,000
Dec 2011	30,000	43,000	152,000	67,000	109,000	334,000	105,000
Jan 2012	28,000	79,000	186,000	69,000	163,000	360,000	114,000
Feb 2012	25,000	59,000	169,000	78,000	114,000	355,000	133,000
Mar 2012	15,000	91,000	202,000	111,000	120,000	375,000	118,000
Apr 2012	17,000	120,000	169,000	103,000	137,000	329,000	111,000
May 2012	21,000	84,000	218,000	94,000	133,000	352,000	111,000
Jun 2012	18,000	99,000	209,000	112,000	145,000	328,000	103,000
Jul 2012	13,000	83,000	200,000	105,000	153,000	324,000	111,000
Aug 2012	14,000	116,000	160,000	105,000	128,000	365,000	104,000
Sep 2012	14,000	83,000	145,000	114,000	122,000	362,000	121,000
Oct 2012	13,000	101,000	167,000	107,000	125,000	380,000	109,000
Nov 2012	16,000	69,000	148,000	72,000	113,000	456,000	90,000
Dec 2012	18,000	66,000	167,000	66,000	119,000	391,000	125,000
Jan 2013	17,000	117,000	164,000	102,000	155,000	415,000	145,000
Feb 2013	21,000	112,000	176,000	100,000	96,000	399,000	130,000
Mar 2013	15,000	105,000	188,000	81,000	127,000	415,000	108,000
Apr 2013	22,000	137,000	172,000	88,000	140,000	445,000	142,000
May 2013	20,000	126,000	147,000	95,000	117,000	485,000	141,000
Jun 2013	22,000	138,000	145,000	73,000	100,000	582,000	127,000
Jul 2013	23,000	118,000	152,000	110,000	163,000	465,000	120,000
Aug 2013	21,000	127,000	188,000	97,000	129,000	441,000	148,000
Sep 2013	17,000	117,000	174,000	93,000	122,000	482,000	177,000
Oct 2013	23,000	128,000	186,000	130,000	110,000	442,000	142,000
Nov 2013	17,000	104,000	149,000	96,000	140,000	435,000	141,000
Dec 2013	22,000	81,000	160,000	96,000	145,000	441,000	114,000
Jan 2014	30,000	125,000	157,000	96,000	142,000	427,000	167,000
Feb 2014	25,000	107,000	143,000	120,000	127,000	451,000	122,000
Mar 2014	31,000	122,000	168,000	103,000	114,000	503,000	160,000
Apr 2014	25,000	130,000	197,000	103,000	166,000	544,000	165,000
May 2014	32,000	153,000	176,000	133,000	149,000	442,000	174,000
Jun 2014	27,000	169,000	203,000	123,000	153,000	466,000	168,000
Jul 2014	30,000	158,000	208,000	112,000	176,000	445,000	196,000
Aug 2014	31,000	147,000	180,000	131,000	143,000	516,000	189,000
Sep 2014	31,000	109,000	180,000	122,000	133,000	470,000	197,000
Oct 2014	32,000	146,000	179,000	111,000	164,000	501,000	194,000
Nov 2014	25,000	105,000	186,000	111,000	162,000	501,000	160,000
Dec 2014	20,000	96,000	172,000	107,000	147,000	542,000	137,000
Jan 2015	17,000	139,000	187,000	117,000	166,000	503,000	219,000
Feb 2015	10,000	152,000	187,000	111,000	160,000	543,000	182,000
Mar 2015	16,000	170,000	196,000	113,000	138,000	525,000	225,000
Apr 2015	16,000	175,000	230,000	125,000	173,000	557,000	255,000
May 2015	15,000	173,000	202,000	137,000	165,000	556,000	267,000
Jun 2015	20,000	151,000	183,000	104,000	150,000	548,000	227,000
Jul 2015	22,000	153,000	220,000	151,000	215,000	622,000	217,000
Aug 2015	15,000	160,000	194,000	121,000	158,000	589,000	207,000
Sep 2015	16,000	108,000	190,000	119,000	160,000	642,000	200,000
Oct 2015	19,000	132,000	180,000	143,000	188,000	572,000	208,000
Nov 2015	15,000	83,000	145,000	96,000	132,000	498,000	238,000
Dec 2015	15,000	127,000	179,000	142,000	134,000	512,000	176,000
Jan 2016	13,000	157,000	190,000	159,000	198,000	629,000	179,000
Feb 2016	8,000	189,000	158,000	148,000	195,000	630,000	177,000
Mar 2016	8,000	206,000	173,000	167,000	175,000	621,000	201,000
Apr 2016	11,000	193,000	204,000	190,000	244,000	622,000	242,000
May 2016	9,000	196,000	190,000	157,000	164,000	597,000	211,000
Jun 2016	11,000	186,000	201,000	164,000	171,000	624,000	242,000
Jul 2016	13,000	224,000	224,000	156,000	173,000	614,000	259,000
Aug 2016	12,000	193,000	171,000	151,000	162,000	610,000	238,000
Sep 2016	17,000	227,000	193,000	134,000	167,000	624,000	215,000
Oct 2016	13,000	222,000	194,000	121,000	184,000	652,000	190,000
Nov 2016	23,000	179,000	192,000	133,000	202,000	643,000	197,000
Dec 2016	23,000	139,000	182,000	142,000	172,000	595,000	187,000
Jan 2017	23,000	159,000	202,000	163,000	186,000	553,000	187,000
Feb 2017	16,000	169,000	200,000	152,000	174,000	581,000	174,000
Mar 2017	21,000	179,000	217,000	178,000	181,000	583,000	179,000
Apr 2017	28,000	233,000	217,000	156,000	225,000	600,000	208,000
May 2017	21,000	183,000	202,000	152,000	194,000	654,000	159,000
Jun 2017	28,000	202,000	229,000	182,000	230,000	622,000	198,000
Jul 2017	26,000	255,000	189,000	201,000	227,000	655,000	256,000
Aug 2017	29,000	215,000	229,000	186,000	199,000	651,000	256,000
Sep 2017	25,000	179,000	271,000	174,000	202,000	688,000	267,000
Oct 2017	28,000	233,000	248,000	162,000	152,000	655,000	223,000
Nov 2017	19,000	225,000	248,000	143,000	168,000	853,000	166,000
Dec 2017	20,000	149,000	239,000	135,000	188,000	707,000	192,000
Jan 2018	27,000	252,000	273,000	152,000	224,000	709,000	283,000
Feb 2018	24,000	180,000	261,000	153,000	174,000	663,000	256,000
Mar 2018	22,000	235,000	253,000	168,000	199,000	733,000	299,000
Apr 2018	27,000	243,000	281,000	171,000	214,000	771,000	313,000
May 2018	34,000	253,000	296,000	178,000	183,000	793,000	332,000
Jun 2018	27,000	267,000	293,000	182,000	222,000	842,000	285,000
Jul 2018	33,000	275,000	289,000	207,000	261,000	773,000	300,000
Aug 2018 ^(p)	31,000	298,000	286,000	202,000	238,000	768,000	273,000
Footnotes: ^(p) = preliminary.

Job openings by industry, December 2000–August 2018, seasonally adjusted
Month	Information	Finance and insurance	Real estate and rental leasing	Professional and business services	Educational services	Health care and social assistance	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
Dec 2000	169,000	253,000	62,000	846,000	53,000	823,000	36,000
Jan 2001	308,000	225,000	32,000	778,000	40,000	797,000	72,000
Feb 2001	156,000	250,000	31,000	790,000	59,000	760,000	53,000
Mar 2001	167,000	230,000	81,000	796,000	39,000	726,000	111,000
Apr 2001	211,000	200,000	61,000	908,000	68,000	644,000	55,000
May 2001	97,000	240,000	63,000	759,000	82,000	700,000	64,000
Jun 2001	87,000	286,000	39,000	708,000	32,000	712,000	59,000
Jul 2001	124,000	209,000	66,000	657,000	58,000	738,000	72,000
Aug 2001	117,000	189,000	79,000	575,000	58,000	820,000	57,000
Sep 2001	68,000	219,000	56,000	645,000	39,000	697,000	69,000
Oct 2001	65,000	181,000	54,000	541,000	50,000	686,000	57,000
Nov 2001	77,000	173,000	41,000	543,000	38,000	672,000	59,000
Dec 2001	89,000	181,000	34,000	533,000	32,000	692,000	58,000
Jan 2002	144,000	239,000	66,000	599,000	67,000	693,000	52,000
Feb 2002	93,000	138,000	26,000	507,000	68,000	677,000	65,000
Mar 2002	84,000	207,000	28,000	561,000	39,000	685,000	75,000
Apr 2002	85,000	169,000	58,000	535,000	72,000	649,000	55,000
May 2002	78,000	156,000	45,000	667,000	57,000	606,000	56,000
Jun 2002	53,000	189,000	56,000	509,000	88,000	650,000	48,000
Jul 2002	102,000	169,000	45,000	538,000	66,000	626,000	29,000
Aug 2002	74,000	179,000	39,000	600,000	45,000	659,000	55,000
Sep 2002	69,000	130,000	28,000	584,000	36,000	642,000	35,000
Oct 2002	94,000	182,000	57,000	676,000	43,000	618,000	50,000
Nov 2002	59,000	199,000	27,000	647,000	42,000	677,000	57,000
Dec 2002	47,000	160,000	36,000	569,000	37,000	592,000	45,000
Jan 2003	147,000	175,000	51,000	975,000	49,000	582,000	37,000
Feb 2003	58,000	135,000	50,000	788,000	37,000	562,000	57,000
Mar 2003	54,000	150,000	55,000	653,000	31,000	543,000	30,000
Apr 2003	52,000	186,000	76,000	576,000	58,000	574,000	51,000
May 2003	50,000	164,000	36,000	636,000	63,000	621,000	41,000
Jun 2003	59,000	153,000	45,000	694,000	44,000	548,000	68,000
Jul 2003	72,000	163,000	84,000	708,000	57,000	513,000	58,000
Aug 2003	52,000	199,000	50,000	763,000	42,000	513,000	42,000
Sep 2003	77,000	152,000	41,000	652,000	29,000	520,000	44,000
Oct 2003	109,000	164,000	42,000	563,000	49,000	549,000	48,000
Nov 2003	57,000	172,000	42,000	672,000	41,000	540,000	44,000
Dec 2003	85,000	164,000	35,000	649,000	34,000	518,000	53,000
Jan 2004	96,000	195,000	50,000	611,000	46,000	593,000	65,000
Feb 2004	74,000	204,000	41,000	710,000	45,000	551,000	51,000
Mar 2004	67,000	188,000	33,000	564,000	50,000	554,000	47,000
Apr 2004	86,000	194,000	46,000	695,000	59,000	555,000	42,000
May 2004	85,000	197,000	36,000	690,000	52,000	564,000	62,000
Jun 2004	82,000	183,000	29,000	678,000	32,000	509,000	50,000
Jul 2004	109,000	227,000	44,000	775,000	58,000	551,000	38,000
Aug 2004	95,000	206,000	53,000	697,000	49,000	544,000	70,000
Sep 2004	75,000	276,000	55,000	711,000	43,000	557,000	70,000
Oct 2004	115,000	222,000	47,000	693,000	94,000	565,000	47,000
Nov 2004	56,000	192,000	39,000	600,000	50,000	567,000	58,000
Dec 2004	95,000	237,000	46,000	733,000	53,000	588,000	80,000
Jan 2005	118,000	208,000	49,000	653,000	58,000	549,000	63,000
Feb 2005	81,000	213,000	60,000	741,000	37,000	582,000	62,000
Mar 2005	86,000	203,000	26,000	756,000	57,000	601,000	61,000
Apr 2005	112,000	219,000	87,000	815,000	72,000	578,000	75,000
May 2005	87,000	131,000	60,000	790,000	78,000	606,000	64,000
Jun 2005	104,000	249,000	52,000	829,000	79,000	587,000	74,000
Jul 2005	118,000	238,000	63,000	835,000	66,000	632,000	89,000
Aug 2005	103,000	247,000	46,000	817,000	70,000	598,000	65,000
Sep 2005	136,000	246,000	78,000	827,000	77,000	608,000	48,000
Oct 2005	111,000	282,000	52,000	884,000	76,000	587,000	58,000
Nov 2005	111,000	269,000	50,000	867,000	75,000	591,000	63,000
Dec 2005	95,000	296,000	79,000	824,000	61,000	602,000	61,000
Jan 2006	164,000	267,000	134,000	892,000	71,000	645,000	73,000
Feb 2006	99,000	314,000	44,000	763,000	78,000	665,000	58,000
Mar 2006	124,000	300,000	70,000	756,000	87,000	657,000	58,000
Apr 2006	179,000	312,000	70,000	708,000	84,000	676,000	75,000
May 2006	123,000	286,000	55,000	763,000	76,000	632,000	53,000
Jun 2006	135,000	260,000	82,000	705,000	43,000	692,000	59,000
Jul 2006	145,000	181,000	68,000	605,000	61,000	579,000	66,000
Aug 2006	165,000	238,000	63,000	743,000	73,000	706,000	50,000
Sep 2006	169,000	220,000	50,000	689,000	77,000	695,000	99,000
Oct 2006	170,000	242,000	62,000	705,000	65,000	727,000	97,000
Nov 2006	170,000	252,000	51,000	750,000	67,000	710,000	82,000
Dec 2006	158,000	219,000	73,000	692,000	66,000	696,000	63,000
Jan 2007	193,000	172,000	44,000	798,000	60,000	684,000	77,000
Feb 2007	178,000	208,000	51,000	719,000	59,000	654,000	73,000
Mar 2007	157,000	272,000	66,000	805,000	63,000	680,000	72,000
Apr 2007	175,000	141,000	104,000	870,000	75,000	699,000	81,000
May 2007	172,000	233,000	50,000	758,000	68,000	728,000	69,000
Jun 2007	170,000	217,000	61,000	772,000	85,000	737,000	70,000
Jul 2007	165,000	229,000	70,000	692,000	54,000	639,000	60,000
Aug 2007	111,000	245,000	68,000	745,000	80,000	715,000	60,000
Sep 2007	108,000	243,000	41,000	757,000	68,000	798,000	63,000
Oct 2007	114,000	203,000	82,000	767,000	69,000	672,000	63,000
Nov 2007	101,000	192,000	46,000	742,000	61,000	698,000	97,000
Dec 2007	94,000	204,000	73,000	778,000	62,000	693,000	41,000
Jan 2008	91,000	196,000	129,000	755,000	62,000	660,000	56,000
Feb 2008	68,000	184,000	44,000	754,000	49,000	753,000	77,000
Mar 2008	76,000	181,000	79,000	762,000	63,000	729,000	70,000
Apr 2008	97,000	142,000	84,000	763,000	67,000	683,000	57,000
May 2008	73,000	135,000	69,000	633,000	59,000	684,000	63,000
Jun 2008	121,000	159,000	38,000	739,000	57,000	672,000	50,000
Jul 2008	73,000	151,000	68,000	662,000	88,000	663,000	50,000
Aug 2008	87,000	190,000	30,000	642,000	72,000	629,000	62,000
Sep 2008	63,000	137,000	58,000	629,000	41,000	570,000	40,000
Oct 2008	95,000	129,000	41,000	580,000	70,000	582,000	44,000
Nov 2008	68,000	146,000	53,000	533,000	65,000	566,000	35,000
Dec 2008	53,000	163,000	38,000	564,000	68,000	566,000	36,000
Jan 2009	67,000	151,000	36,000	553,000	68,000	531,000	28,000
Feb 2009	57,000	158,000	43,000	533,000	47,000	515,000	23,000
Mar 2009	47,000	141,000	47,000	425,000	33,000	476,000	22,000
Apr 2009	37,000	95,000	35,000	415,000	54,000	468,000	23,000
May 2009	46,000	141,000	32,000	408,000	45,000	489,000	22,000
Jun 2009	42,000	120,000	31,000	405,000	62,000	478,000	16,000
Jul 2009	44,000	99,000	34,000	439,000	45,000	493,000	16,000
Aug 2009	39,000	100,000	29,000	346,000	72,000	477,000	20,000
Sep 2009	53,000	114,000	57,000	441,000	31,000	526,000	26,000
Oct 2009	74,000	98,000	63,000	376,000	48,000	491,000	26,000
Nov 2009	37,000	130,000	32,000	425,000	33,000	487,000	25,000
Dec 2009	59,000	104,000	28,000	436,000	48,000	496,000	17,000
Jan 2010	121,000	136,000	34,000	399,000	34,000	556,000	16,000
Feb 2010	75,000	119,000	30,000	395,000	63,000	474,000	21,000
Mar 2010	51,000	141,000	17,000	429,000	69,000	452,000	28,000
Apr 2010	82,000	182,000	39,000	505,000	63,000	469,000	26,000
May 2010	77,000	176,000	35,000	587,000	73,000	441,000	44,000
Jun 2010	57,000	165,000	38,000	487,000	50,000	435,000	49,000
Jul 2010	105,000	194,000	28,000	556,000	69,000	467,000	42,000
Aug 2010	94,000	200,000	43,000	615,000	53,000	422,000	38,000
Sep 2010	57,000	202,000	25,000	574,000	40,000	473,000	36,000
Oct 2010	78,000	205,000	41,000	609,000	69,000	547,000	30,000
Nov 2010	72,000	223,000	33,000	659,000	52,000	488,000	28,000
Dec 2010	71,000	178,000	23,000	597,000	47,000	497,000	41,000
Jan 2011	101,000	181,000	35,000	474,000	73,000	458,000	34,000
Feb 2011	73,000	178,000	32,000	598,000	60,000	490,000	54,000
Mar 2011	109,000	165,000	31,000	603,000	46,000	520,000	43,000
Apr 2011	113,000	170,000	73,000	578,000	80,000	520,000	33,000
May 2011	108,000	156,000	39,000	592,000	47,000	533,000	36,000
Jun 2011	88,000	178,000	38,000	624,000	65,000	542,000	58,000
Jul 2011	112,000	166,000	63,000	770,000	82,000	540,000	72,000
Aug 2011	112,000	136,000	45,000	598,000	70,000	545,000	40,000
Sep 2011	120,000	137,000	34,000	743,000	63,000	537,000	59,000
Oct 2011	126,000	165,000	67,000	617,000	70,000	563,000	51,000
Nov 2011	128,000	123,000	36,000	541,000	58,000	581,000	54,000
Dec 2011	92,000	171,000	20,000	776,000	46,000	566,000	34,000
Jan 2012	86,000	155,000	87,000	809,000	56,000	616,000	69,000
Feb 2012	90,000	156,000	44,000	639,000	62,000	624,000	59,000
Mar 2012	90,000	187,000	47,000	815,000	59,000	629,000	47,000
Apr 2012	113,000	173,000	38,000	617,000	65,000	625,000	78,000
May 2012	78,000	167,000	71,000	694,000	63,000	639,000	55,000
Jun 2012	85,000	171,000	52,000	733,000	56,000	697,000	48,000
Jul 2012	109,000	177,000	71,000	698,000	97,000	598,000	58,000
Aug 2012	98,000	205,000	56,000	754,000	62,000	596,000	54,000
Sep 2012	94,000	214,000	67,000	614,000	59,000	647,000	51,000
Oct 2012	110,000	197,000	68,000	656,000	59,000	644,000	49,000
Nov 2012	88,000	189,000	47,000	602,000	54,000	643,000	55,000
Dec 2012	84,000	192,000	65,000	623,000	52,000	633,000	62,000
Jan 2013	83,000	151,000	81,000	725,000	63,000	533,000	51,000
Feb 2013	100,000	286,000	60,000	799,000	50,000	627,000	58,000
Mar 2013	93,000	236,000	46,000	704,000	66,000	654,000	59,000
Apr 2013	78,000	221,000	64,000	669,000	72,000	648,000	48,000
May 2013	97,000	230,000	80,000	635,000	63,000	618,000	43,000
Jun 2013	93,000	241,000	66,000	624,000	59,000	628,000	45,000
Jul 2013	98,000	269,000	50,000	584,000	74,000	606,000	48,000
Aug 2013	73,000	204,000	62,000	674,000	74,000	657,000	76,000
Sep 2013	101,000	212,000	35,000	684,000	57,000	597,000	66,000
Oct 2013	136,000	208,000	40,000	792,000	83,000	590,000	89,000
Nov 2013	113,000	186,000	38,000	694,000	74,000	597,000	83,000
Dec 2013	85,000	193,000	47,000	716,000	65,000	548,000	74,000
Jan 2014	102,000	183,000	48,000	679,000	76,000	624,000	92,000
Feb 2014	98,000	191,000	48,000	856,000	65,000	647,000	73,000
Mar 2014	100,000	214,000	37,000	729,000	66,000	677,000	58,000
Apr 2014	137,000	205,000	51,000	812,000	81,000	644,000	84,000
May 2014	99,000	226,000	61,000	819,000	82,000	738,000	86,000
Jun 2014	91,000	245,000	66,000	832,000	94,000	720,000	73,000
Jul 2014	119,000	228,000	67,000	837,000	83,000	778,000	67,000
Aug 2014	97,000	261,000	62,000	929,000	93,000	838,000	77,000
Sep 2014	106,000	211,000	51,000	834,000	91,000	778,000	60,000
Oct 2014	97,000	279,000	68,000	937,000	87,000	834,000	58,000
Nov 2014	115,000	229,000	44,000	1,038,000	84,000	717,000	48,000
Dec 2014	95,000	218,000	45,000	1,019,000	82,000	840,000	71,000
Jan 2015	120,000	245,000	63,000	953,000	106,000	799,000	67,000
Feb 2015	112,000	245,000	92,000	980,000	95,000	843,000	71,000
Mar 2015	106,000	208,000	69,000	1,048,000	89,000	810,000	97,000
Apr 2015	114,000	267,000	104,000	1,136,000	103,000	930,000	68,000
May 2015	110,000	247,000	64,000	1,109,000	93,000	885,000	67,000
Jun 2015	99,000	198,000	67,000	1,150,000	104,000	902,000	65,000
Jul 2015	121,000	261,000	124,000	1,120,000	128,000	1,037,000	67,000
Aug 2015	112,000	247,000	84,000	1,053,000	105,000	930,000	52,000
Sep 2015	100,000	266,000	39,000	1,111,000	83,000	989,000	61,000
Oct 2015	133,000	269,000	69,000	1,131,000	111,000	936,000	59,000
Nov 2015	68,000	296,000	50,000	1,173,000	99,000	987,000	66,000
Dec 2015	106,000	299,000	77,000	1,123,000	108,000	969,000	64,000
Jan 2016	97,000	281,000	67,000	1,152,000	109,000	1,046,000	71,000
Feb 2016	91,000	241,000	91,000	1,166,000	103,000	923,000	70,000
Mar 2016	76,000	258,000	66,000	1,321,000	86,000	996,000	104,000
Apr 2016	103,000	240,000	105,000	1,025,000	119,000	992,000	89,000
May 2016	100,000	253,000	60,000	1,222,000	103,000	974,000	88,000
Jun 2016	87,000	220,000	83,000	1,081,000	109,000	1,011,000	93,000
Jul 2016	88,000	240,000	83,000	1,262,000	99,000	981,000	100,000
Aug 2016	86,000	259,000	74,000	1,079,000	91,000	937,000	77,000
Sep 2016	88,000	256,000	73,000	1,093,000	106,000	997,000	73,000
Oct 2016	81,000	265,000	76,000	930,000	116,000	1,047,000	94,000
Nov 2016	78,000	263,000	66,000	977,000	89,000	1,070,000	101,000
Dec 2016	98,000	300,000	83,000	940,000	92,000	1,069,000	91,000
Jan 2017	80,000	251,000	140,000	929,000	84,000	1,038,000	82,000
Feb 2017	79,000	296,000	66,000	917,000	120,000	1,108,000	102,000
Mar 2017	95,000	265,000	73,000	935,000	89,000	1,028,000	80,000
Apr 2017	113,000	295,000	116,000	1,021,000	93,000	1,059,000	73,000
May 2017	100,000	265,000	80,000	987,000	101,000	988,000	58,000
Jun 2017	99,000	291,000	73,000	1,150,000	100,000	1,114,000	92,000
Jul 2017	110,000	276,000	90,000	1,077,000	140,000	1,018,000	81,000
Aug 2017	122,000	263,000	68,000	1,038,000	109,000	1,083,000	86,000
Sep 2017	115,000	318,000	69,000	1,222,000	87,000	1,037,000	90,000
Oct 2017	96,000	254,000	111,000	1,084,000	93,000	1,034,000	82,000
Nov 2017	88,000	271,000	77,000	976,000	100,000	995,000	77,000
Dec 2017	103,000	253,000	79,000	874,000	84,000	1,023,000	90,000
Jan 2018	112,000	265,000	90,000	1,028,000	106,000	1,069,000	77,000
Feb 2018	118,000	339,000	67,000	1,016,000	81,000	1,111,000	84,000
Mar 2018	152,000	281,000	87,000	1,160,000	103,000	1,166,000	86,000
Apr 2018	188,000	237,000	98,000	1,254,000	114,000	1,173,000	113,000
May 2018	132,000	262,000	88,000	1,159,000	112,000	1,136,000	88,000
Jun 2018	136,000	244,000	108,000	1,155,000	147,000	1,148,000	86,000
Jul 2018	146,000	309,000	88,000	1,244,000	120,000	1,127,000	93,000
Aug 2018 ^(p)	149,000	339,000	86,000	1,318,000	129,000	1,143,000	86,000
Footnotes: ^(p) = preliminary.

Job openings by industry, December 2000–August 2018, seasonally adjusted
Month	Accommodation and food services	Other services	Federal government	State and local government education	State and local government, excluding education
Dec 2000	501,000	288,000	58,000	148,000	266,000
Jan 2001	627,000	356,000	58,000	140,000	300,000
Feb 2001	561,000	155,000	59,000	137,000	230,000
Mar 2001	570,000	131,000	66,000	132,000	281,000
Apr 2001	571,000	203,000	74,000	128,000	251,000
May 2001	553,000	209,000	66,000	123,000	318,000
Jun 2001	389,000	212,000	80,000	128,000	317,000
Jul 2001	540,000	276,000	43,000	116,000	331,000
Aug 2001	513,000	258,000	44,000	127,000	298,000
Sep 2001	496,000	278,000	43,000	169,000	171,000
Oct 2001	379,000	192,000	42,000	122,000	276,000
Nov 2001	417,000	123,000	43,000	127,000	256,000
Dec 2001	389,000	169,000	35,000	123,000	227,000
Jan 2002	330,000	171,000	40,000	135,000	203,000
Feb 2002	365,000	130,000	51,000	111,000	284,000
Mar 2002	353,000	156,000	53,000	121,000	265,000
Apr 2002	358,000	157,000	55,000	108,000	242,000
May 2002	357,000	161,000	61,000	132,000	280,000
Jun 2002	305,000	101,000	37,000	132,000	238,000
Jul 2002	331,000	149,000	51,000	120,000	240,000
Aug 2002	353,000	142,000	55,000	134,000	266,000
Sep 2002	332,000	155,000	45,000	104,000	241,000
Oct 2002	324,000	148,000	32,000	107,000	244,000
Nov 2002	374,000	137,000	45,000	136,000	224,000
Dec 2002	330,000	115,000	37,000	111,000	197,000
Jan 2003	361,000	130,000	46,000	126,000	228,000
Feb 2003	310,000	167,000	50,000	135,000	197,000
Mar 2003	316,000	108,000	52,000	103,000	212,000
Apr 2003	319,000	185,000	30,000	138,000	203,000
May 2003	330,000	132,000	44,000	108,000	177,000
Jun 2003	354,000	118,000	72,000	142,000	192,000
Jul 2003	297,000	112,000	57,000	108,000	186,000
Aug 2003	317,000	106,000	56,000	72,000	188,000
Sep 2003	355,000	107,000	48,000	73,000	185,000
Oct 2003	377,000	107,000	39,000	127,000	183,000
Nov 2003	352,000	123,000	41,000	83,000	183,000
Dec 2003	424,000	105,000	50,000	92,000	172,000
Jan 2004	377,000	137,000	49,000	85,000	173,000
Feb 2004	390,000	152,000	54,000	88,000	187,000
Mar 2004	379,000	155,000	61,000	105,000	202,000
Apr 2004	361,000	163,000	70,000	89,000	209,000
May 2004	355,000	173,000	34,000	107,000	226,000
Jun 2004	414,000	92,000	59,000	97,000	183,000
Jul 2004	428,000	195,000	43,000	99,000	189,000
Aug 2004	405,000	142,000	45,000	88,000	194,000
Sep 2004	391,000	126,000	48,000	108,000	195,000
Oct 2004	419,000	141,000	39,000	119,000	220,000
Nov 2004	369,000	130,000	42,000	115,000	193,000
Dec 2004	380,000	112,000	60,000	103,000	208,000
Jan 2005	430,000	155,000	34,000	107,000	172,000
Feb 2005	482,000	111,000	41,000	100,000	214,000
Mar 2005	413,000	146,000	52,000	105,000	207,000
Apr 2005	513,000	162,000	44,000	120,000	214,000
May 2005	428,000	123,000	55,000	102,000	221,000
Jun 2005	424,000	123,000	46,000	98,000	230,000
Jul 2005	456,000	154,000	50,000	157,000	202,000
Aug 2005	414,000	154,000	52,000	110,000	224,000
Sep 2005	418,000	176,000	49,000	114,000	240,000
Oct 2005	415,000	200,000	38,000	112,000	229,000
Nov 2005	489,000	96,000	40,000	103,000	214,000
Dec 2005	470,000	79,000	54,000	134,000	210,000
Jan 2006	483,000	83,000	40,000	108,000	222,000
Feb 2006	522,000	77,000	49,000	129,000	211,000
Mar 2006	535,000	174,000	51,000	133,000	246,000
Apr 2006	572,000	156,000	56,000	126,000	255,000
May 2006	509,000	166,000	48,000	106,000	259,000
Jun 2006	468,000	175,000	51,000	129,000	238,000
Jul 2006	480,000	166,000	66,000	165,000	270,000
Aug 2006	490,000	214,000	64,000	155,000	264,000
Sep 2006	458,000	193,000	37,000	150,000	280,000
Oct 2006	503,000	160,000	35,000	110,000	261,000
Nov 2006	564,000	137,000	39,000	127,000	257,000
Dec 2006	520,000	171,000	35,000	120,000	247,000
Jan 2007	472,000	188,000	40,000	128,000	268,000
Feb 2007	489,000	237,000	46,000	135,000	252,000
Mar 2007	522,000	167,000	59,000	128,000	268,000
Apr 2007	481,000	228,000	55,000	123,000	267,000
May 2007	529,000	182,000	44,000	131,000	258,000
Jun 2007	525,000	176,000	40,000	125,000	280,000
Jul 2007	535,000	168,000	47,000	122,000	283,000
Aug 2007	577,000	180,000	62,000	147,000	266,000
Sep 2007	573,000	173,000	52,000	161,000	238,000
Oct 2007	551,000	195,000	42,000	121,000	255,000
Nov 2007	534,000	169,000	49,000	126,000	251,000
Dec 2007	539,000	127,000	51,000	128,000	232,000
Jan 2008	522,000	191,000	37,000	105,000	259,000
Feb 2008	480,000	140,000	52,000	130,000	241,000
Mar 2008	476,000	144,000	60,000	123,000	243,000
Apr 2008	485,000	232,000	35,000	116,000	243,000
May 2008	469,000	200,000	62,000	132,000	280,000
Jun 2008	437,000	133,000	57,000	115,000	260,000
Jul 2008	402,000	223,000	60,000	120,000	229,000
Aug 2008	335,000	229,000	84,000	97,000	239,000
Sep 2008	365,000	112,000	57,000	109,000	244,000
Oct 2008	340,000	152,000	60,000	103,000	219,000
Nov 2008	291,000	155,000	27,000	103,000	233,000
Dec 2008	277,000	166,000	26,000	91,000	168,000
Jan 2009	207,000	128,000	80,000	106,000	194,000
Feb 2009	285,000	149,000	72,000	98,000	181,000
Mar 2009	246,000	132,000	112,000	78,000	169,000
Apr 2009	252,000	125,000	85,000	82,000	212,000
May 2009	242,000	108,000	40,000	81,000	172,000
Jun 2009	245,000	127,000	52,000	95,000	180,000
Jul 2009	204,000	101,000	56,000	63,000	160,000
Aug 2009	178,000	120,000	33,000	108,000	176,000
Sep 2009	263,000	81,000	55,000	62,000	154,000
Oct 2009	222,000	92,000	125,000	126,000	154,000
Nov 2009	237,000	100,000	95,000	96,000	150,000
Dec 2009	239,000	95,000	73,000	84,000	160,000
Jan 2010	246,000	142,000	137,000	94,000	154,000
Feb 2010	223,000	174,000	129,000	76,000	143,000
Mar 2010	196,000	136,000	165,000	90,000	161,000
Apr 2010	240,000	218,000	379,000	95,000	174,000
May 2010	242,000	111,000	136,000	85,000	159,000
Jun 2010	232,000	114,000	85,000	84,000	139,000
Jul 2010	263,000	157,000	75,000	83,000	162,000
Aug 2010	306,000	158,000	89,000	71,000	172,000
Sep 2010	246,000	102,000	77,000	63,000	169,000
Oct 2010	271,000	110,000	64,000	97,000	187,000
Nov 2010	262,000	113,000	77,000	87,000	133,000
Dec 2010	261,000	88,000	86,000	102,000	200,000
Jan 2011	286,000	139,000	62,000	100,000	167,000
Feb 2011	353,000	129,000	59,000	65,000	183,000
Mar 2011	331,000	116,000	63,000	91,000	180,000
Apr 2011	284,000	122,000	48,000	102,000	188,000
May 2011	292,000	112,000	48,000	71,000	170,000
Jun 2011	303,000	133,000	48,000	120,000	177,000
Jul 2011	249,000	132,000	64,000	77,000	174,000
Aug 2011	333,000	100,000	54,000	90,000	194,000
Sep 2011	361,000	123,000	51,000	110,000	226,000
Oct 2011	356,000	104,000	66,000	122,000	176,000
Nov 2011	361,000	92,000	45,000	109,000	178,000
Dec 2011	385,000	95,000	52,000	111,000	186,000
Jan 2012	387,000	118,000	56,000	105,000	182,000
Feb 2012	350,000	155,000	61,000	110,000	217,000
Mar 2012	374,000	143,000	80,000	107,000	219,000
Apr 2012	386,000	183,000	76,000	106,000	194,000
May 2012	391,000	152,000	58,000	108,000	202,000
Jun 2012	411,000	152,000	73,000	105,000	203,000
Jul 2012	407,000	122,000	50,000	124,000	193,000
Aug 2012	367,000	92,000	87,000	126,000	193,000
Sep 2012	325,000	123,000	68,000	112,000	185,000
Oct 2012	396,000	148,000	72,000	94,000	212,000
Nov 2012	430,000	104,000	72,000	105,000	187,000
Dec 2012	430,000	103,000	65,000	114,000	195,000
Jan 2013	421,000	174,000	74,000	103,000	230,000
Feb 2013	434,000	112,000	62,000	135,000	214,000
Mar 2013	439,000	176,000	71,000	120,000	218,000
Apr 2013	411,000	136,000	79,000	113,000	251,000
May 2013	416,000	146,000	45,000	138,000	244,000
Jun 2013	441,000	140,000	44,000	88,000	247,000
Jul 2013	467,000	166,000	44,000	103,000	214,000
Aug 2013	462,000	105,000	40,000	130,000	205,000
Sep 2013	487,000	148,000	47,000	117,000	205,000
Oct 2013	451,000	161,000	42,000	129,000	227,000
Nov 2013	480,000	126,000	57,000	118,000	197,000
Dec 2013	517,000	148,000	41,000	111,000	179,000
Jan 2014	515,000	151,000	47,000	119,000	212,000
Feb 2014	521,000	148,000	57,000	119,000	225,000
Mar 2014	554,000	119,000	80,000	127,000	242,000
Apr 2014	574,000	166,000	67,000	133,000	253,000
May 2014	644,000	130,000	64,000	133,000	268,000
Jun 2014	625,000	110,000	69,000	161,000	282,000
Jul 2014	517,000	147,000	50,000	139,000	266,000
Aug 2014	616,000	196,000	66,000	105,000	270,000
Sep 2014	618,000	145,000	62,000	152,000	240,000
Oct 2014	654,000	178,000	54,000	127,000	243,000
Nov 2014	577,000	147,000	53,000	133,000	260,000
Dec 2014	622,000	145,000	64,000	130,000	268,000
Jan 2015	719,000	182,000	68,000	149,000	293,000
Feb 2015	661,000	176,000	97,000	152,000	294,000
Mar 2015	633,000	213,000	85,000	137,000	302,000
Apr 2015	659,000	191,000	68,000	144,000	285,000
May 2015	647,000	156,000	66,000	147,000	317,000
Jun 2015	591,000	147,000	67,000	167,000	227,000
Jul 2015	697,000	187,000	69,000	174,000	279,000
Aug 2015	662,000	182,000	65,000	161,000	268,000
Sep 2015	656,000	177,000	56,000	118,000	275,000
Oct 2015	699,000	200,000	66,000	168,000	254,000
Nov 2015	675,000	129,000	76,000	159,000	239,000
Dec 2015	677,000	194,000	85,000	161,000	249,000
Jan 2016	684,000	203,000	77,000	146,000	267,000
Feb 2016	694,000	234,000	91,000	145,000	247,000
Mar 2016	717,000	258,000	94,000	151,000	264,000
Apr 2016	684,000	291,000	98,000	139,000	300,000
May 2016	665,000	184,000	81,000	147,000	295,000
Jun 2016	660,000	195,000	91,000	130,000	291,000
Jul 2016	652,000	201,000	93,000	210,000	308,000
Aug 2016	681,000	197,000	92,000	136,000	269,000
Sep 2016	667,000	189,000	106,000	136,000	290,000
Oct 2016	648,000	194,000	65,000	118,000	275,000
Nov 2016	669,000	190,000	88,000	149,000	321,000
Dec 2016	637,000	240,000	116,000	148,000	234,000
Jan 2017	654,000	237,000	82,000	143,000	247,000
Feb 2017	705,000	259,000	78,000	139,000	281,000
Mar 2017	671,000	317,000	81,000	151,000	284,000
Apr 2017	774,000	355,000	79,000	161,000	296,000
May 2017	766,000	267,000	107,000	143,000	264,000
Jun 2017	734,000	228,000	94,000	148,000	311,000
Jul 2017	748,000	326,000	90,000	161,000	278,000
Aug 2017	752,000	236,000	69,000	153,000	298,000
Sep 2017	695,000	286,000	68,000	163,000	273,000
Oct 2017	768,000	292,000	87,000	156,000	301,000
Nov 2017	789,000	234,000	71,000	157,000	275,000
Dec 2017	812,000	196,000	81,000	165,000	280,000
Jan 2018	801,000	206,000	90,000	165,000	300,000
Feb 2018	728,000	234,000	65,000	180,000	340,000
Mar 2018	815,000	268,000	101,000	174,000	337,000
Apr 2018	827,000	239,000	82,000	175,000	320,000
May 2018	789,000	218,000	97,000	173,000	337,000
Jun 2018	845,000	198,000	115,000	194,000	330,000
Jul 2018	900,000	220,000	96,000	213,000	383,000
Aug 2018 ^(p)	898,000	219,000	111,000	200,000	363,000
Footnotes: ^(p) = preliminary.

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In August 2018, the number of job openings in finance and insurance reached 339,000, matching the series high set in February 2018. In construction, the number of job openings in August 2018 reached 298,000, its highest since April 2001. The number of job openings in professional and business services in August 2018 was 1,318,000, close to a series high of 1,321,000 set in March 2016.

These data are from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey and are seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent month are preliminary. To learn more, see "Job Openings and Labor Turnover — August 2018." Also see charts featuring data on job openings, hires, and separations.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Job openings reach series high of 7.1 million in August 2018 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2018/job-openings-reach-series-high-of-7-point-1-million-in-august-2018.htm (visited October 31, 2024).

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