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Job openings decreased 1.1 million over the year ended March 2024
May 13, 2024
On the last business day of March 2024, there were 8.5 million job openings, little changed from the previous month but 1.1 million fewer than a year earlier. The job openings rate was 5.1 percent.
Total nonfarm job openings, hires, and separations, seasonally adjusted
Month
Job openings
Hires
Separations
Mar 2014
4,388,000
4,763,000
4,518,000
Apr 2014
4,566,000
4,880,000
4,597,000
May 2014
4,747,000
4,808,000
4,572,000
Jun 2014
4,982,000
4,925,000
4,612,000
Jul 2014
4,846,000
5,008,000
4,748,000
Aug 2014
5,349,000
4,810,000
4,623,000
Sep 2014
4,914,000
5,149,000
4,855,000
Oct 2014
5,012,000
5,111,000
4,937,000
Nov 2014
4,843,000
4,978,000
4,682,000
Dec 2014
5,130,000
5,192,000
4,827,000
Jan 2015
5,344,000
5,061,000
4,886,000
Feb 2015
5,466,000
5,127,000
4,869,000
Mar 2015
5,210,000
5,126,000
5,102,000
Apr 2015
5,598,000
5,196,000
4,944,000
May 2015
5,563,000
5,142,000
4,825,000
Jun 2015
5,248,000
5,125,000
4,978,000
Jul 2015
6,056,000
5,150,000
4,848,000
Aug 2015
5,467,000
5,163,000
5,032,000
Sep 2015
5,488,000
5,287,000
5,110,000
Oct 2015
5,773,000
5,338,000
5,032,000
Nov 2015
5,708,000
5,358,000
5,089,000
Dec 2015
5,845,000
5,540,000
5,225,000
Jan 2016
6,012,000
5,220,000
5,099,000
Feb 2016
5,770,000
5,470,000
5,265,000
Mar 2016
6,129,000
5,359,000
5,133,000
Apr 2016
5,803,000
5,294,000
5,110,000
May 2016
5,777,000
5,197,000
5,176,000
Jun 2016
5,742,000
5,281,000
5,118,000
Jul 2016
5,962,000
5,426,000
5,065,000
Aug 2016
5,677,000
5,327,000
5,204,000
Sep 2016
5,868,000
5,306,000
4,985,000
Oct 2016
5,591,000
5,210,000
5,125,000
Nov 2016
5,971,000
5,308,000
5,139,000
Dec 2016
5,964,000
5,343,000
5,071,000
Jan 2017
5,617,000
5,499,000
5,320,000
Feb 2017
5,923,000
5,350,000
5,176,000
Mar 2017
5,811,000
5,395,000
5,280,000
Apr 2017
6,091,000
5,272,000
5,091,000
May 2017
5,826,000
5,477,000
5,270,000
Jun 2017
6,305,000
5,635,000
5,463,000
Jul 2017
6,238,000
5,497,000
5,338,000
Aug 2017
6,276,000
5,519,000
5,334,000
Sep 2017
6,320,000
5,450,000
5,289,000
Oct 2017
6,408,000
5,581,000
5,397,000
Nov 2017
6,271,000
5,494,000
5,283,000
Dec 2017
6,336,000
5,421,000
5,249,000
Jan 2018
6,621,000
5,512,000
5,288,000
Feb 2018
6,552,000
5,624,000
5,319,000
Mar 2018
6,818,000
5,623,000
5,500,000
Apr 2018
6,877,000
5,590,000
5,441,000
May 2018
7,016,000
5,859,000
5,492,000
Jun 2018
7,230,000
5,760,000
5,566,000
Jul 2018
7,190,000
5,649,000
5,577,000
Aug 2018
7,208,000
5,815,000
5,543,000
Sep 2018
7,411,000
5,625,000
5,494,000
Oct 2018
7,304,000
5,907,000
5,602,000
Nov 2018
7,594,000
5,826,000
5,793,000
Dec 2018
7,489,000
5,768,000
5,554,000
Jan 2019
7,502,000
5,786,000
5,549,000
Feb 2019
7,066,000
5,704,000
5,653,000
Mar 2019
7,317,000
5,689,000
5,543,000
Apr 2019
7,272,000
6,016,000
5,777,000
May 2019
7,275,000
5,686,000
5,556,000
Jun 2019
7,194,000
5,801,000
5,574,000
Jul 2019
7,042,000
5,871,000
5,839,000
Aug 2019
7,178,000
5,900,000
5,657,000
Sep 2019
7,124,000
5,963,000
5,755,000
Oct 2019
7,289,000
5,781,000
5,631,000
Nov 2019
6,888,000
5,847,000
5,675,000
Dec 2019
6,699,000
5,951,000
5,771,000
Jan 2020
7,170,000
5,968,000
5,742,000
Feb 2020
6,974,000
5,997,000
5,736,000
Mar 2020
5,924,000
5,195,000
16,805,000
Apr 2020
4,637,000
4,016,000
11,499,000
May 2020
5,593,000
8,136,000
4,723,000
Jun 2020
6,156,000
7,461,000
5,152,000
Jul 2020
6,491,000
6,304,000
5,219,000
Aug 2020
6,369,000
5,993,000
4,815,000
Sep 2020
6,505,000
5,974,000
5,097,000
Oct 2020
6,838,000
6,090,000
5,349,000
Nov 2020
6,857,000
5,883,000
5,710,000
Dec 2020
6,758,000
5,573,000
5,620,000
Jan 2021
7,185,000
5,607,000
5,212,000
Feb 2021
7,818,000
5,832,000
5,400,000
Mar 2021
8,519,000
6,161,000
5,464,000
Apr 2021
9,282,000
6,178,000
5,702,000
May 2021
9,905,000
6,021,000
5,543,000
Jun 2021
10,317,000
6,581,000
5,678,000
Jul 2021
10,991,000
6,723,000
5,826,000
Aug 2021
10,884,000
6,374,000
5,884,000
Sep 2021
10,875,000
6,644,000
6,093,000
Oct 2021
11,365,000
6,682,000
5,813,000
Nov 2021
11,178,000
6,816,000
6,221,000
Dec 2021
11,511,000
6,618,000
6,080,000
Jan 2022
11,243,000
6,421,000
6,258,000
Feb 2022
11,700,000
6,862,000
6,040,000
Mar 2022
12,182,000
6,619,000
6,193,000
Apr 2022
11,773,000
6,576,000
6,176,000
May 2022
11,473,000
6,465,000
6,128,000
Jun 2022
11,204,000
6,449,000
5,980,000
Jul 2022
11,537,000
6,457,000
5,852,000
Aug 2022
10,119,000
6,453,000
6,181,000
Sep 2022
10,784,000
6,188,000
5,831,000
Oct 2022
10,526,000
6,118,000
5,779,000
Nov 2022
10,702,000
6,106,000
5,884,000
Dec 2022
11,000,000
6,143,000
5,943,000
Jan 2023
10,425,000
6,374,000
6,017,000
Feb 2023
9,849,000
6,058,000
5,833,000
Mar 2023
9,623,000
5,955,000
5,917,000
Apr 2023
9,904,000
5,951,000
5,569,000
May 2023
9,311,000
6,171,000
5,846,000
Jun 2023
9,125,000
5,895,000
5,639,000
Jul 2023
8,805,000
5,733,000
5,646,000
Aug 2023
9,358,000
5,888,000
5,609,000
Sep 2023
9,307,000
5,851,000
5,522,000
Oct 2023
8,685,000
5,814,000
5,630,000
Nov 2023
8,931,000
5,569,000
5,413,000
Dec 2023
8,889,000
5,787,000
5,419,000
Jan 2024
8,748,000
5,698,000
5,449,000
Feb 2024
8,813,000
5,781,000
5,539,000
Mar 2024
8,488,000
5,500,000
5,200,000
The number of hires, at 5.5 million, changed little in March 2024 but decreased by 455,000 over the year. The hires rate was 3.5 percent.
There were 5.2 million total separations in March 2024, 339,000 fewer than a month earlier. Of the separations, 3.3 million were quits, 1.5 million were layoffs and discharges, and 345,000 were other separations. The total separations rate in March 2024 was 3.3 percent.
United States Department of Labor
