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There were 7.6 million job openings in the United States in December 2024, a number not much different than the number of unemployed people, resulting in a ratio of 0.9 unemployed persons per job opening. North Dakota and South Dakota each had 0.4 unemployed persons per job opening and Vermont and Virginia each had 0.5 unemployed persons per job opening. There were 1.3 unemployed persons per job opening in Michigan and Nevada, and 1.7 in California.
State | Unemployed persons per job opening | Number of job openings |
---|---|---|
United States, total |
0.9 | 7,600,000 |
Alabama |
0.6 | 127,000 |
Alaska |
0.8 | 22,000 |
Arizona |
0.8 | 173,000 |
Arkansas |
0.6 | 84,000 |
California |
1.7 | 632,000 |
Colorado |
1.1 | 128,000 |
Connecticut |
0.8 | 74,000 |
Delaware |
0.7 | 27,000 |
District of Columbia |
0.7 | 34,000 |
Florida |
0.8 | 449,000 |
Georgia |
0.7 | 301,000 |
Hawaii |
0.8 | 24,000 |
Idaho |
0.9 | 40,000 |
Illinois |
1.2 | 281,000 |
Indiana |
0.9 | 164,000 |
Iowa |
0.8 | 70,000 |
Kansas |
0.8 | 74,000 |
Kentucky |
0.8 | 143,000 |
Louisiana |
0.8 | 112,000 |
Maine |
0.7 | 34,000 |
Maryland |
0.7 | 141,000 |
Massachusetts |
0.8 | 198,000 |
Michigan |
1.3 | 198,000 |
Minnesota |
0.6 | 168,000 |
Mississippi |
0.7 | 62,000 |
Missouri |
0.7 | 176,000 |
Montana |
0.6 | 28,000 |
Nebraska |
0.6 | 54,000 |
Nevada |
1.3 | 71,000 |
New Hampshire |
0.6 | 36,000 |
New Jersey |
1.2 | 193,000 |
New Mexico |
0.8 | 51,000 |
New York |
0.9 | 486,000 |
North Carolina |
0.7 | 290,000 |
North Dakota |
0.4 | 25,000 |
Ohio |
0.9 | 301,000 |
Oklahoma |
0.6 | 103,000 |
Oregon |
1.0 | 94,000 |
Pennsylvania |
0.8 | 280,000 |
Rhode Island |
1.0 | 27,000 |
South Carolina |
0.8 | 145,000 |
South Dakota |
0.4 | 24,000 |
Tennessee |
0.8 | 155,000 |
Texas |
1.1 | 604,000 |
Utah |
0.8 | 74,000 |
Vermont |
0.5 | 16,000 |
Virginia |
0.5 | 253,000 |
Washington |
1.2 | 146,000 |
West Virginia |
0.7 | 45,000 |
Wisconsin |
0.6 | 146,000 |
Wyoming |
0.7 | 15,000 |
Wyoming (which had 0.7 unemployed persons per job opening) had 15,000 job openings in December 2024. Vermont had 16,000. Texas (with 1.1 unemployed persons per job opening) had 604,000 job openings, while job openings in California numbered 632,000.
These data are from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey and are seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent month are preliminary. For more information, see "State Job Openings and Labor Turnover — December 2024" and these charts featuring state labor turnover data.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, 0.4 unemployed persons per job opening in the Dakotas, 1.7 in California, in December 2024 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2025/0-4-unemployed-persons-per-job-opening-in-the-dakotas-1-7-in-california-in-december-2024.htm (visited March 27, 2025).