Figure 3. U.S. Beveridge curve, seasonally adjusted data
Date Job openings rate Unemployment rate

Dec-00

 3.6 3.9

Jan-01

 3.8 4.2

Feb-01

 3.4 4.2

Mar-01

 3.4 4.3

Apr-01

 3.4 4.4

May-01

 3.2 4.3

Jun-01

 3.1 4.5

Jul-01

 3.2 4.6

Aug-01

 3.0 4.9

Sep-01

 2.9 5.0

Oct-01

 2.7 5.3

Nov-01

 2.6 5.5

Dec-01

 2.7 5.7

Jan-02

 2.7 5.7

Feb-02

 2.5 5.7

Mar-02

 2.7 5.7

Apr-02

 2.5 5.9

May-02

 2.6 5.8

Jun-02

 2.5 5.8

Jul-02

 2.5 5.8

Aug-02

 2.6 5.7

Sep-02

 2.5 5.7

Oct-02

 2.6 5.7

Nov-02

 2.7 5.9

Dec-02

 2.3 6.0

Jan-03

 2.7 5.8

Feb-03

 2.5 5.9

Mar-03

 2.3 5.9

Apr-03

 2.4 6.0

May-03

 2.4 6.1

Jun-03

 2.5 6.3

Jul-03

 2.4 6.2

Aug-03

 2.4 6.1

Sep-03

 2.3 6.1

Oct-03

 2.4 6.0

Nov-03

 2.5 5.8

Dec-03

 2.5 5.7

Jan-04

 2.5 5.7

Feb-04

 2.6 5.6

Mar-04

 2.5 5.8

Apr-04

 2.6 5.6

May-04

 2.7 5.6

Jun-04

 2.5 5.6

Jul-04

 2.8 5.5

Aug-04

 2.6 5.4

Sep-04

 2.7 5.4

Oct-04

 2.8 5.5

Nov-04

 2.5 5.4

Dec-04

 2.8 5.4

Jan-05

 2.6 5.3

Feb-05

 2.8 5.4

Mar-05

 2.8 5.2

Apr-05

 3.0 5.2

May-05

 2.8 5.1

Jun-05

 2.9 5.0

Jul-05

 3.0 5.0

Aug-05

 2.9 4.9

Sep-05

 3.0 5.0

Oct-05

 3.0 5.0

Nov-05

 3.1 5.0

Dec-05

 3.0 4.9

Jan-06

 3.1 4.7

Feb-06

 3.1 4.8

Mar-06

 3.2 4.7

Apr-06

 3.2 4.7

May-06

 3.2 4.6

Jun-06

 3.1 4.6

Jul-06

 2.9 4.7

Aug-06

 3.1 4.7

Sep-06

 3.2 4.5

Oct-06

 3.2 4.4

Nov-06

 3.3 4.5

Dec-06

 3.2 4.4

Jan-07

 3.2 4.6

Feb-07

 3.2 4.5

Mar-07

 3.3 4.4

Apr-07

 3.2 4.5

May-07

 3.2 4.4

Jun-07

 3.3 4.6

Jul-07

 3.1 4.7

Aug-07

 3.2 4.6

Sep-07

 3.1 4.7

Oct-07

 3.0 4.7

Nov-07

 3.0 4.7

Dec-07

 3.0 5.0

Jan-08

 3.0 5.0

Feb-08

 2.8 4.9

Mar-08

 2.8 5.1

Apr-08

 2.7 5.0

May-08

 2.8 5.4

Jun-08

 2.6 5.6

Jul-08

 2.7 5.8

Aug-08

 2.5 6.1

Sep-08

 2.3 6.1

Oct-08

 2.3 6.5

Nov-08

 2.2 6.8

Dec-08

 2.2 7.3

Jan-09

 2.0 7.8

Feb-09

 2.1 8.3

Mar-09

 1.8 8.7

Apr-09

 1.7 9.0

May-09

 1.8 9.4

Jun-09

 1.8 9.5

Jul-09

 1.6 9.5

Aug-09

 1.7 9.6

Sep-09

 1.8 9.8

Oct-09

 1.8 10.0

Nov-09

 1.8 9.9

Dec-09

 1.9 9.9

Jan-10

 2.0 9.8

Feb-10

 1.9 9.8

Mar-10

 2.0 9.9

Apr-10

 2.3 9.9

May-10

 2.2 9.6

Jun-10

 2.0 9.4

Jul-10

 2.2 9.4

Aug-10

 2.2 9.5

Sep-10

 2.1 9.5

Oct-10

 2.3 9.4

Nov-10

 2.3 9.8

Dec-10

 2.2 9.3

Jan-11

 2.2 9.2

Feb-11

 2.3 9.0

Mar-11

 2.3 9.0

Apr-11

 2.3 9.1

May-11

 2.3 9.0

Jun-11

 2.4 9.1

Jul-11

 2.5 9.0

Aug-11

 2.3 9.0

Sep-11

 2.6 9.0

Oct-11

 2.5 8.8

Nov-11

 2.4 8.6

Dec-11

 2.6 8.5

Jan-12

 2.7 8.3

Feb-12

 2.6 8.3

Mar-12

 2.8 8.2

Apr-12

 2.6 8.2

May-12

 2.7 8.2

Jun-12

 2.7 8.2

Jul-12

 2.6 8.2

Aug-12

 2.6 8.0

Sep-12

 2.6 7.8

Oct-12

 2.7 7.8

Nov-12

 2.7 7.7

Dec-12

 2.6 7.9

Jan-13

 2.7 8.0

Feb-13

 2.9 7.7

Mar-13

 2.8 7.5

Apr-13

 2.7 7.6

May-13

 2.7 7.5

Jun-13

 2.8 7.5

Jul-13

 2.7 7.3

Aug-13

 2.8 7.2

Sep-13

 2.8 7.2

Oct-13

 2.9 7.2

Nov-13

 2.9 7.0

Dec-13

 2.8 6.7

Jan-14

 2.8 6.6

Feb-14

 2.9 6.7

Mar-14

 3.0 6.6

Apr-14

 3.1 6.2

May-14

 3.2 6.3

Jun-14

 3.3 6.1

Jul-14

 3.3 6.2

Aug-14

 3.4 6.1

Sep-14

 3.2 5.9

Oct-14

 3.4 5.7

Nov-14

 3.4 5.8

Dec-14

 3.4 5.6

Jan-15

 3.4 5.7

Feb-15

 3.5 5.5

Mar-15

 3.5 5.5

Apr-15

 3.6 5.4

May-15

 3.6 5.5