Figure 1. Job openings, hires, and employment, total nonfarm, seasonally adjusted, in thousands, December 2000–December 2017
Month and year Job openings Hires Employment

Dec 2000

4,736 5,482 132,727

Jan 2001

5,385 5,777 132,702

Feb 2001

4,658 5,520 132,776

Mar 2001

4,563 5,650 132,748

Apr 2001

4,901 5,337 132,469

May 2001

4,550 5,395 132,428

Jun 2001

4,280 5,061 132,307

Jul 2001

4,499 5,164 132,199

Aug 2001

4,134 5,041 132,053

Sep 2001

3,975 4,941 131,803

Oct 2001

3,605 5,033 131,475

Nov 2001

3,387 4,902 131,178

Dec 2001

3,385 4,767 131,001

Jan 2002

3,759 4,849 130,852

Feb 2002

3,372 4,900 130,724

Mar 2002

3,551 4,644 130,707

Apr 2002

3,472 4,940 130,624

May 2002

3,596 4,959 130,641

Jun 2002

3,365 4,824 130,692

Jul 2002

3,411 5,005 130,615

Aug 2002

3,490 4,851 130,608

Sep 2002

3,308 4,848 130,541

Oct 2002

3,535 4,806 130,654

Nov 2002

3,415 4,918 130,660

Dec 2002

2,943 4,925 130,490

Jan 2003

3,824 4,971 130,597

Feb 2003

3,381 4,713 130,451

Mar 2003

3,052 4,433 130,243

Apr 2003

3,340 4,688 130,194

May 2003

3,233 4,613 130,205

Jun 2003

3,334 4,755 130,198

Jul 2003

3,270 4,714 130,217

Aug 2003

3,283 4,653 130,171

Sep 2003

3,074 4,873 130,281

Oct 2003

3,205 4,897 130,486

Nov 2003

3,157 4,717 130,489

Dec 2003

3,214 5,000 130,610

Jan 2004

3,459 4,827 130,777

Feb 2004

3,402 4,700 130,835

Mar 2004

3,380 5,219 131,163

Apr 2004

3,629 5,115 131,417

May 2004

3,660 4,939 131,714

Jun 2004

3,424 4,948 131,796

Jul 2004

3,934 4,880 131,841

Aug 2004

3,619 5,091 131,957

Sep 2004

3,742 4,985 132,114

Oct 2004

3,792 5,092 132,462

Nov 2004

3,238 5,180 132,525

Dec 2004

3,650 5,246 132,651

Jan 2005

3,670 5,207 132,798

Feb 2005

3,845 5,273 133,042

Mar 2005

3,831 5,216 133,180

Apr 2005

4,243 5,270 133,538

May 2005

3,884 5,298 133,710

Jun 2005

4,022 5,332 133,957

Jul 2005

4,319 5,275 134,328

Aug 2005

4,073 5,410 134,524

Sep 2005

4,237 5,427 134,590

Oct 2005

4,277 4,988 134,676

Nov 2005

4,220 5,308 135,013

Dec 2005

4,064 5,103 135,168

Jan 2006

4,298 5,196 135,450

Feb 2006

4,229 5,329 135,762

Mar 2006

4,493 5,372 136,059

Apr 2006

4,680 5,113 136,227

May 2006

4,389 5,489 136,258

Jun 2006

4,349 5,278 136,337

Jul 2006

4,154 5,372 136,543

Aug 2006

4,560 5,208 136,722

Sep 2006

4,516 5,214 136,870

Oct 2006

4,472 5,179 136,882

Nov 2006

4,341 5,528 137,090

Dec 2006

4,278 5,223 137,263

Jan 2007

4,630 5,245 137,497

Feb 2007

4,465 5,202 137,582

Mar 2007

4,666 5,380 137,796

Apr 2007

4,824 5,158 137,855

May 2007

4,550 5,268 138,008

Jun 2007

4,608 5,187 138,085

Jul 2007

4,490 5,075 138,055

Aug 2007

4,555 5,106 138,027

Sep 2007

4,523 5,145 138,123

Oct 2007

4,300 5,227 138,201

Nov 2007

4,156 5,162 138,307

Dec 2007

4,123 4,968 138,411

Jan 2008

4,260 4,868 138,419

Feb 2008

4,042 4,943 138,338

Mar 2008

4,001 4,766 138,283

Apr 2008

4,098 4,875 138,054

May 2008

3,960 4,602 137,870

Jun 2008

3,767 4,751 137,716

Jul 2008

3,821 4,471 137,503

Aug 2008

3,665 4,522 137,226

Sep 2008

3,264 4,316 136,783

Oct 2008

3,292 4,454 136,308

Nov 2008

2,956 3,954 135,549

Dec 2008

2,830 4,218 134,842

Jan 2009

2,767 4,158 134,055

Feb 2009

2,791 4,011 133,351

Mar 2009

2,491 3,730 132,549

Apr 2009

2,357 3,853 131,845

May 2009

2,427 3,793 131,491

Jun 2009

2,428 3,675 131,022

Jul 2009

2,196 3,854 130,680

Aug 2009

2,306 3,744 130,484

Sep 2009

2,478 3,859 130,255

Oct 2009

2,400 3,767 130,046

Nov 2009

2,350 3,992 130,058

Dec 2009

2,407 3,806 129,781

Jan 2010

2,636 3,880 129,799

Feb 2010

2,578 3,781 129,726

Mar 2010

2,666 4,182 129,919

Apr 2010

3,220 4,082 130,140

May 2010

2,891 4,376 130,662

Jun 2010

2,664 4,064 130,522

Jul 2010

2,965 4,116 130,444

Aug 2010

2,920 3,910 130,428

Sep 2010

2,767 3,978 130,365

Oct 2010

3,033 4,061 130,632

Nov 2010

2,914 4,101 130,761

Dec 2010

2,857 4,155 130,834

Jan 2011

2,939 3,910 130,878

Feb 2011

3,056 4,061 131,060

Mar 2011

3,130 4,291 131,314

Apr 2011

3,287 4,218 131,637

May 2011

3,114 4,116 131,718

Jun 2011

3,224 4,297 131,952

Jul 2011

3,475 4,139 132,024

Aug 2011

3,168 4,168 132,136

Sep 2011

3,495 4,320 132,369

Oct 2011

3,421 4,239 132,578

Nov 2011

3,153 4,244 132,723

Dec 2011

3,369 4,234 132,924

Jan 2012

3,725 4,292 133,272

Feb 2012

3,500 4,419 133,505

Mar 2012

3,831 4,465 133,769

Apr 2012

3,643 4,299 133,841

May 2012

3,694 4,445 133,958

Jun 2012

3,799 4,432 134,026

Jul 2012

3,694 4,269 134,182

Aug 2012

3,683 4,447 134,355

Sep 2012

3,521 4,238 134,549

Oct 2012

3,708 4,299 134,702

Nov 2012

3,521 4,393 134,832

Dec 2012

3,570 4,360 135,075

Jan 2013

3,804 4,427 135,282

Feb 2013

3,974 4,495 135,547

Mar 2013

3,916 4,311 135,703

Apr 2013

3,934 4,506 135,882

May 2013

3,889 4,575 136,122

Jun 2013

3,903 4,390 136,280

Jul 2013

3,875 4,523 136,391

Aug 2013

3,915 4,714 136,651

Sep 2013

3,937 4,687 136,852

Oct 2013

4,109 4,439 137,062

Nov 2013

3,841 4,592 137,283

Dec 2013

3,783 4,542 137,376

Jan 2014

3,989 4,617 137,550

Feb 2014

4,147 4,656 137,732

Mar 2014

4,203 4,747 137,993

Apr 2014

4,537 4,798 138,304

May 2014

4,608 4,784 138,556

Jun 2014

4,676 4,803 138,862

Jul 2014

4,622 4,988 139,058

Aug 2014

4,954 4,805 139,284

Sep 2014

4,588 5,089 139,568

Oct 2014

4,944 5,127 139,823

Nov 2014

4,702 5,047 140,130

Dec 2014

4,820 5,163 140,381

Jan 2015

5,113 5,036 140,592

Feb 2015

5,160 5,028 140,859

Mar 2015

5,183 5,078 140,937

Apr 2015

5,625 5,120 141,219

May 2015

5,426 5,123 141,545

Jun 2015

5,165 5,132 141,736

Jul 2015

5,864 5,118 141,992

Aug 2015

5,365 5,091 142,156

Sep 2015

5,367 5,150 142,244

Oct 2015

5,538 5,319 142,595

Nov 2015

5,227 5,337 142,859

Dec 2015

5,395 5,497 143,093

Jan 2016

5,729 5,130 143,196

Feb 2016

5,600 5,473 143,453

Mar 2016

5,944 5,297 143,688

Apr 2016

5,893 5,243 143,862

May 2016

5,696 5,215 143,896

Jun 2016

5,651 5,236 144,181

Jul 2016

5,982 5,330 144,506

Aug 2016

5,516 5,303 144,681

Sep 2016

5,651 5,264 144,945

Oct 2016

5,488 5,213 145,085

Nov 2016

5,632 5,282 145,257

Dec 2016

5,486 5,326 145,437

Jan 2017

5,444 5,460 145,696

Feb 2017

5,618 5,264 145,896

Mar 2017

5,607 5,297 145,969

Apr 2017

6,108 5,225 146,144

May 2017

5,688 5,486 146,299

Jun 2017

6,125 5,467 146,538

Jul 2017

6,200 5,506 146,728

Aug 2017

6,046 5,514 146,949

Sep 2017

6,231 5,383 146,963

Oct 2017

6,061 5,609 147,234

Nov 2017

5,933 5,514 147,450

Dec 2017

5,667 5,524 147,625

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