Figure 5. Job openings, hires, and quits levels, small firms (1–49 employees), December 2000 to December 2017
Month and year	Job openings levels	Hires levels	Quits levels
Dec 2000	1,060,371	1,302,490	688,491
Jan 2001	1,251,998	1,436,095	675,894
Feb 2001	1,148,520	1,292,324	712,799
Mar 2001	1,010,365	1,361,604	696,614
Apr 2001	976,913	1,402,639	806,220
May 2001	1,013,499	1,352,062	701,094
Jun 2001	939,943	1,331,169	733,549
Jul 2001	993,117	1,289,076	719,171
Aug 2001	886,918	1,308,852	710,459
Sep 2001	1,025,970	1,281,811	740,207
Oct 2001	886,431	1,354,017	640,730
Nov 2001	759,904	1,330,559	666,793
Dec 2001	803,877	1,317,255	686,227
Jan 2002	817,511	1,281,645	634,797
Feb 2002	652,163	1,318,930	649,990
Mar 2002	824,403	1,160,472	646,552
Apr 2002	694,830	1,226,740	674,154
May 2002	655,049	1,268,915	666,989
Jun 2002	673,265	1,329,457	653,095
Jul 2002	692,808	1,425,591	713,048
Aug 2002	693,032	1,337,515	765,623
Sep 2002	672,243	1,386,611	755,326
Oct 2002	689,297	1,320,579	710,392
Nov 2002	748,704	1,327,543	661,364
Dec 2002	587,241	1,398,791	731,875
Jan 2003	659,916	1,433,225	705,989
Feb 2003	765,374	1,339,946	739,256
Mar 2003	630,370	1,265,974	670,236
Apr 2003	729,153	1,382,653	635,076
May 2003	695,926	1,297,363	621,849
Jun 2003	680,822	1,336,127	703,351
Jul 2003	607,572	1,366,382	615,282
Aug 2003	637,713	1,383,934	622,410
Sep 2003	574,155	1,391,208	680,538
Oct 2003	587,580	1,377,281	699,139
Nov 2003	663,287	1,313,970	713,769
Dec 2003	749,109	1,462,949	732,209
Jan 2004	693,516	1,409,016	690,277
Feb 2004	766,205	1,379,407	740,860
Mar 2004	742,618	1,536,081	810,244
Apr 2004	686,435	1,413,924	812,862
May 2004	767,506	1,390,397	704,569
Jun 2004	663,422	1,429,364	753,688
Jul 2004	853,073	1,385,253	773,023
Aug 2004	745,376	1,400,292	738,229
Sep 2004	837,090	1,411,111	667,113
Oct 2004	730,831	1,538,496	791,255
Nov 2004	697,143	1,482,569	830,327
Dec 2004	847,009	1,436,696	791,552
Jan 2005	711,216	1,444,698	834,883
Feb 2005	805,895	1,543,882	771,039
Mar 2005	790,941	1,511,281	830,484
Apr 2005	893,717	1,517,867	807,615
May 2005	823,950	1,538,546	837,558
Jun 2005	868,899	1,503,405	779,941
Jul 2005	933,401	1,389,312	760,143
Aug 2005	897,119	1,557,229	880,076
Sep 2005	867,202	1,527,940	906,454
Oct 2005	896,500	1,428,010	813,872
Nov 2005	870,810	1,500,125	772,856
Dec 2005	878,614	1,359,164	803,855
Jan 2006	926,544	1,409,778	778,852
Feb 2006	872,916	1,465,924	794,389
Mar 2006	906,271	1,399,849	797,119
Apr 2006	873,153	1,454,760	782,612
May 2006	815,636	1,489,460	848,053
Jun 2006	862,846	1,426,027	846,056
Jul 2006	737,911	1,453,366	846,574
Aug 2006	873,769	1,400,313	814,817
Sep 2006	911,595	1,360,022	755,881
Oct 2006	836,767	1,324,288	762,990
Nov 2006	946,254	1,446,440	770,442
Dec 2006	864,691	1,422,266	814,792
Jan 2007	1,010,118	1,408,488	749,681
Feb 2007	981,793	1,389,011	779,627
Mar 2007	988,480	1,402,342	778,216
Apr 2007	868,171	1,307,891	723,858
May 2007	825,096	1,424,416	773,747
Jun 2007	1,023,770	1,340,586	716,696
Jul 2007	919,872	1,321,857	778,689
Aug 2007	942,122	1,333,873	749,433
Sep 2007	1,061,207	1,353,843	662,615
Oct 2007	969,213	1,381,911	748,481
Nov 2007	809,951	1,271,371	693,780
Dec 2007	840,630	1,311,157	736,626
Jan 2008	846,134	1,217,053	735,993
Feb 2008	761,090	1,261,191	664,102
Mar 2008	785,105	1,258,302	680,049
Apr 2008	702,863	1,230,580	823,832
May 2008	711,694	1,238,297	665,564
Jun 2008	635,590	1,279,509	677,059
Jul 2008	704,658	1,191,662	653,783
Aug 2008	627,833	1,262,084	583,043
Sep 2008	615,568	1,085,740	634,282
Oct 2008	584,863	1,207,895	677,387
Nov 2008	599,938	1,103,582	577,538
Dec 2008	617,801	1,202,804	537,089
Jan 2009	497,973	1,223,033	529,922
Feb 2009	584,656	1,246,252	558,192
Mar 2009	495,729	1,145,223	471,418
Apr 2009	537,408	1,224,871	428,698
May 2009	527,072	1,131,052	473,246
Jun 2009	543,360	1,098,902	487,222
Jul 2009	454,578	1,330,296	419,835
Aug 2009	424,193	1,109,298	468,283
Sep 2009	538,064	1,183,989	504,105
Oct 2009	506,002	1,243,223	442,745
Nov 2009	533,087	1,112,254	516,353
Dec 2009	452,361	1,210,753	515,686
Jan 2010	649,049	1,169,799	510,660
Feb 2010	577,971	1,097,102	490,018
Mar 2010	503,836	1,159,856	479,440
Apr 2010	591,749	1,254,332	512,106
May 2010	637,296	1,112,493	447,570
Jun 2010	540,756	1,119,727	508,851
Jul 2010	599,269	1,167,439	452,044
Aug 2010	594,295	1,131,006	527,736
Sep 2010	531,939	1,117,503	519,033
Oct 2010	595,050	1,138,323	515,147
Nov 2010	639,703	1,120,579	486,585
Dec 2010	553,323	1,161,695	562,546
Jan 2011	509,127	1,048,348	441,775
Feb 2011	548,159	1,196,915	503,549
Mar 2011	587,064	1,172,628	486,034
Apr 2011	544,638	1,128,146	504,913
May 2011	560,818	1,097,732	524,983
Jun 2011	550,647	1,214,189	530,524
Jul 2011	613,155	1,110,596	509,213
Aug 2011	558,946	1,144,333	518,567
Sep 2011	613,380	1,195,394	563,764
Oct 2011	574,799	1,088,996	552,970
Nov 2011	578,832	1,201,432	514,430
Dec 2011	640,731	1,136,078	532,999
Jan 2012	855,821	1,188,463	496,350
Feb 2012	651,713	1,189,122	537,483
Mar 2012	667,397	1,165,276	615,403
Apr 2012	779,939	1,181,224	538,230
May 2012	680,630	1,138,571	586,695
Jun 2012	746,629	1,145,088	538,579
Jul 2012	580,608	1,083,708	617,266
Aug 2012	630,134	1,117,827	549,497
Sep 2012	695,399	1,116,972	532,176
Oct 2012	646,194	1,056,041	541,474
Nov 2012	700,652	1,220,179	517,091
Dec 2012	606,913	1,135,907	538,521
Jan 2013	608,335	1,122,504	641,914
Feb 2013	772,645	1,228,150	616,038
Mar 2013	747,098	1,109,370	563,995
Apr 2013	646,524	1,035,107	594,817
May 2013	712,091	1,258,635	537,270
Jun 2013	747,012	1,139,636	552,747
Jul 2013	757,084	1,143,973	575,549
Aug 2013	696,232	1,207,241	611,113
Sep 2013	757,150	1,171,723	564,013
Oct 2013	768,250	1,117,835	545,642
Nov 2013	669,181	1,090,070	598,797
Dec 2013	871,376	1,107,502	555,867
Jan 2014	749,914	1,108,248	561,083
Feb 2014	719,997	1,057,969	557,795
Mar 2014	726,985	1,119,192	588,290
Apr 2014	663,712	1,027,468	584,348
May 2014	897,168	1,104,901	531,962
Jun 2014	801,305	1,063,664	579,398
Jul 2014	837,042	1,235,812	612,775
Aug 2014	1,006,669	1,180,441	605,302
Sep 2014	841,252	1,223,879	679,025
Oct 2014	928,498	1,225,132	656,597
Nov 2014	924,894	1,238,831	698,541
Dec 2014	1,056,537	1,285,773	652,908
Jan 2015	1,004,000	1,215,618	682,257
Feb 2015	1,028,208	1,253,185	703,105
Mar 2015	1,070,274	1,217,674	657,153
Apr 2015	1,119,947	1,241,147	662,379
May 2015	910,033	1,287,351	683,919
Jun 2015	906,587	1,250,608	695,634
Jul 2015	1,078,427	1,207,433	741,111
Aug 2015	1,042,459	1,261,695	731,430
Sep 2015	991,128	1,271,483	690,411
Oct 2015	1,129,982	1,335,102	678,818
Nov 2015	1,131,319	1,279,212	781,036
Dec 2015	1,145,253	1,297,119	773,499
Jan 2016	1,140,822	1,291,861	659,917
Feb 2016	1,205,784	1,326,960	744,907
Mar 2016	1,282,039	1,275,425	748,421
Apr 2016	1,137,039	1,266,829	790,915
May 2016	1,144,276	1,234,021	748,150
Jun 2016	1,112,146	1,267,171	776,617
Jul 2016	1,137,030	1,261,084	743,490
Aug 2016	1,031,979	1,247,777	715,038
Sep 2016	1,110,544	1,152,390	714,856
Oct 2016	1,057,134	1,214,351	762,842
Nov 2016	1,165,740	1,263,461	732,341
Dec 2016	1,098,272	1,303,577	740,962
Jan 2017	1,044,832	1,337,043	785,238
Feb 2017	1,260,029	1,262,084	714,025
Mar 2017	1,066,356	1,323,276	828,569
Apr 2017	1,185,409	1,269,929	740,748
May 2017	1,098,893	1,309,819	782,666
Jun 2017	1,241,154	1,387,027	769,145
Jul 2017	1,232,397	1,303,238	834,805
Aug 2017	1,220,923	1,304,132	797,150
Sep 2017	1,307,574	1,278,590	810,272
Oct 2017	1,190,161	1,269,302	782,833
Nov 2017	1,187,900	1,244,308	746,862
Dec 2017	1,141,037	1,279,204	778,601
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.