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.