Figure 7. Job openings, hires, and quits levels, large firms (500+ employees), December 2000 to December 2017
| Month and year |
Job openings levels |
Hires levels |
Quits levels |
|
Dec 2000
|
2,156,092 |
2,253,227 |
1,372,443 |
|
Jan 2001
|
2,261,660 |
2,476,090 |
1,529,917 |
|
Feb 2001
|
2,341,776 |
2,292,782 |
1,459,975 |
|
Mar 2001
|
2,194,876 |
2,408,741 |
1,383,867 |
|
Apr 2001
|
2,316,391 |
2,357,675 |
1,508,921 |
|
May 2001
|
1,970,538 |
2,350,271 |
1,449,119 |
|
Jun 2001
|
1,996,978 |
2,095,863 |
1,331,864 |
|
Jul 2001
|
1,856,490 |
2,077,144 |
1,281,777 |
|
Aug 2001
|
1,881,658 |
2,035,598 |
1,236,713 |
|
Sep 2001
|
1,766,265 |
1,970,704 |
1,104,059 |
|
Oct 2001
|
1,574,988 |
2,008,371 |
1,295,891 |
|
Nov 2001
|
1,616,600 |
1,922,122 |
1,130,349 |
|
Dec 2001
|
1,638,972 |
1,896,612 |
1,073,741 |
|
Jan 2002
|
1,732,348 |
2,038,437 |
1,221,691 |
|
Feb 2002
|
1,537,253 |
1,978,332 |
1,131,048 |
|
Mar 2002
|
1,554,364 |
1,964,617 |
1,090,011 |
|
Apr 2002
|
1,504,822 |
2,000,648 |
1,170,638 |
|
May 2002
|
1,572,781 |
1,974,800 |
1,125,675 |
|
Jun 2002
|
1,454,566 |
1,871,842 |
1,112,433 |
|
Jul 2002
|
1,550,086 |
1,904,795 |
1,093,317 |
|
Aug 2002
|
1,541,074 |
1,896,034 |
1,018,474 |
|
Sep 2002
|
1,473,202 |
1,895,244 |
1,070,291 |
|
Oct 2002
|
1,655,243 |
1,919,981 |
1,047,456 |
|
Nov 2002
|
1,542,835 |
1,933,909 |
1,024,216 |
|
Dec 2002
|
1,338,978 |
1,968,936 |
1,044,808 |
|
Jan 2003
|
1,693,859 |
1,893,594 |
947,833 |
|
Feb 2003
|
1,526,568 |
1,891,095 |
1,028,342 |
|
Mar 2003
|
1,358,610 |
1,801,806 |
980,550 |
|
Apr 2003
|
1,365,635 |
1,690,436 |
952,741 |
|
May 2003
|
1,442,314 |
1,790,312 |
951,636 |
|
Jun 2003
|
1,497,054 |
1,876,026 |
943,416 |
|
Jul 2003
|
1,467,018 |
1,813,013 |
932,590 |
|
Aug 2003
|
1,517,601 |
1,834,541 |
927,271 |
|
Sep 2003
|
1,515,040 |
1,880,414 |
922,624 |
|
Oct 2003
|
1,460,511 |
1,894,019 |
983,598 |
|
Nov 2003
|
1,523,296 |
1,892,155 |
982,160 |
|
Dec 2003
|
1,490,760 |
1,895,553 |
994,712 |
|
Jan 2004
|
1,520,125 |
1,879,329 |
973,272 |
|
Feb 2004
|
1,544,842 |
1,810,580 |
890,489 |
|
Mar 2004
|
1,537,407 |
1,950,846 |
1,000,868 |
|
Apr 2004
|
1,697,626 |
2,040,866 |
1,050,836 |
|
May 2004
|
1,641,923 |
1,962,912 |
980,542 |
|
Jun 2004
|
1,628,307 |
1,931,255 |
1,007,214 |
|
Jul 2004
|
1,778,668 |
1,858,529 |
1,008,262 |
|
Aug 2004
|
1,589,285 |
1,966,010 |
1,072,867 |
|
Sep 2004
|
1,656,152 |
1,886,389 |
1,055,330 |
|
Oct 2004
|
1,736,385 |
1,897,244 |
1,011,608 |
|
Nov 2004
|
1,511,589 |
1,901,644 |
1,040,618 |
|
Dec 2004
|
1,734,251 |
2,054,069 |
1,067,580 |
|
Jan 2005
|
1,688,398 |
2,075,032 |
1,127,105 |
|
Feb 2005
|
1,817,558 |
2,090,007 |
1,070,329 |
|
Mar 2005
|
1,846,134 |
2,025,353 |
1,122,726 |
|
Apr 2005
|
1,891,445 |
2,059,719 |
1,086,193 |
|
May 2005
|
1,759,469 |
2,014,833 |
1,093,937 |
|
Jun 2005
|
1,870,156 |
2,150,631 |
1,112,881 |
|
Jul 2005
|
1,959,287 |
2,211,074 |
1,141,093 |
|
Aug 2005
|
1,842,485 |
2,131,756 |
1,140,897 |
|
Sep 2005
|
1,995,604 |
2,046,373 |
1,154,204 |
|
Oct 2005
|
2,072,637 |
1,970,113 |
1,151,119 |
|
Nov 2005
|
2,275,062 |
2,058,058 |
1,156,844 |
|
Dec 2005
|
2,133,595 |
1,992,824 |
1,105,770 |
|
Jan 2006
|
1,879,317 |
2,041,524 |
1,181,913 |
|
Feb 2006
|
2,182,454 |
2,103,552 |
1,220,237 |
|
Mar 2006
|
2,206,877 |
2,091,757 |
1,249,143 |
|
Apr 2006
|
2,155,435 |
2,079,273 |
1,123,852 |
|
May 2006
|
2,150,916 |
2,203,128 |
1,236,026 |
|
Jun 2006
|
2,005,927 |
2,140,586 |
1,195,953 |
|
Jul 2006
|
1,902,094 |
2,043,707 |
1,148,865 |
|
Aug 2006
|
2,181,663 |
2,049,206 |
1,221,635 |
|
Sep 2006
|
2,117,394 |
2,079,094 |
1,246,682 |
|
Oct 2006
|
2,137,988 |
2,144,044 |
1,207,098 |
|
Nov 2006
|
2,213,218 |
2,233,947 |
1,308,519 |
|
Dec 2006
|
2,240,503 |
2,152,028 |
1,251,376 |
|
Jan 2007
|
2,166,618 |
2,096,595 |
1,255,535 |
|
Feb 2007
|
2,068,064 |
2,198,537 |
1,284,998 |
|
Mar 2007
|
2,190,279 |
2,184,154 |
1,314,218 |
|
Apr 2007
|
2,076,477 |
2,096,265 |
1,217,480 |
|
May 2007
|
2,165,211 |
2,183,109 |
1,277,818 |
|
Jun 2007
|
2,151,774 |
2,036,901 |
1,211,935 |
|
Jul 2007
|
2,044,600 |
2,041,334 |
1,188,841 |
|
Aug 2007
|
2,101,326 |
1,978,954 |
1,213,798 |
|
Sep 2007
|
1,971,749 |
2,123,100 |
1,173,726 |
|
Oct 2007
|
1,931,912 |
2,006,167 |
1,218,366 |
|
Nov 2007
|
2,017,866 |
2,103,230 |
1,198,611 |
|
Dec 2007
|
2,041,862 |
2,027,557 |
1,217,316 |
|
Jan 2008
|
1,898,396 |
2,027,255 |
1,198,290 |
|
Feb 2008
|
1,967,430 |
1,998,294 |
1,188,977 |
|
Mar 2008
|
1,925,345 |
1,873,257 |
1,041,678 |
|
Apr 2008
|
1,916,817 |
2,144,261 |
1,133,732 |
|
May 2008
|
1,786,843 |
1,831,399 |
1,096,485 |
|
Jun 2008
|
1,857,891 |
1,898,185 |
1,085,310 |
|
Jul 2008
|
1,789,121 |
1,806,365 |
1,071,306 |
|
Aug 2008
|
1,764,373 |
1,818,085 |
1,078,048 |
|
Sep 2008
|
1,539,049 |
1,759,816 |
1,035,774 |
|
Oct 2008
|
1,472,409 |
1,800,687 |
998,961 |
|
Nov 2008
|
1,385,859 |
1,557,696 |
923,779 |
|
Dec 2008
|
1,348,367 |
1,593,711 |
969,261 |
|
Jan 2009
|
1,318,409 |
1,647,292 |
864,229 |
|
Feb 2009
|
1,255,366 |
1,439,887 |
792,017 |
|
Mar 2009
|
1,022,905 |
1,339,986 |
754,137 |
|
Apr 2009
|
855,959 |
1,363,253 |
763,187 |
|
May 2009
|
1,010,496 |
1,496,107 |
744,456 |
|
Jun 2009
|
1,015,631 |
1,303,741 |
722,398 |
|
Jul 2009
|
957,544 |
1,290,036 |
708,741 |
|
Aug 2009
|
1,020,137 |
1,407,898 |
652,236 |
|
Sep 2009
|
1,124,024 |
1,410,510 |
645,607 |
|
Oct 2009
|
1,000,023 |
1,236,792 |
692,159 |
|
Nov 2009
|
1,083,939 |
1,504,946 |
776,069 |
|
Dec 2009
|
1,117,816 |
1,445,913 |
730,918 |
|
Jan 2010
|
1,022,263 |
1,397,355 |
699,744 |
|
Feb 2010
|
1,137,744 |
1,433,405 |
707,679 |
|
Mar 2010
|
1,242,543 |
1,515,733 |
766,726 |
|
Apr 2010
|
1,196,422 |
1,421,161 |
810,107 |
|
May 2010
|
1,272,490 |
1,533,258 |
776,520 |
|
Jun 2010
|
1,202,745 |
1,556,273 |
795,632 |
|
Jul 2010
|
1,366,819 |
1,601,835 |
789,923 |
|
Aug 2010
|
1,327,903 |
1,583,077 |
768,399 |
|
Sep 2010
|
1,341,846 |
1,566,232 |
808,018 |
|
Oct 2010
|
1,363,347 |
1,618,144 |
805,140 |
|
Nov 2010
|
1,497,835 |
1,603,559 |
776,167 |
|
Dec 2010
|
1,414,161 |
1,598,413 |
827,706 |
|
Jan 2011
|
1,490,936 |
1,598,410 |
788,344 |
|
Feb 2011
|
1,503,760 |
1,680,032 |
813,066 |
|
Mar 2011
|
1,545,745 |
1,687,058 |
905,772 |
|
Apr 2011
|
1,593,214 |
1,672,158 |
803,350 |
|
May 2011
|
1,601,474 |
1,745,528 |
844,414 |
|
Jun 2011
|
1,655,267 |
1,750,290 |
862,843 |
|
Jul 2011
|
1,618,183 |
1,758,507 |
852,246 |
|
Aug 2011
|
1,650,279 |
1,630,118 |
834,725 |
|
Sep 2011
|
1,743,396 |
1,669,577 |
839,462 |
|
Oct 2011
|
1,724,375 |
1,829,006 |
800,512 |
|
Nov 2011
|
1,554,228 |
1,690,568 |
854,266 |
|
Dec 2011
|
1,612,909 |
1,695,697 |
833,249 |
|
Jan 2012
|
1,638,879 |
1,679,328 |
828,739 |
|
Feb 2012
|
1,728,295 |
1,889,284 |
874,486 |
|
Mar 2012
|
1,916,515 |
1,851,280 |
901,094 |
|
Apr 2012
|
1,501,028 |
1,717,806 |
955,671 |
|
May 2012
|
1,779,255 |
1,871,436 |
925,597 |
|
Jun 2012
|
1,765,757 |
1,798,709 |
908,371 |
|
Jul 2012
|
1,804,339 |
1,775,453 |
798,236 |
|
Aug 2012
|
1,699,644 |
1,808,719 |
916,865 |
|
Sep 2012
|
1,657,257 |
1,756,352 |
873,316 |
|
Oct 2012
|
1,857,527 |
1,913,583 |
841,616 |
|
Nov 2012
|
1,843,425 |
1,809,795 |
916,786 |
|
Dec 2012
|
1,912,066 |
1,869,412 |
947,152 |
|
Jan 2013
|
2,114,863 |
1,948,494 |
886,064 |
|
Feb 2013
|
1,968,130 |
1,896,136 |
954,026 |
|
Mar 2013
|
1,883,348 |
1,758,887 |
909,623 |
|
Apr 2013
|
2,018,252 |
2,056,898 |
938,067 |
|
May 2013
|
1,786,791 |
1,822,061 |
979,363 |
|
Jun 2013
|
1,907,915 |
2,002,637 |
1,065,158 |
|
Jul 2013
|
1,864,795 |
1,915,728 |
1,108,112 |
|
Aug 2013
|
1,979,675 |
2,045,824 |
1,036,618 |
|
Sep 2013
|
2,118,041 |
2,115,916 |
1,094,011 |
|
Oct 2013
|
2,041,283 |
1,849,897 |
1,090,695 |
|
Nov 2013
|
2,055,662 |
2,168,858 |
1,057,277 |
|
Dec 2013
|
1,910,752 |
2,041,518 |
1,043,523 |
|
Jan 2014
|
1,973,871 |
2,011,637 |
1,056,072 |
|
Feb 2014
|
2,147,247 |
2,114,657 |
1,114,061 |
|
Mar 2014
|
2,151,163 |
2,168,311 |
1,198,287 |
|
Apr 2014
|
2,219,272 |
2,140,561 |
1,080,025 |
|
May 2014
|
2,104,568 |
2,109,959 |
1,181,105 |
|
Jun 2014
|
2,269,184 |
2,171,870 |
1,123,361 |
|
Jul 2014
|
2,209,650 |
2,184,129 |
1,190,595 |
|
Aug 2014
|
2,393,577 |
2,228,303 |
1,151,745 |
|
Sep 2014
|
2,261,497 |
2,268,787 |
1,213,999 |
|
Oct 2014
|
2,403,566 |
2,221,417 |
1,204,146 |
|
Nov 2014
|
2,417,173 |
2,313,036 |
1,217,300 |
|
Dec 2014
|
2,551,392 |
2,247,762 |
1,145,353 |
|
Jan 2015
|
2,439,457 |
2,266,957 |
1,248,300 |
|
Feb 2015
|
2,493,688 |
2,121,493 |
1,165,934 |
|
Mar 2015
|
2,524,347 |
2,277,675 |
1,191,678 |
|
Apr 2015
|
2,755,048 |
2,265,486 |
1,243,195 |
|
May 2015
|
2,708,289 |
2,308,425 |
1,171,702 |
|
Jun 2015
|
2,672,695 |
2,260,105 |
1,256,794 |
|
Jul 2015
|
2,948,940 |
2,287,389 |
1,202,325 |
|
Aug 2015
|
2,677,688 |
2,290,745 |
1,293,546 |
|
Sep 2015
|
2,699,948 |
2,266,066 |
1,267,458 |
|
Oct 2015
|
2,672,627 |
2,306,016 |
1,275,999 |
|
Nov 2015
|
2,736,455 |
2,402,707 |
1,269,694 |
|
Dec 2015
|
2,801,827 |
2,502,965 |
1,401,683 |
|
Jan 2016
|
2,879,580 |
2,318,132 |
1,335,301 |
|
Feb 2016
|
2,887,232 |
2,422,436 |
1,369,392 |
|
Mar 2016
|
2,934,458 |
2,396,682 |
1,350,055 |
|
Apr 2016
|
2,849,164 |
2,348,984 |
1,337,506 |
|
May 2016
|
2,876,425 |
2,373,192 |
1,347,950 |
|
Jun 2016
|
2,917,251 |
2,353,013 |
1,345,420 |
|
Jul 2016
|
2,882,314 |
2,437,137 |
1,448,226 |
|
Aug 2016
|
2,924,392 |
2,330,939 |
1,409,628 |
|
Sep 2016
|
2,847,353 |
2,383,814 |
1,411,210 |
|
Oct 2016
|
2,705,982 |
2,367,934 |
1,424,395 |
|
Nov 2016
|
2,850,339 |
2,263,112 |
1,410,256 |
|
Dec 2016
|
2,921,761 |
2,368,171 |
1,315,700 |
|
Jan 2017
|
2,788,455 |
2,462,345 |
1,347,555 |
|
Feb 2017
|
2,695,540 |
2,393,843 |
1,406,537 |
|
Mar 2017
|
2,757,632 |
2,291,508 |
1,361,357 |
|
Apr 2017
|
2,922,325 |
2,412,918 |
1,416,203 |
|
May 2017
|
2,848,390 |
2,437,012 |
1,434,895 |
|
Jun 2017
|
2,844,404 |
2,416,052 |
1,416,374 |
|
Jul 2017
|
2,786,742 |
2,444,080 |
1,413,325 |
|
Aug 2017
|
2,926,071 |
2,480,019 |
1,375,121 |
|
Sep 2017
|
3,134,246 |
2,372,459 |
1,380,385 |
|
Oct 2017
|
2,959,693 |
2,546,818 |
1,474,511 |
|
Nov 2017
|
3,182,992 |
2,559,111 |
1,487,336 |
|
Dec 2017
|
2,795,802 |
2,505,251 |
1,619,427 |