The number of jobs employers have indicated they're hiring for is ticking downward each month, a trend that continued in June, according to the latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
There were 9.6 million open jobs nationwide in June, down slightly from the previous month. Though job openings are down from peaks in late 2021, they remain much higher than in any previous decade for which BLS has collected data. Compared to June 2019, for example, the most recent monthly job openings were up by nearly 2.5 million.
The national job openings rate was 5.8% in June—meaning around 1 in 20 of all jobs in the economy are unfilled positions. Industries such as health care and hospitality are experiencing even higher job-opening rates as they struggle to recruit and retain employees.
Labor market trends vary by locale. To get a more complete view, Stacker used BLS data to rank states by their job opening rates in June, using the number of job openings as a tiebreaker when needed. BLS calculates job opening rates as the number of job openings per total jobs—filled or open—in a state. June estimates are preliminary.
- Job opening rate: 4.5%
- Number of job openings: 173,000
- Job opening rate: 4.5%
- Number of job openings: 460,000
- Job opening rate: 4.9%
- Number of job openings: 223,000
- Job opening rate: 5.0%
- Number of job openings: 33,000
- Job opening rate: 5.0%
- Number of job openings: 172,000
- Job opening rate: 5.1%
- Number of job openings: 91,000
- Job opening rate: 5.1%
- Number of job openings: 237,000
- Job opening rate: 5.2%
- Number of job openings: 163,000
- Job opening rate: 5.2%
- Number of job openings: 165,000
- Job opening rate: 5.3%
- Number of job openings: 112,000
- Job opening rate: 5.4%
- Number of job openings: 37,000
- Job opening rate: 5.4%
- Number of job openings: 44,000
- Job opening rate: 5.4%
- Number of job openings: 91,000
- Job opening rate: 5.4%
- Number of job openings: 799,000
- Job opening rate: 5.4%
- Number of job openings: 1.0 million
- Job opening rate: 5.5%
- Number of job openings: 84,000
- Job opening rate: 5.5%
- Number of job openings: 360,000
- Job opening rate: 5.6%
- Number of job openings: 62,000
- Job opening rate: 5.6%
- Number of job openings: 103,000
- Job opening rate: 5.7%
- Number of job openings: 30,000
- Job opening rate: 5.8%
- Number of job openings: 193,000
- Job opening rate: 5.8%
- Number of job openings: 377,000
- Job opening rate: 5.9%
- Number of job openings: 19,000
- Job opening rate: 5.9%
- Number of job openings: 29,000
- Job opening rate: 6.0%
- Number of job openings: 28,000
- Job opening rate: 6.0%
- Number of job openings: 99,000
- Job opening rate: 6.0%
- Number of job openings: 362,000
- Job opening rate: 6.1%
- Number of job openings: 45,000
- Job opening rate: 6.1%
- Number of job openings: 55,000
- Job opening rate: 6.1%
- Number of job openings: 130,000
- Job opening rate: 6.1%
- Number of job openings: 140,000
- Job opening rate: 6.1%
- Number of job openings: 190,000
- Job opening rate: 6.1%
- Number of job openings: 243,000
- Job opening rate: 6.2%
- Number of job openings: 197,000
- Job opening rate: 6.2%
- Number of job openings: 643,000
- Job opening rate: 6.4%
- Number of job openings: 20,000
- Job opening rate: 6.5%
- Number of job openings: 34,000
- Job opening rate: 6.5%
- Number of job openings: 95,000
- Job opening rate: 6.5%
- Number of job openings: 233,000
- Job opening rate: 6.6%
- Number of job openings: 122,000
- Job opening rate: 6.7%
- Number of job openings: 37,000
- Job opening rate: 6.8%
- Number of job openings: 64,000
- Job opening rate: 6.8%
- Number of job openings: 200,000
- Job opening rate: 6.9%
- Number of job openings: 309,000
- Job opening rate: 6.9%
- Number of job openings: 363,000
- Job opening rate: 7.0%
- Number of job openings: 88,000
- Job opening rate: 7.0%
- Number of job openings: 372,000
- Job opening rate: 7.1%
- Number of job openings: 175,000
- Job opening rate: 7.4%
- Number of job openings: 56,000
- Job opening rate: 7.4%
- Number of job openings: 157,000
- Job opening rate: 7.9%
- Number of job openings: 28,000
Data reporting by Paxtyn Merten.
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