US National Job Trends - April 2013
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Change in Job Openings
- +307,000 Job Openings
- +6.2% month-over-month
- +40.9% year-over-year
Nationwide Job Competition
- 3:1 Unemployed People to Job Openings
most competitive metros
least competitive metros
top hiring companies
- Pizza Hut(85,586 jobs)
- Telereach Corporate(47,471 jobs)
- McDonald's(44,489 jobs)
- C.R. England(30,325 jobs)
- Army National Guard(28,905 jobs)
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Job Openings
- May 2012: 3,878,382
- June 2012: 4,116,341
- July 2012: 4,204,551
- August 2012: 4,106,526
- September 2012: 4,271,246
- October 2012: 4,284,592
- November 2012: 4,223,783
- December 2012: 4,260,840
- January 2013: 4,324,944
- February 2013: 4,618,892
- March 2013: 4,979,567
- April 2013: 5,286,273
Third-party reports - BLS: Data not yet available ADP:+0 Job Openings -
Change in Job Openings Month-over-Month
- May 2012: +3.3%
- June 2012: +9.2%
- July 2012: +4.5%
- August 2012: -1.7%
- September 2012: +5.6%
- October 2012: +4.1%
- November 2012: +0%
- December 2012: +3.9%
- January 2013: +1.1%
- February 2013: +8.5%
- March 2013: +8.4%
- April 2013: +6.2%
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Change in Job Openings by Metro
- Sacramento (CA): +8.2%
- Miami & Fort Lauderdale (FL): +6.3%
- Los Angeles (CA): +5.5%
- New York (NY): +4.8%
- Las Vegas (NV): +8.2%
- Greensboro & Winston-Salem (NC): +6.6%
- Detroit (MI): +3.6%
- Chicago (IL): +5.6%
- Grand Rapids (MI): +8.4%
- San Diego (CA): +6.5%
- Philadelphia (PA): +4.7%
- Greenville (SC): +9.2%
- Orlando (FL): +4.4%
- St. Louis (MO): +4.9%
- Memphis (TN): +7.3%
- Portland (OR): +9.0%
- Hartford & New Haven (CT): +5.2%
- Harrisburg (PA): +6.1%
- Birmingham (AL): +7.7%
- Milwaukee (WI): +5.1%
- Cleveland & Akron (OH): +6.4%
- Indianapolis (IN): +5.1%
- Pittsburgh (PA): +5.9%
- Louisville (KY): +6.4%
- Cincinnati (OH): +6.1%
- Tampa & St. Petersburg (FL): +3.5%
- Jacksonville (FL): +6.3%
- Atlanta (GA): +2.1%
- Charlotte (NC): +5.0%
- Phoenix (AZ): +5.4%
- Raleigh & Durham (NC): +3.1%
- Seattle & Tacoma (WA): +4.9%
- Norfolk & Newport News (VA): +5.0%
- Kansas City (MO): +4.7%
- San Antonio (TX): +6.1%
- Denver (CO): +6.2%
- Houston (TX): +4.9%
- San Francisco Bay Area (CA): +6.9%
- Nashville (TN): +2.9%
- Columbus (OH): +5.9%
- Baltimore (MD): +4.5%
- Albuquerque & Santa Fe (NM): +8.3%
- Dallas & Fort Worth (TX): +3.6%
- Minneapolis (MN): +5.9%
- Salt Lake City (UT): +8.1%
- Boston (MA): +6.9%
- Austin (TX): +5.9%
- Oklahoma City (OK): +7.2%
- Washington, DC (DC): +2.6%
- West Palm Beach (FL): +5.5%
*Trends subject to refinement as further data becomes available
