US National Job Trends - October 2011
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Change in Job Openings
- +127,000 Job Openings
- +5.9% month-over-month
- +10.0% year-over-year
Nationwide Job Competition
- 4:1 Unemployed People to Job Openings
most competitive metros
least competitive metros
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Job Openings
- November 2010: 3,934,098
- December 2010: 3,671,564
- January 2011: 3,690,794
- February 2011: 3,800,138
- March 2011: 3,948,981
- April 2011: 4,129,658
- May 2011: 3,907,956
- June 2011: 3,738,096
- July 2011: 3,914,882
- August 2011: 4,030,881
- September 2011: 3,988,086
- October 2011: 4,115,315
Third-party reports - BLS: -153,000 Job Openings ADP:+110,000 Job Openings -
Change in Job Openings Month-over-Month
- November 2010: +5.1%
- December 2010: -4.4%
- January 2011: +1.7%
- February 2011: +3.8%
- March 2011: +4.1%
- April 2011: +6.7%
- May 2011: -2.6%
- June 2011: -3.8%
- July 2011: +7%
- August 2011: +4.5%
- September 2011: -1.1%
- October 2011: +5.9%
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Change in Job Openings by Metro
- Miami & Fort Lauderdale (FL): +8.4%
- Las Vegas (NV): +13.4%
- Los Angeles (CA): +7.1%
- Sacramento (CA): +6.3%
- Detroit (MI): +5.7%
- Orlando (FL): +4.4%
- New York (NY): +4.8%
- Tampa & St. Petersburg (FL): +7.1%
- Greensboro & Winston-Salem (NC): +5.7%
- San Diego (CA): +4.7%
- Grand Rapids (MI): +4.4%
- Greenville (SC): +10.3%
- Jacksonville (FL): +3.2%
- Chicago (IL): +5.8%
- St. Louis (MO): +8.0%
- Memphis (TN): +8.9%
- Birmingham (AL): +4.3%
- Phoenix (AZ): +7.8%
- Philadelphia (PA): +6.6%
- Cincinnati (OH): +7.6%
- Atlanta (GA): +5.2%
- Portland (OR): +6.1%
- Houston (TX): +6.3%
- San Antonio (TX): +2.1%
- Charlotte (NC): +5.7%
- Cleveland & Akron (OH): +5.1%
- Harrisburg (PA): +6.6%
- Louisville (KY): +1.6%
- Hartford & New Haven (CT): +3.2%
- Indianapolis (IN): +7.2%
- Kansas City (MO): +6.5%
- Raleigh & Durham (NC): +7.9%
- Salt Lake City (UT): +30.0%
- Nashville (TN): +5.3%
- Norfolk & Newport News (VA): +6.6%
- Seattle & Tacoma (WA): +4.7%
- Denver (CO): +6.0%
- Dallas & Fort Worth (TX): +4.7%
- Columbus (OH): +7.1%
- San Francisco Bay Area (CA): +5.8%
- Austin (TX): +1.3%
- Pittsburgh (PA): +2.6%
- Milwaukee (WI): +3.5%
- Minneapolis (MN): +7.4%
- Baltimore (MD): +4.0%
- Albuquerque & Santa Fe (NM): +1.4%
- Boston (MA): +4.2%
- West Palm Beach (FL): +10.6%
- Oklahoma City (OK): +7.7%
- Washington, DC (DC): +2.0%
*Trends subject to refinement as further data becomes available
