<table class="regular" id="BLStable_2023_4_25_7_29" style="width: 95%;"><caption> <span class="tableTitle">Chart 2. Job openings and hires, total nonfarm, seasonally adjusted, January 2020–December 2022 (in thousands)</span></caption>
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<th style="vertical-align: middle; min-width: 80px;" rowspan="1" scope="col">Month and year</th>
<th scope="col">Job openings</th>
<th scope="col">Hires</th>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Jan 2020</p>
</th>
<td>7,184</td>
<td>6,014</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Feb 2020</p>
</th>
<td>6,995</td>
<td>5,998</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Mar 2020</p>
</th>
<td>5,794</td>
<td>5,172</td>
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<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>Apr 2020</p>
</th>
<td>4,686</td>
<td>4,052</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>May 2020</p>
</th>
<td>5,581</td>
<td>8,098</td>
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<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>Jun 2020</p>
</th>
<td>6,119</td>
<td>7,488</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Jul 2020</p>
</th>
<td>6,514</td>
<td>6,255</td>
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<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>Aug 2020</p>
</th>
<td>6,360</td>
<td>5,938</td>
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<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>Sep 2020</p>
</th>
<td>6,512</td>
<td>5,949</td>
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<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>Oct 2020</p>
</th>
<td>6,820</td>
<td>6,135</td>
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<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>Nov 2020</p>
</th>
<td>6,875</td>
<td>5,906</td>
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<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>Dec 2020</p>
</th>
<td>6,854</td>
<td>5,598</td>
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<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>Jan 2021</p>
</th>
<td>7,175</td>
<td>5,647</td>
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<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>Feb 2021</p>
</th>
<td>7,760</td>
<td>5,864</td>
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<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>Mar 2021</p>
</th>
<td>8,399</td>
<td>6,105</td>
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<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>Apr 2021</p>
</th>
<td>9,288</td>
<td>6,170</td>
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<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>May 2021</p>
</th>
<td>9,840</td>
<td>6,036</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>Jun 2021</p>
</th>
<td>10,069</td>
<td>6,543</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>Jul 2021</p>
</th>
<td>10,882</td>
<td>6,555</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>Aug 2021</p>
</th>
<td>10,960</td>
<td>6,415</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>Sep 2021</p>
</th>
<td>10,882</td>
<td>6,629</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>Oct 2021</p>
</th>
<td>11,368</td>
<td>6,667</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>Nov 2021</p>
</th>
<td>11,232</td>
<td>6,843</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>Dec 2021</p>
</th>
<td>11,826</td>
<td>6,632</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>Jan 2022</p>
</th>
<td>11,487</td>
<td>6,496</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>Feb 2022</p>
</th>
<td>11,601</td>
<td>6,800</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>Mar 2022</p>
</th>
<td>12,027</td>
<td>6,577</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>Apr 2022</p>
</th>
<td>11,755</td>
<td>6,572</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>May 2022</p>
</th>
<td>11,443</td>
<td>6,545</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>Jun 2022</p>
</th>
<td>10,961</td>
<td>6,448</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>Jul 2022</p>
</th>
<td>11,380</td>
<td>6,340</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>Aug 2022</p>
</th>
<td>10,198</td>
<td>6,478</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>Sep 2022</p>
</th>
<td>10,854</td>
<td>6,226</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>Oct 2022</p>
</th>
<td>10,471</td>
<td>6,164</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>Nov 2022</p>
</th>
<td>10,746</td>
<td>6,253</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>Dec 2022</p>
</th>
<td>11,234</td>
<td>6,251</td>
</tr>
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<td class="footnotes" colspan="3">
<p>Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.</p>
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