In November of 2020, Glassdoor reported that Washington, DC’s number of open jobs had shrunk by 13.7% year over year.1 The shrinkage in many industries was much larger than this city-wide average though. Some industries saw declines in job availability as high as 70%. In fact, almost no industry saw an increase in open positions in DC. One notable exception was the health care and hospitals industry which had 17.6% more open jobs in 2020 than in 2019. This trend likely had something to do with the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the decline of open positions in Washington, DC, the city’s median base pay actually went up to around $65,000 the same year.1 So while it may be harder to find a job in DC than it was in 2019, many of the jobs you can find will pay more than they used to.