On the last business day of March 2024, there were about two million job openings in the education and health services industry in the United States, the highest number of job openings of any industry. The mining and logging industry however, had about 32,000 job openings during the same month. The data is seasonally adjusted.
Monthly job openings in the United States in March 2024, by industry (in 1,000s)
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (May 1, 2024). Monthly job openings in the United States in March 2024, by industry (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 10, 2024, from https://internal.statista.com/statistics/872834/monthly-job-openings-in-the-united-states-by-industry/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Monthly job openings in the United States in March 2024, by industry (in 1,000s)." Chart. May 1, 2024. Statista. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://internal.statista.com/statistics/872834/monthly-job-openings-in-the-united-states-by-industry/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2024). Monthly job openings in the United States in March 2024, by industry (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 10, 2024. https://internal.statista.com/statistics/872834/monthly-job-openings-in-the-united-states-by-industry/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Monthly Job Openings in The United States in March 2024, by Industry (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 May 2024, https://internal.statista.com/statistics/872834/monthly-job-openings-in-the-united-states-by-industry/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Monthly job openings in the United States in March 2024, by industry (in 1,000s) Statista, https://internal.statista.com/statistics/872834/monthly-job-openings-in-the-united-states-by-industry/ (last visited June 10, 2024)
Monthly job openings in the United States in March 2024, by industry (in 1,000s) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 1, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://internal.statista.com/statistics/872834/monthly-job-openings-in-the-united-states-by-industry/