Economic Indicators

Job Seekers Ratio

Updated: February 7, 2012

Monthly analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ report on job openings and labor turnover.

Job-seekers ratio improves but has been above the highest rate of early 2000s downturn for more than three years | 1:34 pm, February 7, 2012
Today’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the number of job openings increased by 258,000 in December, to 3.4 million. The total number of unemployed workers in December was 13.1 million.

Posted February 7, 2012 | Read the full report from EPI »

Previous reports

Nearly three years of a job-seekers ratio above 4-to-1

Posted on January 10, 2012 | 12:19 pm

Minimal improvement in job-finding prospects

Posted on November 8, 2011 | 11:44 am

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