1.2 unemployed people per job opening in August 2017
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 6.1 million job openings on the last business day of August 2017 and 7.1 million unemployed people in the month. The ratio of unemployed people to job openings was 1.2 in August 2017.
When the most recent recession began in December 2007, the number of unemployed people per job opening was 1.9. When the recession ended in June 2009, there were 6.1 unemployed people per job opening. The ratio peaked at 6.6 unemployed people per job opening in July 2009 and trended downward until the end of 2015 and again in 2017, reaching historic lows.
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