As of May 2023, the monthly average number of information sector job openings stood at 174 thousand. Notably, there were fewer job openings in the U.S. information sector in 2020 than in the previous years. This is could be attributed due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic when companies laid off many off their employees and fewer employees were hired generally. In 2022, the job market seemed to have experienced a slight rebound with more IT job openings in the U.S. than in previous years, with around 228 thousand job openings monthly on average in 2022.
Average number of monthly job openings in the United States' information sector from 2005 to 2023
(in thousands)
The Information sector comprises establishments engaged in the following processes: (a) producing and distributing information and cultural products, (b) providing the means to transmit or distribute these products as well as data or communications, and (c) processing data.
* Until May 2023.
Release data represents data access date.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (July 25, 2023). Average number of monthly job openings in the United States' information sector from 2005 to 2023 (in thousands) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/200003/number-of-job-openings-in-the-us-information-sector/
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2023). Average number of monthly job openings in the United States' information sector from 2005 to 2023 (in thousands). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/200003/number-of-job-openings-in-the-us-information-sector/
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average number of monthly job openings in the United States' information sector from 2005 to 2023 (in thousands) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/200003/number-of-job-openings-in-the-us-information-sector/ (last visited December 26, 2024)
Average number of monthly job openings in the United States' information sector from 2005 to 2023 (in thousands) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, July 25, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/200003/number-of-job-openings-in-the-us-information-sector/
