Excluding the nine months of the pandemic in 2020, job openings in December fell to their lowest level since June 2018, using a three-month moving average There were 0.87 openings for every worker counted as unemployed in December, the lowest since May 2017 (ex-pandemic)

Ex-pandemic (Mar-Apr 2020), the private sector job vacancy rate—at 4.1%—reached its lowest level since May 2017 Hiring, layoff, and quits rates are all holding very steady over the last year for the private sector.