Infographic 1
The number of job vacancies is declining since May 2022

Infographic description

The title of the infographic is "The number of job vacancies is declining since May 2022"

This is a linear and bar combination chart.

The vertical axis on the left shows the number of job vacancies and number of payroll employment by increments of 500,000.

The vertical axis on the right shows the job vacancy rate by increments of 1 percentage point.

The horizontal axis shows each month from January 2016 to October 2022.

For job vacancies, its lowest level was 338,200 in April 2016 and its highest level was 1,001,800 in May 2022.

For payroll employment, its lowest level was 15,049,500 in October 2020 and its highest level was 16,825,300 in October 2022.

For job vacancy rate, its lowest level was 2.2% in April 2016 and its highest level was 5.7% from March to May 2022.

Note(s): Job Vacancy and Wage Survey data collection was suspended for the second and third quarters of 2020; therefore, data for these reference periods are not available. Data are adjusted for seasonality.

Source(s): Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (5217), table 14-10-0400-01.