Chart 3
Job vacancy rate falls across largest sectors since its peak in 2022

job vacancy rate (%) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 May 2022 2023 May 2024 Health care and social assistanceHealth care and social assistance Accommodation and food servicesAccommodation and food services Retail tradeRetail trade ConstructionConstruction Professional, scientific and technical servicesProfessional, scientific and technical services ManufacturingManufacturing
Note(s):
Data are seasonally adjusted.
Source(s):
Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (5217), table 14-10-0406-01.

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Job vacancy rate falls across largest sectors since its peak in 2022, job vacancy rate (%)
  Health care and social assistance Accommodation and food services Retail trade Construction Professional, scientific and technical services Manufacturing
May 2022 5.9 11.5 5.2 6.8 5.8 5.3
June 2022 6.1 11.1 5.0 6.9 5.9 5.1
July 2022 6.4 9.9 5.2 6.7 5.5 4.9
August 2022 6.0 8.7 5.2 6.5 5.1 5.0
September 2022 6.4 9.5 4.8 7.0 5.1 4.5
October 2022 6.2 8.9 4.7 5.7 5.1 4.5
November 2022 5.8 8.5 4.6 6.4 4.4 4.4
December 2022 6.2 8.1 4.7 6.2 4.6 4.3
January 2023 6.2 8.5 4.5 5.8 4.1 4.1
February 2023 5.8 8.2 4.3 5.8 4.1 3.9
March 2023 6.0 7.6 4.2 5.6 4.1 3.8
April 2023 6.3 8.1 4.0 4.9 3.5 3.5
May 2023 5.5 7.5 3.8 5.6 3.8 3.6
June 2023 5.9 6.6 3.9 5.0 3.7 3.5
July 2023 6.0 6.3 3.5 5.0 3.4 3.1
August 2023 5.5 6.2 3.4 5.1 3.4 2.9
September 2023 5.5 5.2 3.1 4.2 3.3 2.9
October 2023 5.7 5.7 3.1 4.8 3.5 2.5
November 2023 5.3 6.3 3.3 4.7 3.5 2.7
December 2023 5.1 5.9 2.9 4.5 2.8 2.6
January 2024 6.0 6.0 3.2 4.3 3.6 2.5
February 2024 5.1 5.8 3.4 4.8 3.4 2.7
March 2024 4.9 5.0 2.9 3.8 3.2 2.6
April 2024 4.9 5.2 2.7 3.8 3.0 2.2
May 2024 4.8 5.0 2.7 3.6 3.0 2.4
Note(s):
Data are seasonally adjusted.
Source(s):
Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (5217), table 14-10-0406-01.
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