Infographic 1
Job vacancies little changed after three months of consecutive declines

Infographic description

The title of the infographic is "Job vacancies little changed after three months of consecutive declines"

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 in thousands, by increments of 1,000. It starts at 13,000 and ends at 19,000.

The vertical axis on the right shows the job vacancy rate by percentage, by increments of 1 percentage point. It starts at 0.0 and ends at 6.0.

The horizontal axis shows each month from August 2019 to August 2024.

The dark red bar represents the number of job vacancies (in thousands) in the last 61 months, with 533.9 in August 2019; 523.7 in September 2019; 530.4 in October 2019; 519.5 in November 2019; 519.8 in December 2019; 582.5 in January 2020; 578.1 in February 2020; 531.5 in March 2020; April 2020 to September 2020 omitted because data were not collected during this phase of the COVID-19 pandemic; 576.3 in October 2020; 569.5 in November 2020; 572.4 in December 2020; 561.3 in January 2021; 616.6 in February 2021; 643.7 in March 2021; 651.9 in April 2021; 673.6 in May 2021; 770.3 in June 2021; 812.8 in July 2021; 876.3 in August 2021; 928.2 in September 2021; 919.3 in October 2021; 908.4 in November 2021; 976.5 in December 2021; 922.0 in January 2022; 917.3 in February 2022; 990.2 in March 2022; 992.9 in April 2022; 1,003.4 in May 2022; 989.1 in June 2022; 978.5 in July 2022; 924.3 in August 2022; 932.3 in September 2022; 888.3 in October 2022; 866.7 in November 2022; 854.3 in December 2022; 858.8 in January 2023; 835.1 in February 2023; 803.5 in March 2023; 798.8 in April 2023; 776.8 in May 2023; 744.5 in June 2023; 717.9 in July 2023; 694.6 in August 2023; 644.6 in September 2023; 672.6 in October 2023; 671.8 in November 2023; 634.2 in December 2023; 662.9 in January 2024; 659.1 in February 2024; 603.2 in March 2024; 592.9 in April 2024; 571.0 in May 2024; 550.1 in June 2024; 529.3 in July 2024; and 518.3 in August 2024.

The blue bar represents the payroll employment (in thousands) in the last 61 months, with 16,304.7 in August 2019; 16,336.5 in September 2019; 16,339.2 in October 2019; 16,351.5 in November 2019; 16,370.1 in December 2019; 16,370.1 in January 2020; 16,419.5 in February 2020; 16,386.5 in March 2020; April 2020 to September 2020 omitted because data were not collected during this phase of the COVID-19 pandemic; 15,099.8 in October 2020; 15,276.8 in November 2020; 15,248.1 in December 2020; 15,294.4 in January 2021; 15,167.5 in February 2021; 15,233.1 in March 2021; 15,432.0 in April 2021; 15,556.6 in May 2021; 15,334.5 in June 2021; 15,505.9 in July 2021; 15,826.9 in August 2021; 15,940.4 in September 2021; 16,025.9 in October 2021; 16,130.7 in November 2021; 16,204.2 in December 2021; 16,323.3 in January 2022; 16,300.7 in February 2022; 16,420.0 in March 2022; 16,512.1 in April 2022; 16,622.4 in May 2022; 16,625.2 in June 2022; 16,701.8 in July 2022; 16,737.0 in August 2022; 16,756.7 in September 2022; 16,850.6 in October 2022; 16,853.4 in November 2022; 16,931.9 in December 2022; 16,995.4 in January 2023; 17,038.9 in February 2023; 17,094.0 in March 2023; 17,075.1 in April 2023; 17,077.5 in May 2023; 17,142.8 in June 2023; 17,164.2 in July 2023; 17,131.3 in August 2023; 17,154.4 in September 2023; 17,202.1 in October 2023; 17,186.9 in November 2023; 17,132.6 in December 2023; 17,182.8 in January 2024; 17,235.2 in February 2024; 17,244.3 in March 2024; 17,265.7 in April 2024; 17,270.0 in May 2024; 17,322.4 in June 2024; 17,249.8 in July 2024; and 17,279.9 in August 2024.

The black line represents the job vacancy rate (in percentage) in the last 61 months, with 3.2% in August 2019, 3.1% in September 2019, 3.1% in October 2019, 3.1% in November 2019, 3.1% in December 2019, 3.4% in January 2020, 3.4% in February 2020, 3.1% in March 2020, April 2020 to September 2020 omitted because data were not collected during this phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, 3.7% in October 2020, 3.6% in November 2020, 3.6% in December 2020, 3.5% in January 2021, 3.9% in February 2021, 4.1% in March 2021, 4.1% in April 2021, 4.2% in May 2021, 4.8% in June 2021, 5.0% in July 2021, 5.2% in August 2021, 5.5% in September 2021, 5.4% in October 2021, 5.3% in November 2021, 5.7% in December 2021, 5.3% in January 2022, 5.3% in February 2022, 5.7% in March 2022, 5.7% in April 2022, 5.7% in May 2022, 5.6% in June 2022, 5.5% in July 2022, 5.2% in August 2022, 5.3% in September 2022, 5.0% in October 2022, 4.9% in November 2022, 4.8% in December 2022, 4.8% in January 2023, 4.7% in February 2023, 4.5% in March 2023, 4.5% in April 2023, 4.4% in May 2023, 4.2% in June 2023, 4.0% in July 2023, 3.9% in August 2023, 3.6% in September 2023, 3.8% in October 2023, 3.8% in November 2023, 3.6% in December 2023, 3.7% in January 2024, 3.7% in February 2024, 3.4% in March 2024, 3.3% in April 2024, 3.2% in May 2024, 3.1% in June 2024, 3.0% in July 2024, and 2.9% in August 2024.

Note(s): Total labour demand is equal to the sum of payroll employment and job vacancies. Job Vacancy and Wage Survey data collection was suspended from April 2020 to September 2020. Therefore, data for these reference periods are not available. Data are seasonally adjusted.

Source(s): Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (5217), table 14-10-0406-01.