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Job vacancies continue to hold steady in February

Infographic description

The title of the infographic is "Job vacancies continue to hold steady in February"

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 2021 to February 2026.

The dark red bar represents the number of job vacancies (in thousands) in the last 55 months, with 893.1 in August 2021, 939.9 in September 2021, 931.0 in October 2021, 912.7 in November 2021, 977.0 in December 2021, 911.9 in January 2022, 906.6 in February 2022, 984.4 in March 2022, 979.6 in April 2022, 987.7 in May 2022, 988.4 in June 2022, 983.6 in July 2022, 945.5 in August 2022, 946.3 in September 2022, 902.5 in October 2022, 872.4 in November 2022, 850.5 in December 2022, 845.5 in January 2023, 817.1 in February 2023, 795.1 in March 2023, 787.1 in April 2023, 763.2 in May 2023, 745.1 in June 2023, 726.2 in July 2023, 713.6 in August 2023, 658.4 in September 2023, 683.2 in October 2023, 672.7 in November 2023, 632.2 in December 2023, 656.0 in January 2024, 650.8 in February 2024, 598.8 in March 2024, 592.7 in April 2024, 567.9 in May 2024, 551.1 in June 2024, 549.3 in July 2024, 539.5 in August 2024, 535.8 in September 2024, 532.2 in October 2024, 539.3 in November 2024, 535.1 in December 2024, 527.4 in January 2025, 526.2 in February 2025, 516.9 in March 2025, 509.0 in April 2025, 496.6 in May 2025, 494.4 in June 2025, 495.2 in July 2025, 480.2 in August 2025, 491.8 in September 2025, 482.5 in October 2025, 483.7 in November 2025, 507.3 in December 2025, 494.4 in January 2026 and 497.2 in February 2026.

The blue bar represents the payroll employment (in thousands) in the last 55 months, with 15,835.5 in August 2021, 15,941.8 in September 2021, 16,026.9 in October 2021, 16,134.7 in November 2021, 16,202.4 in December 2021, 16,317.5 in January 2022, 16,288.0 in February 2022, 16,411.7 in March 2022, 16,512.2 in April 2022, 16,625.4 in May 2022, 16,616.2 in June 2022, 16,714.0 in July 2022, 16,751.1 in August 2022, 16,757.2 in September 2022, 16,852.9 in October 2022, 16,860.5 in November 2022, 16,928.4 in December 2022, 16,986.5 in January 2023, 17,020.5 in February 2023, 17,080.5 in March 2023, 17,077.3 in April 2023, 17,084.7 in May 2023, 17,127.6 in June 2023, 17,178.0 in July 2023, 17,151.4 in August 2023, 17,153.2 in September 2023, 17,210.1 in October 2023, 17,196.6 in November 2023, 17,129.3 in December 2023, 17,175.9 in January 2024, 17,217.4 in February 2024, 17,234.5 in March 2024, 17,284.1 in April 2024, 17,278.5 in May 2024, 17,328.0 in June 2024, 17,273.4 in July 2024, 17,290.5 in August 2024, 17,328.2 in September 2024, 17,304.0 in October 2024, 17,322.4 in November 2024, 17,305.3 in December 2024, 17,357.7 in January 2025, 17,416.4 in February 2025, 17,361.6 in March 2025, 17,327.8 in April 2025, 17,336.2 in May 2025, 17,364.7 in June 2025, 17,336.5 in July 2025, 17,367.7 in August 2025, 17,377.4 in September 2025, 17,364.2 in October 2025, 17,404.5 in November 2025, 17,398.0 in December 2025, 17,374.9 in January 2026 and 17,460.0 in February 2026.

The black line represents the job vacancy rate (in percentage) in the last 55 months, with 5.3% in August 2021, 5.6% in September 2021, 5.5% in October 2021, 5.4% in November 2021, 5.7% in December 2021, 5.3% in January 2022, 5.3% in February 2022, 5.7% in March 2022, 5.6% in April 2022, 5.6% in May 2022, 5.6% in June 2022, 5.6% in July 2022, 5.3% in August 2022, 5.3% in September 2022, 5.1% in October 2022, 4.9% in November 2022, 4.8% in December 2022, 4.7% in January 2023, 4.6% in February 2023, 4.4% in March 2023, 4.4% in April 2023, 4.3% in May 2023, 4.2% in June 2023, 4.1% in July 2023, 4.0% in August 2023, 3.7% in September 2023, 3.8% in October 2023, 3.8% in November 2023, 3.6% in December 2023, 3.7% in January 2024, 3.6% in February 2024, 3.4% in March 2024, 3.3% in April 2024, 3.2% in May 2024, 3.1% in June 2024, 3.1% in July 2024, 3.0% in August 2024, 3.0% in September 2024, 3.0% in October 2024, 3.0% in November 2024, 3.0% in December 2024, 2.9% in January 2025, 2.9% in February 2025, 2.9% in March 2025, 2.9% in April 2025, 2.8% in May 2025, 2.8% in June 2025, 2.8% in July 2025, 2.7% in August 2025, 2.8% in September 2025, 2.7% in October 2025, 2.7% in November 2025, 2.8% in December 2025, 2.8% in January 2026 and 2.8% in February 2026.

Note(s): Total labour demand is equal to the sum of payroll employment and job vacancies. Data are seasonally adjusted.

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