More jobs openings mean more options for workers

Monthly unemployed Ohioans per job opening, Dec. 2000 - May 2024, with recession bars.

One line with three sharp peaks in July of 2003, August of 2009, and April of 2020.
1.0=One job opening for every Ohioan looking for a job.
Gray bars indicate recessions.
Source: United States Bureau of Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper