U.S. job openings in decline
An unwelcome statistic for the Kamala Harris campaign is that the number of U.S. job openings available to job seekers have been tumbling under the Biden administration

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED AMERICANS COMPARED TO TOTAL JOB VACANCIES (millions)

25
20
15
10
5
0

2009 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2024

APR 2020
PEAK OF
COVID-19
PANDEMIC
23M

OCT 2024
7.4M

OCT 2024
6.8M

More people unemployed than job openings

Unemployed
Job openings

Obama Trump Biden

Note: Job openings do not include farm vacancies. 

Sources: Sherwood/Chartr, Guardian, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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