Infographic 1
Job vacancies decrease but remain at elevated levels

Infographic description

The title of the infographic is "Job vacancies decrease but remain at elevated levels"

This is a linear chart.

The left vertical axis shows the number of job vacancies, from 0 to 1,200,000, by increments of 200,000.

The right vertical axis shows the unemployment to job vacancy ratio, from 0.0 to 4.5, by increments of 0.5.

The horizontal axis shows months from October 2020 to January 2022.

The light blue line represents the total number of job vacancies over 16 months, with 617,255 in October 2020, 554,465 in November 2020, 476,860 in December 2020, 494,560 in January 2021, 536,330 in February 2021, 630,925 in March 2021, 693,165 in April 2021, 705,575 in May 2021, 796,915 in June 2021, 829,765 in July 2021, 919,200 in August 2021, 988,315 in September 2021, 963,815 in October 2021, 894,370 in November 2021, 877,710 in December 2021, and 830,680 in January 2022.

The royal blue line represents the unemployment to job vacancy ratio over 16 months, with 2.7 in October 2020, 2.9 in November 2020, 3.4 in December 2020, 3.9 in January 2021, 3.2 in February 2021, 2.6 in March 2021, 2.4 in April 2021, 2.4 in May 2021, 1.9 in June 2021, 1.9 in July 2021, 1.8 in August 2021, 1.3 in September 2021, 1.3 in October 2021, 1.3 in November 2021, 1.2 in December 2021, and 1.7 in January 2022.

Source(s): Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (5217), table 14-10-0372-01 and custom tabulation.