Vacancies; SIC 2008; private firms and government sectors
The number of vacancies per quarter refers to vacancies in the private sector and in government at the end of each quarter.
Subjects: Unfilled vacancies, new vacancies, filled vacancies in the private sector and in government sectors.
Selections: SIC 2008, size of the enterprise, periods.
Data available since 1997, quarter 1.
Frequency of appearance: each quarter.
Status of the figures:
All figures in this table are final.
Changes as of 26 June 2020:
Three merged industries in the year figure of 1997 contained unreliable data. These figures are replaced by a dot. These corrections don’t have consequences for other figures in the table.
Changes as of 15 May 2020:
New figures of first quarter of 2020 have been added.
When will new figures be published?
New figures of second quarter of 2020 will be published August 2020.
| SIC 2008 size classes | Periods | Unfilled vacancies (x 1000) | New vacancies (x 1 000) | Filled vacancies (x 1000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-U All economic activities | 2018 1st quarter | 237.8 | 285 | 266 |
| A-U All economic activities | 2018 2nd quarter | 260.6 | 313 | 290 |
| A-U All economic activities | 2018 3rd quarter | 258.3 | 302 | 305 |
| A-U All economic activities | 2018 4th quarter | 254.9 | 282 | 286 |
| A-U All economic activities | 2018 yearly average/yearly total | 248.3 | 1,183 | 1,146 |
| A-U All economic activities | 2019 1st quarter | 278.9 | 319 | 295 |
| A-U All economic activities | 2019 2nd quarter | 293.8 | 330 | 315 |
| A-U All economic activities | 2019 3rd quarter | 283.8 | 313 | 323 |
| A-U All economic activities | 2019 4th quarter | 281.2 | 297 | 300 |
| A-U All economic activities | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 281.1 | 1,258 | 1,232 |
| A-U All economic activities | 2020 1st quarter | 221.7 | 266 | 326 |
| B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2018 1st quarter | 22.6 | 23 | 21 |
| B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2018 2nd quarter | 25.2 | 26 | 23 |
| B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2018 3rd quarter | 24.6 | 22 | 23 |
| B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2018 4th quarter | 23.7 | 22 | 23 |
| B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2018 yearly average/yearly total | 23.6 | 93 | 89 |
| B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2019 1st quarter | 25.7 | 26 | 24 |
| B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2019 2nd quarter | 26.7 | 26 | 25 |
| B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2019 3rd quarter | 25.5 | 23 | 24 |
| B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2019 4th quarter | 25.3 | 24 | 24 |
| B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 25.6 | 98 | 96 |
| B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2020 1st quarter | 20.9 | 21 | 25 |
| B-F Manufacturing and energy | 2018 1st quarter | 38.2 | 36 | 33 |
| B-F Manufacturing and energy | 2018 2nd quarter | 41.9 | 39 | 35 |
| B-F Manufacturing and energy | 2018 3rd quarter | 40.8 | 34 | 35 |
| B-F Manufacturing and energy | 2018 4th quarter | 40.3 | 34 | 35 |
| B-F Manufacturing and energy | 2018 yearly average/yearly total | 39.6 | 142 | 137 |
| B-F Manufacturing and energy | 2019 1st quarter | 44.6 | 42 | 37 |
| B-F Manufacturing and energy | 2019 2nd quarter | 45.5 | 38 | 37 |
| B-F Manufacturing and energy | 2019 3rd quarter | 43.5 | 34 | 36 |
| B-F Manufacturing and energy | 2019 4th quarter | 42.1 | 33 | 35 |
| B-F Manufacturing and energy | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 43.7 | 147 | 145 |
| B-F Manufacturing and energy | 2020 1st quarter | 34.8 | 32 | 39 |
| G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2018 1st quarter | 75.3 | 106 | 99 |
| G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2018 2nd quarter | 86.4 | 122 | 111 |
| G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2018 3rd quarter | 87.6 | 118 | 117 |
| G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2018 4th quarter | 82.6 | 103 | 108 |
| G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2018 yearly average/yearly total | 81.2 | 449 | 434 |
| G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2019 1st quarter | 91.7 | 118 | 109 |
| G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2019 2nd quarter | 97.2 | 124 | 118 |
| G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2019 3rd quarter | 93.9 | 121 | 124 |
| G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2019 4th quarter | 89.1 | 109 | 114 |
| G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 92.2 | 471 | 465 |
| G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2020 1st quarter | 59.8 | 90 | 120 |
| G-N Commercial services | 2018 1st quarter | 143.1 | 178 | 165 |
| G-N Commercial services | 2018 2nd quarter | 156.7 | 190 | 176 |
| G-N Commercial services | 2018 3rd quarter | 156.4 | 189 | 190 |
| G-N Commercial services | 2018 4th quarter | 151.2 | 172 | 178 |
| G-N Commercial services | 2018 yearly average/yearly total | 149.3 | 729 | 709 |
| G-N Commercial services | 2019 1st quarter | 166.6 | 196 | 181 |
| G-N Commercial services | 2019 2nd quarter | 174.5 | 197 | 190 |
| G-N Commercial services | 2019 3rd quarter | 171.3 | 197 | 200 |
| G-N Commercial services | 2019 4th quarter | 165.1 | 180 | 186 |
| G-N Commercial services | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 167.6 | 771 | 757 |
| G-N Commercial services | 2020 1st quarter | 120.6 | 158 | 202 |
| M-N Business services | 2018 1st quarter | 39.7 | 48 | 45 |
| M-N Business services | 2018 2nd quarter | 42.3 | 45 | 42 |
| M-N Business services | 2018 3rd quarter | 41.3 | 48 | 49 |
| M-N Business services | 2018 4th quarter | 41.0 | 46 | 46 |
| M-N Business services | 2018 yearly average/yearly total | 40.5 | 186 | 182 |
| M-N Business services | 2019 1st quarter | 45.1 | 51 | 47 |
| M-N Business services | 2019 2nd quarter | 48.2 | 50 | 47 |
| M-N Business services | 2019 3rd quarter | 47.8 | 50 | 51 |
| M-N Business services | 2019 4th quarter | 46.8 | 45 | 46 |
| M-N Business services | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 46.3 | 196 | 190 |
| M-N Business services | 2020 1st quarter | 37.3 | 45 | 54 |
| O-Q Government and care | 2018 1st quarter | 47.8 | 58 | 56 |
| O-Q Government and care | 2018 2nd quarter | 51.8 | 68 | 64 |
| O-Q Government and care | 2018 3rd quarter | 51.1 | 64 | 65 |
| O-Q Government and care | 2018 4th quarter | 54.0 | 63 | 60 |
| O-Q Government and care | 2018 yearly average/yearly total | 50.1 | 253 | 245 |
| O-Q Government and care | 2019 1st quarter | 56.7 | 65 | 62 |
| O-Q Government and care | 2019 2nd quarter | 62.8 | 78 | 71 |
| O-Q Government and care | 2019 3rd quarter | 57.9 | 67 | 72 |
| O-Q Government and care | 2019 4th quarter | 63.2 | 70 | 64 |
| O-Q Government and care | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 59.0 | 279 | 270 |
| O-Q Government and care | 2020 1st quarter | 58.2 | 64 | 69 |
| O-U Noncommercial services | 2018 1st quarter | 54.4 | 68 | 66 |
| O-U Noncommercial services | 2018 2nd quarter | 59.5 | 80 | 75 |
| O-U Noncommercial services | 2018 3rd quarter | 58.6 | 76 | 77 |
| O-U Noncommercial services | 2018 4th quarter | 61.3 | 74 | 71 |
| O-U Noncommercial services | 2018 yearly average/yearly total | 57.2 | 298 | 289 |
| O-U Noncommercial services | 2019 1st quarter | 64.9 | 77 | 74 |
| O-U Noncommercial services | 2019 2nd quarter | 70.7 | 90 | 84 |
| O-U Noncommercial services | 2019 3rd quarter | 66.5 | 78 | 83 |
| O-U Noncommercial services | 2019 4th quarter | 71.7 | 81 | 76 |
| O-U Noncommercial services | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 67.1 | 327 | 316 |
| O-U Noncommercial services | 2020 1st quarter | 64.1 | 73 | 81 |
| R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2018 1st quarter | 6.6 | 10 | 10 |
| R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2018 2nd quarter | 7.7 | 12 | 11 |
| R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2018 3rd quarter | 7.5 | 12 | 12 |
| R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2018 4th quarter | 7.3 | 11 | 11 |
| R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2018 yearly average/yearly total | 7.1 | 45 | 44 |
| R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2019 1st quarter | 8.1 | 12 | 11 |
| R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2019 2nd quarter | 7.9 | 12 | 12 |
| R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2019 3rd quarter | 8.5 | 11 | 11 |
| R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2019 4th quarter | 8.4 | 12 | 12 |
| R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 8.1 | 48 | 47 |
| R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2020 1st quarter | 5.8 | 9 | 12 |
| Source: CBS | ||||