Job Openings, Job Applications and Placements
| Excluding new school graduates and including part-timers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly active job openings | New job openings | Monthly active applications | New applications | Persons who found employment |
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| Calendar year | persons | % | persons | % | persons | % | persons | % | persons | |
| 2018 | 2,780,227 | 3.1 | 976,762 | 1.5 | 1,724,517 | -3.8 | 407,905 | -5.1 | 136,298 | |
| 2019 | 2,736,585 | -1.6 | 958,768 | -1.8 | 1,710,001 | -0.8 | 395,998 | -2.9 | 126,887 | |
| 2020 | 2,161,104 | -21.0 | 750,864 | -21.7 | 1,827,866 | 6.9 | 384,804 | -2.8 | 103,156 | |
| 2021 | 2,195,881 | 1.6 | 781,572 | 4.1 | 1,948,626 | 6.6 | 386,571 | 0.5 | 104,935 | |
| 2022 | 2,473,966 | 12.7 | 866,369 | 10.8 | 1,935,621 | -0.7 | 382,607 | -1.0 | 101,431 | |
| 2023 | 2,496,403 | 0.9 | 866,937 | 0.1 | 1,909,496 | -1.3 | 379,330 | -0.9 | 101,861 | |
| 2023 | Jan | 2,562,205 | 6.4 | 939,043 | 4.2 | 1,781,429 | -5.8 | 404,604 | -2.7 | 78,121 |
| Feb | 2,623,448 | 7.0 | 926,239 | 10.4 | 1,858,412 | -3.2 | 403,807 | 5.8 | 105,791 | |
| Mar | 2,628,461 | 4.9 | 897,517 | 0.7 | 1,939,551 | -3.0 | 420,385 | -3.9 | 149,604 | |
| Apr | 2,490,359 | 2.8 | 841,292 | -0.9 | 2,000,790 | -3.4 | 501,072 | -3.2 | 112,441 | |
| May | 2,435,362 | 1.4 | 834,268 | 3.8 | 2,019,644 | -3.0 | 404,905 | -0.8 | 106,895 | |
| Jun | 2,442,374 | 0.1 | 873,826 | -2.1 | 1,992,582 | -2.4 | 366,683 | -4.9 | 106,559 | |
| Jul | 2,426,523 | -0.4 | 833,187 | -2.5 | 1,921,177 | -0.9 | 342,354 | 0.5 | 92,749 | |
| Aug | 2,448,032 | -1.1 | 847,171 | 1.0 | 1,906,098 | -0.4 | 349,499 | -2.5 | 88,204 | |
| Sep | 2,456,557 | -1.8 | 857,661 | -3.4 | 1,903,315 | 0.4 | 358,304 | -1.1 | 97,982 | |
| Oct | 2,507,846 | -1.5 | 908,504 | -1.8 | 1,921,539 | 1.6 | 378,339 | 4.4 | 102,075 | |
| Nov | 2,481,449 | -3.3 | 823,524 | -4.8 | 1,873,530 | 1.8 | 326,263 | -1.4 | 94,396 | |
| Dec | 2,454,218 | -3.1 | 821,016 | -3.3 | 1,795,885 | 2.9 | 295,743 | 1.9 | 87,514 | |
| 2024 | Jan | 2,468,036 | -3.7 | 910,763 | -3.0 | 1,834,613 | 3.0 | 407,548 | 0.7 | 78,266 |
| Feb | 2,542,576 | -3.1 | 892,822 | -3.6 | 1,902,943 | 2.4 | 391,918 | -2.9 | 108,258 | |
| Source | MHLW "Employment Referrals for General Workers" | |||||||||
- NOTES:
- * Annual percent change
