How many job openings are there in Massachusetts?
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About 227,000, as of January 2025. The number of job openings increased by 6,000 from January 2024. A “job opening” is defined as a position open on the last business day of the month. To be considered “open,” a job must meet three conditions: (1) There’s work available for the position; (2) The job could start within 30 days; and (3) The employer is actively recruiting.
227K
job openings in Massachusetts (January 2025)
6K
more unfilled jobs in Massachusetts in January 2025 than in January 2024
The number of job openings is one measure of employer demand for workers and is a commonly referred-to economic indicator. An increase in the number of job openings often indicates the economy is growing, while a decline may indicate slowed growth.
The number of job openings in Massachusetts has declined over the last year.
Monthly job openings (seasonally adjusted) in Massachusetts, December 2000–January 2025
Following the Great Recession, monthly job openings in Massachusetts increased from 87,000 in January 2010 to 181,000 in February 2020. By April 2020, job openings had decreased to 116,000. Job openings in Massachusetts then reached all-time highs during recovery from the COVID-19 recession. In January 2025, there were 227,000 job openings, up 2.7% from one year prior.
The job openings rate is another way to consider this data. It tells us what percentage of all jobs, filled and unfilled, were open during a given time period. This allows for better comparisons across time, industries, and places by adjusting for differences in the size of the working population.
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A higher share of jobs were open in Massachusetts than in the US overall in January.
Job openings rate (seasonally adjusted), January 2025
In January 2025, 5.7% of all jobs in Massachusetts were unfilled. This was 1.0 percentage points higher than the job openings rate US-wide.
Job openings also differ across states and regions for many reasons, including differing economies and dominating industries. Massachusetts' January job openings rate was higher than 43 states.
In January 2025, Massachusetts's job openings rate was higher than 43 states.
Seasonally adjusted job openings rate by state, January 2025
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Methodology
USAFacts standardizes data, in areas such as time and demographics, to make it easier to understand and compare.
The analysis was generated with the help of AI and reviewed by USAFacts for accuracy.
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USAFacts endeavors to share the most up-to-date information available. We sourced the data on this page directly from government agencies; however, the intervals at which agencies publish updated data vary.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
