How many job openings are there in Michigan?
Updated monthly
About 252,000, as of August 2025. The number of job openings increased by 39,000 from August 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.
252K
job openings in Michigan (August 2025)
39K
fewer unfilled jobs in Michigan in August 2025 than in August 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 Michigan has increased over the over the last year.
Monthly job openings (seasonally adjusted), December 2000–August 2025
Following the Great Recession, monthly job openings in Michigan increased from 62,000 in January 2010 to 211,000 in February 2020. By April 2020, job openings had dropped to 92,000. Job openings in Michigan then reached all-time highs during recovery from the COVID-19 recession. In August 2025, there were 252,000 job openings, up 18.3% from one year prior.
What is the job openings rate in Michigan?
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.
A higher share of jobs were open in Michigan than in the US overall in August.
Job openings rate (seasonally adjusted), August 2025
In August 2025, 5.3% of all jobs in Michigan 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. Michigan’s August job openings rate was higher than 46 states.
In August 2025, Michigan's job openings rate was higher than 46 states.
Seasonally adjusted job openings rate by state, August 2025
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