How many job openings are there in North Carolina?
Updated monthly
About 268,000, as of November 2025. The number of job openings decreased by 57,000 from November 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.
268K
job openings in North Carolina (November 2025)
57K
fewer unfilled jobs in North Carolina in November 2025 than in November 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 North Carolina has declined over the over the last year.
Monthly job openings (seasonally adjusted), December 2000–November 2025
Following the Great Recession, monthly job openings in North Carolina increased from 79,000 in January 2010 to 229,000 in February 2020. By April 2020, job openings had dropped to 153,000. Job openings in North Carolina then reached all-time highs during recovery from the COVID-19 recession. In November 2025, there were 268,000 job openings, down 17.5% from one year prior.
What is the job openings rate in North Carolina?
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 North Carolina than in the US overall in November.
Job openings rate (seasonally adjusted), November 2025
In November 2025, 0.05% of all jobs in North Carolina were unfilled. This was 0.7 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. North Carolina’s November job openings rate was higher than 40 states.
In November 2025, North Carolina's job openings rate was higher than 40 states.
Seasonally adjusted job openings rate by state, November 2025
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