How many job openings are there in North Dakota?
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About 22,000, as of April 2025. The number of job openings decreased by 1,000 from April 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.
22K
job openings in North Dakota (April 2025)
1K
fewer unfilled jobs in North Dakota in April 2025 than in April 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 Dakota has declined over the last year.
Monthly job openings (seasonally adjusted) in North Dakota, December 2000–April 2025
Following the Great Recession, monthly job openings in North Dakota increased from 8,000 in January 2010 to 23,000 in February 2020. By April 2020, job openings had dropped to 16,000. Job openings in North Dakota then experienced fluctuations during recovery from the COVID-19 recession. In April 2025, there were 22,000 job openings, down 4.3% 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 North Dakota than in the US overall in April.
Job openings rate (seasonally adjusted), April 2025
In April 2025, 4.7% of all jobs in North Dakota were unfilled. This was 0.3 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 Dakota’s April job openings rate was higher than 24 states.
In April 2025, North Dakota's job openings rate was higher than 24 states.
Seasonally adjusted job openings rate by state, April 2025
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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.
