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title: The U.S. Is Starting the 2020s with Over 7 Million Job Openings
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published: '2019-12-31T16:48:17.000Z'
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![20191231-Open-Jobs](https://img.money.com/2019/12/job.jpg)

America is entering the 2020s with more than 7.3 million job openings — about three times as many as it began the last decade.

The figures based on [Bureau of Labor Statistics data through October (the latest available)](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/JTSJOL), reflect a decade of steady economic growth few would have predicted in December 2009, in the aftermath of the financial crisis.

And while finding a new job is never easy, your odds look pretty good right now, [with 1.4 million more job openings](https://www.ziprecruiter.com/blog/more-job-openings-than-unemployed-americans/) than unemployed job seekers.

So which industries have the most jobs available right now?

Hotel and restaurants have the highest share of openings, with 5.5% of all jobs open, [according to the BLS](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.t01.htm). Trucking and warehouse workers are also in demand, with about 5.4% of jobs open. Meanwhile miners and loggers are most likely to have trouble finding work, with only about 2.7% of those jobs open.

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