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There are 3 million jobs that go vacant each month in this country.

David Joyce · A radio interview · February 13, 2013

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PolitiFact, February 19, 2013 · read the check

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Matches the record

Checked against Job openings on the last business day of the month, United States (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, JOLTS series JTS000000000000000JOL): between 3.6 million and 4.0 million in every month of 2012.

The record: Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), series JTS000000000000000JOL (total nonfarm job openings, seasonally adjusted)

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Topics: Jobs.

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Sources

  1. Rep. Dave Joyce says millions of U.S. jobs go unfilled each month · PolitiFact · 2013-02-19 · accessed 2026-09-25
  2. Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), series JTS000000000000000JOL (total nonfarm job openings, seasonally adjusted) · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · accessed 2026-10-15

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