Ratio of job vacancies to application (Employment Referrals for General Workers) — Ratio of active job openings to applicants (seasonally adjusted)
Latest value
1.18 times as of 2026-08
-0.030ptYoY
Ratio of job vacancies to application (Employment Referrals for General Workers) — Ratio of active job openings to applicants (seasonally adjusted): history
Unit: times
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About Ratio of job vacancies to application (Employment Referrals for General Workers) — Ratio of active job openings to applicants (seasonally adjusted)
The active job openings-to-applicants ratio, published monthly by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, is the number of openings at public employment offices per job seeker. Above 1 means there are more openings than seekers — a tight labour market. The new-openings ratio and the fill and placement rates are in the same group.
Recent values
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2026-08 | 1.18 times |
| 2026-07 | 1.18 times |
| 2026-06 | 1.18 times |
| 2026-05 | 1.17 times |
| 2026-04 | 1.18 times |
| 2026-03 | 1.18 times |
| 2026-02 | 1.19 times |
| 2026-01 | 1.18 times |
| 2025-12 | 1.20 times |
| 2025-11 | 1.19 times |
| 2025-10 | 1.19 times |
| 2025-09 | 1.20 times |
Source and data handling
- Source
- MHLW
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Unit
- times
- Last ingested
- 2026-10-05
Created by editing the Employment Referrals for General Workers, Survey on Labour Economy Trend, and Monthly Labour Survey (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, via the Portal Site of Official Statistics of Japan (e-Stat), https://www.e-stat.go.jp/).