We ran our September 2009 Best and Worst States for Job openings.  Job Openings dropped an alarming 6.2% on September 30 as compared to July 31.  This is particularly discouraging as we had seen our only increase in job openings this year in July.  This reversal ratifies the year long downward trend.  We develop our analysis from data listed by the nation's largest job posting service CareerBuilder.com.  It is a good proxy for job openings nationwide.

Job Openings nationwide shrank in September to 217,040 from 231,370 in July, a drop of 14,330 job openings. 


48 States saw jobs shrink.  Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana saw the biggest percentage job opening losses. Kentucky Jobs, with an increase of only 180 job openings. and Utah Jobs, up 30, were the Top States for Jobs and the only 2 states in the nation that showed improvement since July 31.

California Jobs shrank the most numerically with an 1197 loss at September 30. Texas Jobs, Florida Jobs and Pennsylvania Jobs showed large losses in numbers in September.  ( I will post analysis of Job Opening Losses during the Obama Administration after unemployment numbers are released for September)


The list of Best and Worst States for Jobs as of September 2009 follows:

		30-Sep	31-Jul	+/-	% Change
1	California	22253	23450	-1197	-5.10%
2	Texas	18219	19373	-1154	-5.96%
3	Florida	14072	14927	-855	-5.73%
4	New York	12410	12667	-257	-2.03%
5	Illinois	11243	11747	-504	-4.29%
6	Pennsylvania	10407	11193	-786	-7.02%
7	New Jersey	7901	7938	-37	-0.47%
8	Ohio	8171	8286	-115	-1.39%
9	Virginia	7162	7547	-385	-5.10%
10	North Carolina	6486	6860	-374	-5.45%
11	Maryland	5928	6128	-200	-3.26%
12	Georgia	5824	6470	-646	-9.98%
13	Arizona	5357	5701	-344	-6.03%
14	Massachusetts	5261	5269	-8	-0.15%
15	Michigan	5177	5443	-266	-4.89%
16	Washington	4407	4940	-533	-10.79%
17	Indiana	5282	5589	-307	-5.49%
18	Missouri	4518	5109	-591	-11.57%
19	Colorado	3815	3937	-122	-3.10%
20	Tennessee	4627	4862	-235	-4.83%
21	Connecticut	3893	4271	-378	-8.85%
22	Wisconsin	3855	4816	-961	-19.95%
23	Minnesota	3494	3754	-260	-6.93%
24	South Carolina	3239	3470	-231	-6.66%
25	Kansas	2816	3281	-465	-14.17%
26	Louisiana	2898	3067	-169	-5.51%
27	Kentucky	3468	3285	183	5.57%
28	Iowa	2268	2460	-192	-7.80%
29	Alabama	2352	2883	-531	-18.42%
30	Oklahoma	2115	2339	-224	-9.58%
31	Nevada	1718	1864	-146	-7.83%
32	Oregon	1808	1986	-178	-8.96%
33	Mississippi	1475	1684	-209	-12.41%
34	New Mexico	1435	1468	-33	-2.25%
35	Utah	1370	1340	30	2.24%
36	Arkansas	1292	1557	-265	-17.02%
37	Nebraska	1135	1139	-4	-0.35%
38	Delaware	996	1030	-34	-3.30%
39	Alaska	659	1058	-399	-37.71%
40	Hawaii	668	748	-80	-10.70%
41	West Virginia	832	914	-82	-8.97%
42	New Hampshire	671	705	-34	-4.82%
43	Rhode Island	633	722	-89	-12.33%
44	South Dakota	497	664	-167	-25.15%
45	Idaho	741	813	-72	-8.86%
46	Vermont	600	608	-8	-1.32%
47	North Dakota	299	465	-166	-35.70%
48	Maine	509	539	-30	-5.57%
49	Montana	458	585	-127	-21.71%
50	Wyoming	326	419	-93	-22.20%
	Entire U.S.	217040	231370	-14330	-6.19%