Effective job openings-to-applicants ratio in January: National average 1.27 times, same level for 3 consecutive months

This January, the national average job openings-to-applicants ratio was 1.27 times, staying at the same level for three consecutive months.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare says, ``The number of job offers is decreasing in some industries due to the impact of soaring raw material prices, and we need to keep an eye on this.''

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio, which indicates how many people are offered by companies for each person looking for work, was 1.27 times the national average in January, the same level for three consecutive months.

In January, the number of new job openings submitted by companies to Hello Work decreased by 3% from January last year, and looking at new job openings by industry, there was a

decrease of 11.6% in the manufacturing industry

, and a decrease in the accommodation and food service industry. 8.8%

▽The decline was 5.8% in "Wholesale/Retail trade".

On the other hand

, ``Life-related services and entertainment industry'' increased by 5.7%

, and ``Information and communications industry'' increased by 4.5%.

Looking at the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio by prefecture , Fukui prefecture has

the highest ratio of 1.91 times,

followed by

Yamaguchi prefecture with 1.69 times

, and Shimane prefecture with 1.63 times.

The lowest rates were

in Osaka Prefecture at 1.06 times

, Kanagawa Prefecture at 1.09 times

, and Hokkaido at 1.11 times.

Ishikawa Prefecture, which suffered damage from the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, had a slight increase of 1.50 times from the previous month, but both job openings and job applications decreased significantly from the previous month.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said, ``This appears to be due to the fact that some industries, such as manufacturing, cannot afford to create new jobs in response to soaring raw material prices.On the other hand, in the medium to long term, labor shortages will continue to increase. We need to keep an eye on how long the effects of soaring prices will continue."