States With The Highest And Lowest Labor Shortage

Here’s who made the list…

America has been forever changed by the coronavirus pandemic and some things will never be the same again.

With that being said, there is currently a national labor shortage and President Biden simply doesn’t know how to solve it.

Here are the most affected states and territories with a labor shortage by data from CareerCloud:

NOTE: The number represents the number of job openings per unemployed individual

1. D.C.: 2.37 
2. Nebraska: 1.80
3. New Hampshire: 1.60
4. Vermont: 1.59
5. Utah: 1.45
6. South Dakota: 1.44
7. Idaho: 1.29
8. Montana: 1.21
9. North Dakota: 1.20
10. Georgia: 1.12

Here are the least affected states and territories with a labor shortage by data from CareerCloud:

1. Hawaii: 0.41
2. New York: 0.45
3. California: 0.45
4. Nevada: 0.50
5. Connecticut: 0.51
6. Louisiana: 0.52
7. New Mexico: 0.53
8. Arizona: 0.56
9. New Jersey: 0.59
10. Illinois: 0.59