{"id":1974,"date":"2021-12-06T12:51:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T12:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nixq4qvp95-staging.onrocket.site\/?p=1974"},"modified":"2022-10-21T08:45:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T08:45:08","slug":"no-jab-no-job-122000-us-jobs-now-require-a-covid-19-jab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/no-jab-no-job-122000-us-jobs-now-require-a-covid-19-jab\/","title":{"rendered":"No jab, no job: 122,000 US jobs now require a Covid-19 jab"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Back in September we took a look at the rise in job ads requiring candidates to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Three months on and the trend is building even greater momentum.<\/h3>\n<p>We take a look at how many job ads are asking jobseekers to be vaxxed, which sectors are leading the charge, and how quickly this trend is growing. With President Biden&#8217;s mandate coming into effect in January 2022, it&#8217;s a topic more controversial than ever.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Job ads requiring vaccination jump 141% since September<\/h3>\n<p>November saw 122,372 job ads specifying applicants should be vaccinated against Covid-19 across America, up from 69,098 in October. In the last three months alone, the total has increased 141%.<\/p>\n<p>This growth meant the US labor market reached a critical milestone in November. The proportion of job ads requiring vaccination topping 1% for the first time, at 1.41%. This means that greater than one in every hundred job ads is requiring jobseekers who apply to be vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>The visualization below breaks down the growing trend in more detail.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/8012103\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"tablepress-41-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-41\">Table 1: Total Adzuna US job ads mandating Covid-19 vaccination<\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-41\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-41\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-41-name\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Month, 2021<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Advertised vacancies requiring a vaccine<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Total US advertised vacancies<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Proportion of job ads requiring a vaccine<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">January<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2,325<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">4,285,724<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0.05%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">February<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">1,529<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">4,344,938<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0.04%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">March<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">4,710<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">4,535,152<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0.10%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">April<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">15,079<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">4,987,489<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0.30%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">May<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">26,243<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">5,655,060<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0.46%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">June<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">28,740<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">6,372,814<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0.45%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">July<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">34,997<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">6,747,589<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0.52%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">August<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">50,765<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">7,058,152<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0.72%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">September<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">60,044<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">7,576,515<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0.79%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">October<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">69,098<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">7,903,277<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0.87%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">November<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">122,372<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">8,705,732<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1.41%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-41 from cache -->\n<p>Furthermore, President Biden has introduced plans to mandate vaccines or weekly testing for all businesses with 100 or more staff from January, meaning greater pressure on companies to take a stance. We\u2019ve already seen major employers like Facebook, Google, McDonald\u2019s and Goldman Sachs mandating that workers who return to the office must be jabbed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Top industries requiring vaccination<\/h3>\n<p>The sector with the highest proportion of job ads asking applicants to be vaccinated against Covid-19 is Social Work at 12.62%. This is followed by Healthcare &amp; Nursing (3.84%), Scientific &amp; QA (2.63%), and Admin (2.62%).<\/p>\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/8045667\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Vaccine bonuses are falling back<\/h3>\n<p>Another trend we&#8217;ve been monitoring is employers encouraging staff to get a jab by offering incentives to those who are vaccinated, rather than implementing mandates.<\/p>\n<p>However, this appears to be falling back as more US companies are taking a harder line on vaccine requirements.<\/p>\n<p>November saw 4,468 job ads offering a vaccine bonus, down from the peak of 27,677 three months ago in August.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/8045849\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Increase in jobs <em>not<\/em> requiring vaccination<\/h3>\n<p>The subject of vaccine mandates is increasibly polarizing the country, so perhaps it&#8217;s not surprising that we&#8217;re also seeing more employers saying if they don&#8217;t require workers to be vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>This number rose to 1,730 jobs ads in November. It&#8217;s still a small number but could this represent the next big trend as employers try to find new ways to attract staff?<\/p>\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/8045933\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for further updates as we continue to monitor this trend. If you want to look at how this compares to three months ago, you can do that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/16\/over-50000-jobs-require-a-covid-19-jab\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f4a1.svg\" alt=\"?\" \/>\u00a0Read more<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/15\/top-names-for-earning-the-big-bucks-whats-your-name-worth\/\">Top names for earning the big bucks: What\u2019s your name worth?<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Are you a journalist looking for data?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/contact-us.html\">Get in touch here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in September we took a look at the rise in job ads requiring candidates to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Three months on and the trend is building even greater momentum. We take a look at how many job ads are asking jobseekers to be vaxxed, which sectors are leading the charge, and how quickly<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/no-jab-no-job-122000-us-jobs-now-require-a-covid-19-jab\/\"> Continued \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[140],"class_list":["post-1974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job-market","tag-featured"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}