The District of Columbia is facing the greatest labor shortage across the nation, according to a recent study.
The area has the highest ratio of unemployed individuals to job openings, with 2.37 openings per unemployed individual, according to data compiled by CareerCloud.
By comparison, Hawaii has 0.41 job openings per unemployed individual, making it the state least impacted by the labor shortage crisis, according to the career-building website.
Recent Labor Department data shows a growing gap between job openings and hiring, which comes as companies are having a hard time filling roles despite the more than 8 million people out of work.
Some have blamed the unemployment benefits for preventing people from jumping back into the workforce. However, earlier this month, more than 8 million people lost all their unemployment benefits with the expiration of two federal programs that covered gig workers and people who have been jobless for more than six months.
An additional 2.7 million people receiving regular state unemployment aid also lost a $300-a-week federal unemployment supplement.
