According to the latest data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, America added another 304,000 net new jobs in January 2019, which represents the 100th consecutive month of positive employment growth – an unrivalled winning streak in the nation’s history. January’s job numbers blew through consensus estimates, which suggest that the nation added a comparably humdrum 170,000 net new jobs in the context of a partial federal government shutdown.

Between December 2017 and December 2018, the nation added nearly 2.7 million net new jobs. Job growth has been so prolific over time that the number of available, unfilled job openings has come to exceed the number of jobseekers. As of November 2018, there were nearly 6.9 million available positions in America. That compares to about 6.5 million unemployed people, indicating that at least theoretically, there is a job in America for everyone who wants one.