While some are unemployed by choice and some due to a lack of necessary skills, I do not think it’s that many. Here’s why. There are 14 million unemployed and 3.1 million job openings, or 4.6 jobless workers per opening. Prior to the recession the ratio was about 1.5. In only a few industries do we see wage growth and we see increases in unemployment across all ages, occupations, industries and education levels.