There are hundreds of thousands of job openings in Georgia, but companies are struggling to fill them.

The Georgia Department of Labor’s Employ Georgia website shows there are more than 240,000 job listings, more than 12,500 were added Thursday.

Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said this could mean more than half a million jobs are up for grabs on the website since each listing can be for more than one position.

“We have more jobs listed on Employ Georgia than I have ever seen in 10 years,” Butler said. “As a matter of fact, over three times as many jobs listed today than we did in the February before the pandemic started.”

Butler said the openings apply to many different sectors.  Butler said unfilled jobs can do more than just harm the business, it can end up taking a toll on our wallets in the long run.