New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 130,000 155,250 288,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 259,000 271,500 299,000 January 2022 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 35,000 40,667 511,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 81,000 95,500 112,000 February 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 120,000 146,250 605,000 March 2020 77,000 December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio NA NA NA NA NA NA

Rates

Measure Rate National Rank 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 3.1% 47 3.7% 8.1% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 5.7% 45 6.1% 7.0% March 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 0.8% 41 1.0% 12.2% March 2020 0.6% January 2022
Quits 1.9% 49 2.3% 2.7% March 2022 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 2.8% 48 3.5% 14.4% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 0.6% 17 0.7% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% October 2022

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 20,000 6.2% 8.1% 6.0% 1
Wyoming 17,000 6.0% 6.3% 4.6% 2
Alabama 116,000 5.5% 5.0% 4.9% 3
Montana 28,000 5.5% 5.7% 5.2% 3
Louisiana 104,000 5.4% 4.8% 5.6% 5
Delaware 24,000 5.2% 5.4% 4.9% 6
Georgia 241,000 5.0% 5.3% 5.5% 7
Nevada 73,000 5.0% 5.2% 5.6% 7
Massachusetts 127,000 3.4% 3.6% 3.6% 44
Maine 21,000 3.3% 4.5% 4.3% 45
Vermont 10,000 3.3% 4.3% 4.7% 45
New Jersey 130,000 3.1% 3.5% 3.8% 47
Pennsylvania 180,000 3.0% 3.0% 4.5% 48
Rhode Island 15,000 3.0% 4.2% 5.0% 48
Connecticut 45,000 2.7% 3.3% 3.4% 50
New York 260,000 2.7% 2.9% 3.2% 50
United States 6,012,000 3.9% 4.0% 4.4%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 29,000 8.3% 13.0% 9.5% 1
Louisiana 162,000 7.7% 6.9% 7.3% 2
Georgia 400,000 7.6% 7.7% 8.4% 3
New Mexico 70,000 7.6% 7.1% 7.8% 3
Montana 41,000 7.5% 7.7% 8.3% 5
Delaware 37,000 7.4% 7.0% 6.6% 7
Virginia 330,000 7.4% 7.9% 6.6% 7
West Virginia 57,000 7.4% 7.1% 7.8% 7
New Jersey 259,000 5.7% 5.5% 6.7% 45
North Dakota 26,000 5.7% 6.7% 7.3% 45
Pennsylvania 361,000 5.7% 5.6% 6.3% 45
District of Columbia 46,000 5.6% 5.8% 5.1% 48
Florida 564,000 5.6% 6.2% 7.6% 48
Illinois 359,000 5.6% 6.7% 6.8% 48
Connecticut 97,000 5.5% 6.2% 5.6% 50
New York 539,000 5.4% 5.1% 5.7% 51
United States 10,334,000 6.3% 6.5% 7.0%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 21,000 6.5% 4.7% 4.4% 1
Tennessee 181,000 5.5% 4.9% 4.5% 2
Wyoming 15,000 5.3% 3.5% 5.0% 3
Mississippi 60,000 5.2% 4.9% 5.0% 4
Montana 26,000 5.1% 4.3% 5.4% 5
Georgia 241,000 5.0% 4.9% 4.6% 6
Alabama 100,000 4.8% 4.2% 4.7% 7
Arizona 149,000 4.8% 4.8% 4.1% 7
California 547,000 3.1% 3.1% 3.4% 45
District of Columbia 23,000 3.0% 3.1% 3.0% 46
Massachusetts 104,000 2.8% 3.0% 3.3% 48
New Jersey 120,000 2.8% 2.9% 3.4% 48
Pennsylvania 168,000 2.8% 2.8% 3.8% 48
Connecticut 43,000 2.6% 2.9% 3.2% 50
New York 241,000 2.5% 2.8% 2.8% 51
United States 5,683,000 3.7% 3.7% 4.0%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Tennessee 58,000 1.8% 1.0% 1.2% 1
Alaska 5,000 1.6% 0.9% 0.9% 2
New Hampshire 10,000 1.5% 1.2% 1.0% 3
Nevada 20,000 1.4% 0.9% 1.1% 4
Wyoming 4,000 1.4% 1.0% 1.1% 4
Colorado 34,000 1.2% 0.9% 1.2% 8
Georgia 60,000 1.2% 0.9% 1.2% 8
Idaho 10,000 1.2% 0.7% 1.0% 8
Indiana 37,000 1.2% 0.9% 0.8% 8
Mississippi 14,000 1.2% 1.0% 1.2% 8
Montana 6,000 1.2% 1.0% 1.2% 8
New Jersey 35,000 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 41
Massachusetts 27,000 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 48
Minnesota 22,000 0.7% 0.8% 0.7% 48
New York 66,000 0.7% 0.9% 0.8% 48
Pennsylvania 42,000 0.7% 0.6% 1.0% 48
Florida 62,000 0.6% 0.8% 1.0% 51
United States 1,387,000 0.9% 0.9% 0.9%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 15,000 4.7% 3.7% 3.2% 1
Wyoming 11,000 3.9% 2.4% 3.6% 2
Mississippi 43,000 3.7% 3.6% 3.6% 3
Alabama 76,000 3.6% 3.1% 3.2% 5
Georgia 173,000 3.6% 3.8% 3.1% 5
Montana 18,000 3.6% 3.4% 3.8% 5
Tennessee 117,000 3.6% 3.6% 3.0% 5
Arizona 109,000 3.5% 3.5% 3.1% 8
Delaware 16,000 3.5% 3.2% 3.1% 8
California 376,000 2.1% 2.1% 2.4% 45
District of Columbia 15,000 2.0% 2.2% 2.0% 47
Massachusetts 74,000 2.0% 2.2% 2.3% 47
Pennsylvania 118,000 2.0% 2.1% 2.5% 47
New Jersey 81,000 1.9% 2.0% 2.3% 49
Connecticut 28,000 1.7% 2.2% 2.0% 50
New York 162,000 1.7% 1.7% 1.9% 50
United States 4,026,000 2.6% 2.7% 2.8%


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