New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 139,000 140,917 283,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 232,000 214,417 310,000 August 2021 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 56,000 56,500 534,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 62,000 70,417 115,000 February 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 130,000 137,917 629,000 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 3.2% 37 3.2% 7.9% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 5.0% 19 4.7% 7.1% August 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 1.3% 20 1.3% 12.8% March 2020 0.6% September 2023
Quits 1.4% 51 1.6% 2.7% February 2022 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 3.0% 40 3.2% 15.0% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 1.0% 10 1.1% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% September 2022

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Florida 516,000 5.1% 3.8% 4.4% 1
Montana 26,000 4.9% 4.0% 4.9% 2
Alaska 16,000 4.7% 4.7% 6.0% 3
South Carolina 105,000 4.4% 4.5% 4.6% 4
Wyoming 13,000 4.4% 3.7% 4.4% 4
Idaho 37,000 4.2% 3.8% 4.3% 6
New Mexico 38,000 4.2% 3.3% 3.4% 6
Kentucky 84,000 4.1% 3.3% 4.2% 8
New Jersey 139,000 3.2% 2.8% 3.5% 37
California 528,000 2.9% 3.2% 2.9% 47
Connecticut 50,000 2.9% 3.5% 3.6% 47
Hawaii 19,000 2.9% 2.9% 3.3% 47
Maryland 82,000 2.9% 2.9% 3.9% 47
Pennsylvania 161,000 2.6% 2.6% 3.0% 50
District of Columbia 17,000 2.2% 2.5% 3.2% 51
United States 5,396,000 3.4% 3.4% 3.6%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
New Mexico 58,000 6.1% 5.6% 6.4% 1
Arkansas 86,000 5.9% 5.4% 5.6% 2
Alaska 21,000 5.8% 5.8% 7.5% 3
Minnesota 184,000 5.7% 5.7% 5.4% 4
Georgia 291,000 5.5% 5.4% 5.2% 5
Montana 30,000 5.4% 5.0% 6.6% 6
Wyoming 17,000 5.4% 5.1% 5.8% 6
Oklahoma 100,000 5.3% 4.6% 6.4% 8
New Jersey 232,000 5.0% 4.1% 4.4% 19
Maryland 126,000 4.2% 3.9% 6.8% 44
New York 437,000 4.2% 4.5% 4.9% 44
Pennsylvania 267,000 4.1% 4.4% 5.4% 46
Texas 603,000 4.1% 4.1% 5.4% 46
Hawaii 26,000 3.9% 4.0% 4.7% 48
District of Columbia 30,000 3.8% 4.0% 4.6% 49
California 690,000 3.7% 3.7% 4.5% 50
Washington 140,000 3.7% 3.6% 4.7% 50
United States 7,568,000 4.5% 4.7% 5.1%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 21,000 6.2% 5.3% 6.3% 1
Montana 30,000 5.7% 5.7% 5.5% 2
Idaho 43,000 4.9% 5.8% 4.7% 3
Wyoming 14,000 4.7% 4.7% 5.5% 4
Nevada 73,000 4.6% 4.3% 4.8% 5
Louisiana 90,000 4.5% 3.9% 4.3% 6
West Virginia 32,000 4.5% 4.5% 4.0% 6
Utah 73,000 4.1% 4.0% 4.3% 8
New Jersey 130,000 3.0% 3.2% 2.7% 40
Kansas 42,000 2.9% 3.9% 3.4% 44
Missouri 87,000 2.9% 3.3% 3.5% 44
Ohio 164,000 2.9% 3.5% 3.5% 44
Wisconsin 88,000 2.9% 3.3% 3.4% 44
Iowa 44,000 2.8% 3.6% 3.6% 47
California 488,000 2.7% 2.8% 2.8% 49
District of Columbia 21,000 2.7% 2.6% 2.7% 49
Pennsylvania 167,000 2.7% 2.6% 3.1% 49
New York 261,000 2.6% 2.4% 2.7% 51
United States 5,261,000 3.3% 3.3% 3.5%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 9,000 2.7% 1.5% 1.5% 1
Montana 12,000 2.3% 1.7% 1.5% 2
Massachusetts 76,000 2.0% 0.9% 1.0% 3
Nevada 30,000 1.9% 1.3% 1.6% 4
Idaho 15,000 1.7% 1.6% 1.3% 5
Wyoming 5,000 1.7% 1.4% 1.7% 5
Utah 26,000 1.5% 1.2% 1.3% 7
West Virginia 11,000 1.5% 1.1% 1.2% 7
New Jersey 56,000 1.3% 1.5% 1.1% 20
California 167,000 0.9% 0.9% 0.8% 44
District of Columbia 7,000 0.9% 0.9% 0.6% 44
Florida 93,000 0.9% 0.6% 0.9% 44
Iowa 15,000 0.9% 1.2% 1.1% 44
New York 88,000 0.9% 0.8% 0.9% 44
Ohio 51,000 0.9% 1.0% 1.1% 44
Oklahoma 16,000 0.9% 0.9% 1.0% 44
Wisconsin 26,000 0.9% 1.1% 1.0% 44
Kansas 11,000 0.8% 1.2% 1.0% 50
Missouri 24,000 0.8% 1.0% 0.8% 50
Pennsylvania 52,000 0.8% 0.7% 0.9% 50
United States 1,790,000 1.1% 1.1% 1.1%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 10,000 3.0% 3.2% 4.2% 1
Montana 15,000 2.9% 3.2% 3.6% 2
Louisiana 56,000 2.8% 2.5% 2.7% 3
South Dakota 13,000 2.8% 2.1% 2.6% 3
Florida 275,000 2.7% 2.6% 3.0% 6
North Dakota 12,000 2.7% 2.5% 2.5% 6
Wyoming 8,000 2.7% 3.0% 3.4% 6
California 306,000 1.7% 1.7% 1.8% 45
Connecticut 29,000 1.7% 2.1% 1.9% 45
Pennsylvania 106,000 1.7% 1.8% 1.9% 45
Washington 61,000 1.7% 1.6% 2.1% 45
District of Columbia 12,000 1.6% 1.6% 1.8% 48
New York 164,000 1.6% 1.5% 1.7% 48
Massachusetts 57,000 1.5% 1.5% 1.5% 50
New Jersey 62,000 1.4% 1.5% 1.4% 51
United States 3,195,000 2.0% 2.0% 2.2%


Relative Activity Comparison