New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 116,000 141,667 283,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 195,000 212,500 310,000 August 2021 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 68,000 55,750 534,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 65,000 70,417 115,000 February 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 138,000 136,917 629,000 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 2.7% 48 3.2% 7.9% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 4.3% 40 4.6% 7.1% August 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 1.6% 3 1.3% 12.8% March 2020 0.6% September 2023
Quits 1.5% 50 1.6% 2.7% February 2022 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 3.2% 41 3.1% 15.0% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 1.2% 5 1.1% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% September 2022

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Vermont 15,000 4.8% 3.5% 3.5% 1
Alaska 16,000 4.7% 5.9% 5.7% 2
South Carolina 104,000 4.4% 4.2% 5.1% 3
Montana 22,000 4.2% 5.5% 5.1% 5
Tennessee 143,000 4.2% 3.4% 4.3% 5
Texas 593,000 4.2% 3.3% 3.7% 5
Rhode Island 21,000 4.1% 3.5% 3.7% 7
Hawaii 19,000 2.9% 3.6% 2.8% 44
Illinois 178,000 2.9% 3.2% 3.5% 44
Maryland 82,000 2.9% 3.1% 4.3% 44
Nebraska 31,000 2.9% 3.4% 3.6% 44
New York 293,000 2.9% 2.6% 2.8% 44
Oregon 59,000 2.9% 4.2% 4.3% 44
New Jersey 116,000 2.7% 3.3% 3.4% 48
Pennsylvania 163,000 2.6% 2.8% 3.7% 49
Washington 94,000 2.6% 3.3% 3.4% 49
District of Columbia 19,000 2.5% 2.6% 3.0% 51
United States 5,393,000 3.4% 3.4% 3.5%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Arizona 233,000 6.7% 5.3% 4.6% 1
Vermont 21,000 6.3% 4.9% 5.2% 2
West Virginia 47,000 6.2% 5.5% 6.9% 3
Kentucky 133,000 6.1% 6.2% 5.6% 4
Alaska 21,000 5.8% 6.1% 7.0% 5
Massachusetts 227,000 5.7% 5.1% 5.6% 6
Virginia 259,000 5.7% 5.4% 6.0% 6
Minnesota 182,000 5.6% 5.2% 5.7% 8
New Jersey 195,000 4.3% 4.1% 4.7% 40
District of Columbia 33,000 4.1% 4.1% 5.2% 44
South Dakota 20,000 4.1% 4.7% 5.6% 44
Hawaii 27,000 4.0% 3.9% 4.1% 46
Texas 591,000 4.0% 4.0% 5.3% 46
California 713,000 3.8% 3.7% 4.1% 48
Maryland 112,000 3.8% 4.4% 7.6% 48
Delaware 19,000 3.7% 4.8% 6.0% 50
Washington 137,000 3.6% 4.0% 4.5% 51
United States 7,740,000 4.6% 4.5% 5.1%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Idaho 52,000 5.9% 4.0% 4.7% 1
Montana 30,000 5.7% 4.9% 5.0% 2
Alaska 18,000 5.3% 5.6% 5.4% 3
Vermont 15,000 4.8% 3.2% 3.8% 4
Tennessee 157,000 4.7% 3.6% 3.5% 5
Wyoming 14,000 4.7% 4.7% 4.8% 5
West Virginia 32,000 4.5% 3.8% 4.4% 7
Colorado 132,000 4.4% 2.9% 4.4% 8
New Jersey 138,000 3.2% 3.2% 3.4% 41
Nebraska 33,000 3.1% 3.1% 4.2% 44
Maryland 85,000 3.0% 3.5% 3.5% 45
California 498,000 2.8% 2.8% 2.8% 46
Washington 102,000 2.8% 3.0% 3.1% 46
Massachusetts 101,000 2.7% 2.4% 2.6% 48
Pennsylvania 166,000 2.7% 2.3% 2.9% 48
District of Columbia 20,000 2.6% 2.8% 2.9% 50
New York 244,000 2.4% 2.5% 2.8% 51
United States 5,252,000 3.3% 3.2% 3.5%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Montana 9,000 1.7% 1.7% 1.5% 1
Idaho 14,000 1.6% 1.3% 1.4% 3
New Jersey 68,000 1.6% 1.3% 1.5% 3
North Dakota 7,000 1.6% 1.3% 1.1% 3
Alaska 5,000 1.5% 1.8% 1.5% 5
Nevada 23,000 1.5% 1.1% 1.4% 5
Wyoming 4,000 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% 7
District of Columbia 7,000 0.9% 0.8% 0.8% 46
Massachusetts 32,000 0.9% 0.9% 1.0% 46
North Carolina 46,000 0.9% 1.1% 1.4% 46
Texas 129,000 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 46
New York 76,000 0.8% 0.9% 1.0% 49
Pennsylvania 43,000 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 50
Florida 65,000 0.6% 1.2% 1.1% 51
United States 1,635,000 1.0% 1.1% 1.1%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Tennessee 111,000 3.3% 2.1% 2.5% 1
Alaska 11,000 3.2% 3.2% 3.6% 3
Idaho 28,000 3.2% 2.5% 3.0% 3
Montana 17,000 3.2% 2.8% 3.2% 3
West Virginia 22,000 3.1% 2.4% 3.1% 5
Wyoming 9,000 3.0% 3.0% 3.1% 6
Colorado 86,000 2.9% 1.6% 3.0% 7
Louisiana 51,000 2.6% 2.5% 2.8% 8
Vermont 8,000 2.6% 1.6% 2.2% 8
New Hampshire 12,000 1.7% 1.7% 2.3% 45
California 291,000 1.6% 1.8% 1.7% 47
District of Columbia 12,000 1.6% 1.8% 1.8% 47
Massachusetts 59,000 1.6% 1.2% 1.5% 47
New York 159,000 1.6% 1.5% 1.6% 47
New Jersey 65,000 1.5% 1.6% 1.6% 50
Washington 56,000 1.5% 1.9% 2.0% 50
United States 3,266,000 2.1% 1.9% 2.1%


Relative Activity Comparison