New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 153,000 139,417 283,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 213,000 211,833 310,000 August 2021 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 54,000 57,750 534,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 76,000 70,417 115,000 February 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 138,000 138,500 629,000 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 3.5% 29 3.2% 7.9% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 4.6% 24 4.6% 7.1% August 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 1.2% 16 1.3% 12.8% March 2020 0.6% September 2023
Quits 1.7% 48 1.6% 2.7% February 2022 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 3.1% 40 3.2% 15.0% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 1.1% 9 1.1% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% September 2022

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 18,000 5.3% 4.7% 5.1% 1
Montana 26,000 4.9% 5.0% 4.9% 2
Wyoming 14,000 4.7% 4.4% 4.4% 3
Indiana 151,000 4.6% 3.8% 3.5% 4
Colorado 135,000 4.5% 3.5% 3.7% 5
Michigan 205,000 4.5% 3.7% 3.5% 5
Idaho 39,000 4.4% 4.2% 4.3% 7
South Carolina 97,000 4.0% 4.3% 4.8% 8
New Jersey 153,000 3.5% 3.4% 4.2% 29
Connecticut 53,000 3.1% 2.9% 3.4% 44
Missouri 92,000 3.1% 3.0% 3.4% 44
North Carolina 153,000 3.0% 3.0% 3.4% 46
Washington 110,000 3.0% 3.0% 2.8% 46
California 509,000 2.8% 2.8% 3.3% 48
New York 276,000 2.8% 2.9% 2.7% 48
Pennsylvania 169,000 2.7% 2.6% 2.8% 50
District of Columbia 18,000 2.3% 2.2% 3.0% 51
United States 5,411,000 3.4% 3.4% 3.5%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Minnesota 187,000 5.8% 5.7% 5.3% 1
Alaska 20,000 5.6% 5.9% 6.9% 2
Arkansas 76,000 5.2% 5.5% 5.3% 3
Montana 29,000 5.2% 5.4% 5.9% 3
Georgia 266,000 5.1% 5.0% 4.9% 5
North Dakota 24,000 5.1% 4.9% 5.4% 5
Arizona 170,000 5.0% 5.2% 4.3% 7
New Jersey 213,000 4.6% 5.2% 5.5% 24
New Hampshire 29,000 3.9% 4.7% 5.4% 45
Massachusetts 148,000 3.8% 5.3% 5.6% 46
Texas 558,000 3.8% 4.0% 5.2% 46
Hawaii 25,000 3.7% 3.7% 4.1% 48
Washington 140,000 3.7% 3.6% 4.3% 48
California 659,000 3.5% 3.6% 3.8% 50
District of Columbia 27,000 3.4% 3.6% 4.5% 51
United States 7,192,000 4.3% 4.5% 4.9%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Montana 27,000 5.1% 5.7% 5.5% 1
Alaska 16,000 4.7% 6.2% 6.6% 2
Indiana 140,000 4.3% 4.1% 4.0% 3
South Dakota 20,000 4.2% 4.2% 4.0% 4
Idaho 36,000 4.1% 4.7% 4.4% 5
Iowa 63,000 4.0% 2.9% 3.5% 7
North Dakota 18,000 4.0% 4.2% 4.5% 7
Wyoming 12,000 4.0% 4.7% 5.1% 7
New Jersey 138,000 3.1% 3.3% 3.3% 40
North Carolina 153,000 3.0% 3.2% 3.2% 44
Virginia 127,000 3.0% 3.6% 3.8% 44
Massachusetts 108,000 2.9% 3.7% 2.7% 46
Minnesota 88,000 2.9% 3.1% 3.3% 46
Washington 100,000 2.7% 3.0% 3.0% 48
District of Columbia 20,000 2.6% 2.7% 2.9% 49
New York 238,000 2.4% 2.7% 2.9% 50
Pennsylvania 139,000 2.2% 2.7% 3.2% 51
United States 5,137,000 3.2% 3.3% 3.3%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Montana 10,000 1.9% 2.3% 2.1% 1
Alaska 5,000 1.5% 2.7% 2.1% 3
Connecticut 26,000 1.5% 1.1% 1.2% 3
Nevada 23,000 1.5% 2.0% 1.3% 3
Colorado 42,000 1.4% 1.4% 1.0% 6
Idaho 12,000 1.4% 1.6% 1.5% 6
Maine 9,000 1.4% 1.5% 1.4% 6
New Jersey 54,000 1.2% 1.5% 1.1% 16
District of Columbia 6,000 0.8% 0.9% 0.8% 45
Florida 84,000 0.8% 1.0% 1.0% 45
Illinois 52,000 0.8% 1.1% 1.1% 45
Michigan 36,000 0.8% 1.3% 1.3% 45
Oklahoma 15,000 0.8% 0.9% 1.1% 45
South Carolina 20,000 0.8% 1.1% 1.0% 45
Virginia 34,000 0.8% 1.2% 1.0% 45
New York 68,000 0.7% 1.0% 0.9% 49
Minnesota 19,000 0.6% 1.1% 1.1% 50
Pennsylvania 38,000 0.6% 0.9% 1.1% 50
United States 1,558,000 1.0% 1.1% 1.0%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Montana 16,000 3.0% 2.9% 3.2% 1
Indiana 94,000 2.9% 2.7% 2.3% 2
South Dakota 13,000 2.8% 2.8% 2.3% 3
Alaska 9,000 2.7% 3.0% 4.2% 4
Wyoming 8,000 2.7% 2.7% 3.1% 4
Idaho 23,000 2.6% 2.6% 2.7% 6
Iowa 41,000 2.6% 1.8% 2.2% 6
West Virginia 18,000 2.5% 2.5% 3.1% 8
District of Columbia 14,000 1.8% 1.7% 1.8% 46
Hawaii 12,000 1.8% 1.9% 2.0% 46
Massachusetts 66,000 1.8% 1.6% 1.6% 46
New Jersey 76,000 1.7% 1.6% 2.0% 48
New York 153,000 1.5% 1.6% 1.9% 50
Pennsylvania 94,000 1.5% 1.7% 1.9% 50
Washington 54,000 1.5% 1.6% 1.6% 50
United States 3,332,000 2.1% 2.0% 2.1%


Relative Activity Comparison