New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 169,000 158,250 288,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 281,000 283,500 299,000 January 2022 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 39,000 39,667 511,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 108,000 97,167 112,000 February 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 155,000 147,750 605,000 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 4.0% 36 3.9% 8.1% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 6.3% 45 6.5% 7.0% March 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 0.9% 22 1.0% 12.2% March 2020 0.6% January 2022
Quits 2.6% 42 2.4% 2.7% March 2022 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 3.7% 39 3.6% 14.4% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 0.7% 6 0.9% 7.1% October 2009 0.7% April 2022

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 22,000 6.9% 6.6% 5.5% 1
Oklahoma 101,000 6.0% 5.7% 4.3% 2
Montana 30,000 5.9% 5.7% 5.3% 3
Wyoming 17,000 5.9% 6.0% 5.0% 3
Hawaii 35,000 5.8% 5.2% 5.0% 5
Georgia 271,000 5.7% 5.8% 5.5% 6
Kentucky 110,000 5.7% 6.3% 5.5% 6
Nevada 81,000 5.6% 4.8% 4.9% 8
New Jersey 169,000 4.0% 4.3% 4.0% 36
Kansas 52,000 3.7% 3.8% 3.8% 46
Connecticut 59,000 3.6% 3.5% 4.1% 47
Minnesota 104,000 3.6% 3.7% 3.5% 47
Wisconsin 104,000 3.5% 3.9% 3.8% 49
New York 303,000 3.2% 3.3% 3.7% 50
Pennsylvania 170,000 2.9% 3.4% 3.6% 51
United States 6,586,000 4.4% 4.4% 4.2%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Kentucky 180,000 8.5% 9.9% 7.9% 1
Alaska 29,000 8.4% 9.7% 7.5% 2
Georgia 419,000 8.1% 8.1% 7.0% 3
Illinois 523,000 8.0% 7.5% 5.5% 4
Vermont 26,000 8.0% 8.0% 7.5% 4
Wisconsin 253,000 7.9% 7.0% 6.2% 6
Idaho 56,000 6.4% 7.0% 5.8% 44
New Jersey 281,000 6.3% 6.3% 6.4% 45
Pennsylvania 384,000 6.1% 8.0% 6.6% 46
Connecticut 105,000 6.0% 6.5% 5.5% 48
Utah 106,000 6.0% 6.9% 5.3% 48
Washington 221,000 6.0% 6.6% 5.2% 48
District of Columbia 48,000 5.9% 5.8% 5.6% 50
New York 573,000 5.7% 5.9% 5.5% 51
United States 11,400,000 7.0% 7.3% 6.0%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 19,000 6.0% 6.9% 5.8% 1
Kentucky 111,000 5.7% 5.2% 5.3% 2
Georgia 260,000 5.5% 5.5% 5.6% 3
South Carolina 118,000 5.4% 5.2% 5.0% 4
Tennessee 160,000 5.0% 4.8% 5.0% 5
Alabama 102,000 4.9% 4.9% 4.6% 8
Mississippi 57,000 4.9% 4.9% 5.9% 8
Montana 25,000 4.9% 5.1% 5.3% 8
Oklahoma 82,000 4.9% 4.4% 5.0% 8
Wyoming 14,000 4.9% 5.6% 5.0% 8
New Jersey 155,000 3.7% 4.4% 3.4% 39
Connecticut 57,000 3.5% 3.2% 3.1% 44
Washington 122,000 3.5% 3.8% 3.6% 44
California 600,000 3.4% 3.8% 3.4% 46
District of Columbia 26,000 3.4% 3.1% 2.7% 46
Hawaii 20,000 3.3% 3.7% 3.5% 48
Massachusetts 118,000 3.2% 2.7% 3.4% 49
New York 298,000 3.2% 2.9% 2.7% 49
Pennsylvania 162,000 2.7% 3.1% 3.5% 51
United States 6,033,000 4.0% 4.1% 4.0%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Kentucky 25,000 1.3% 1.2% 1.1% 1
North Carolina 60,000 1.3% 1.4% 1.0% 1
Alabama 24,000 1.2% 1.2% 0.9% 4
North Dakota 5,000 1.2% 1.2% 1.2% 4
South Carolina 26,000 1.2% 1.0% 0.9% 4
Tennessee 37,000 1.2% 1.3% 1.2% 4
Arkansas 14,000 1.1% 1.1% 0.9% 8
Georgia 54,000 1.1% 1.6% 1.3% 8
West Virginia 8,000 1.1% 1.0% 1.0% 8
New Jersey 39,000 0.9% 1.4% 1.1% 22
Arizona 18,000 0.6% 0.7% 0.8% 49
California 111,000 0.6% 0.9% 0.8% 49
Texas 86,000 0.6% 0.9% 0.9% 49
Washington 21,000 0.6% 0.6% 1.1% 49
United States 1,246,000 0.8% 0.9% 1.0%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 15,000 4.7% 5.4% 3.9% 1
Kentucky 78,000 4.0% 3.6% 3.9% 2
Georgia 185,000 3.9% 3.5% 4.0% 3
South Carolina 86,000 3.9% 3.9% 3.8% 3
Florida 333,000 3.6% 4.1% 2.8% 6
Idaho 29,000 3.6% 3.6% 3.7% 6
Indiana 114,000 3.6% 3.5% 3.2% 6
New Jersey 108,000 2.6% 2.7% 2.1% 42
Hawaii 15,000 2.5% 2.8% 2.4% 44
Minnesota 72,000 2.5% 2.5% 2.2% 44
Ohio 139,000 2.5% 2.7% 2.7% 44
Connecticut 39,000 2.4% 2.1% 1.9% 46
Vermont 7,000 2.3% 3.0% 2.0% 47
District of Columbia 17,000 2.2% 2.1% 1.8% 48
Massachusetts 81,000 2.2% 2.0% 2.0% 48
New York 191,000 2.0% 1.9% 1.6% 50
Pennsylvania 111,000 1.9% 2.2% 2.3% 51
United States 4,424,000 2.9% 2.9% 2.8%


Relative Activity Comparison