New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 169,000 153,167 288,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 221,000 252,083 299,000 January 2022 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 43,000 48,833 511,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 92,000 85,250 112,000 February 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 143,000 141,000 605,000 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 3.9% 35 3.6% 8.1% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 4.9% 50 5.6% 7.0% March 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 1.0% 31 1.2% 12.2% March 2020 0.6% January 2022
Quits 2.1% 42 2.0% 2.7% March 2022 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 3.3% 43 3.3% 14.4% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 0.8% 4 0.7% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% February 2023

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 18,000 5.5% 5.9% 6.9% 1
New Hampshire 38,000 5.4% 4.4% 4.8% 2
Wyoming 15,000 5.2% 5.5% 6.0% 3
Delaware 24,000 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 4
Montana 26,000 5.0% 5.4% 5.9% 4
Arizona 152,000 4.8% 4.5% 4.6% 7
Rhode Island 24,000 4.8% 4.6% 4.4% 7
Tennessee 158,000 4.8% 4.5% 4.8% 7
Vermont 15,000 4.8% 4.2% 4.7% 7
New Jersey 169,000 3.9% 4.7% 4.1% 35
Oregon 69,000 3.5% 4.2% 4.6% 44
Connecticut 57,000 3.4% 3.4% 3.8% 45
Wisconsin 101,000 3.4% 3.3% 3.6% 45
Pennsylvania 199,000 3.3% 3.0% 3.0% 47
Hawaii 20,000 3.2% 3.8% 5.6% 48
District of Columbia 23,000 3.0% 3.6% 3.5% 49
New York 288,000 3.0% 3.1% 3.3% 49
California 531,000 2.9% 3.3% 3.8% 51
United States 6,115,000 3.9% 3.9% 4.3%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 29,000 8.2% 7.4% 8.6% 1
Colorado 243,000 7.8% 7.0% 7.4% 2
New Mexico 71,000 7.6% 6.4% 7.4% 3
Georgia 392,000 7.4% 7.3% 8.4% 4
Wyoming 23,000 7.4% 6.8% 7.8% 4
Delaware 38,000 7.3% 6.9% 7.1% 6
Montana 41,000 7.3% 6.7% 8.2% 6
Louisiana 152,000 7.2% 7.1% 7.6% 8
Maryland 213,000 7.2% 5.8% 7.7% 8
Hawaii 37,000 5.5% 5.0% 8.2% 45
Indiana 189,000 5.5% 5.1% 7.3% 45
Washington 210,000 5.5% 4.8% 6.2% 45
California 1,005,000 5.3% 4.7% 6.7% 47
Connecticut 94,000 5.3% 5.8% 6.3% 47
District of Columbia 41,000 5.0% 5.7% 6.9% 49
New Jersey 221,000 4.9% 5.3% 6.4% 50
New York 446,000 4.4% 4.2% 5.8% 51
United States 10,103,000 6.1% 5.9% 7.2%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 26,000 8.0% 5.5% 6.3% 1
Idaho 47,000 5.5% 4.5% 4.8% 2
Wyoming 16,000 5.5% 5.2% 4.9% 2
Montana 28,000 5.4% 5.6% 4.9% 4
South Dakota 24,000 5.2% 3.7% 3.8% 5
Arizona 153,000 4.8% 4.4% 4.1% 6
North Dakota 21,000 4.8% 3.9% 4.5% 6
Kentucky 92,000 4.6% 4.6% 5.5% 8
New Jersey 143,000 3.3% 3.5% 3.6% 43
Connecticut 53,000 3.1% 3.3% 3.6% 45
Pennsylvania 188,000 3.1% 3.3% 3.0% 45
Massachusetts 113,000 3.0% 3.5% 3.3% 47
Hawaii 18,000 2.9% 3.3% 3.3% 48
California 512,000 2.8% 3.5% 3.4% 49
District of Columbia 20,000 2.6% 2.7% 3.3% 50
New York 237,000 2.5% 2.6% 3.3% 51
United States 5,708,000 3.7% 3.9% 4.1%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 14,000 4.3% 1.8% 1.3% 1
South Dakota 9,000 1.9% 1.1% 0.7% 2
Idaho 14,000 1.7% 1.4% 1.0% 4
Kansas 24,000 1.7% 1.2% 0.7% 4
Wyoming 5,000 1.7% 1.7% 1.1% 4
North Dakota 7,000 1.6% 1.4% 0.9% 6
Illinois 94,000 1.5% 1.3% 0.8% 7
Montana 8,000 1.5% 1.9% 1.0% 7
New Jersey 43,000 1.0% 1.3% 0.9% 31
California 138,000 0.8% 1.4% 0.7% 46
Georgia 41,000 0.8% 1.1% 1.2% 46
Hawaii 5,000 0.8% 0.9% 0.7% 46
New York 81,000 0.8% 0.8% 1.1% 46
Pennsylvania 51,000 0.8% 1.2% 0.8% 46
Texas 106,000 0.8% 0.9% 0.6% 46
Alabama 16,000 0.7% 0.9% 1.2% 50
District of Columbia 5,000 0.6% 0.6% 0.8% 51
United States 1,581,000 1.0% 1.2% 0.9%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Idaho 30,000 3.5% 2.7% 3.6% 1
Wyoming 10,000 3.5% 3.1% 3.5% 1
Alaska 11,000 3.4% 3.1% 4.7% 4
Arizona 106,000 3.4% 3.0% 3.3% 4
Kentucky 69,000 3.4% 3.3% 3.9% 4
Montana 17,000 3.3% 3.3% 3.7% 6
Mississippi 38,000 3.2% 3.0% 3.4% 7
New Jersey 92,000 2.1% 2.1% 2.5% 42
Connecticut 34,000 2.0% 2.0% 2.5% 45
Michigan 87,000 2.0% 2.1% 2.9% 45
California 348,000 1.9% 2.0% 2.6% 47
District of Columbia 14,000 1.8% 1.8% 2.1% 48
Massachusetts 68,000 1.8% 1.7% 2.3% 48
Hawaii 11,000 1.7% 2.2% 2.5% 50
New York 140,000 1.4% 1.6% 1.9% 51
United States 3,793,000 2.4% 2.5% 3.0%


Relative Activity Comparison