New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 143,000 139,167 283,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 226,000 214,917 310,000 August 2021 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 81,000 60,500 534,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 61,000 68,750 115,000 February 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 152,000 139,500 629,000 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 3.3% 38 3.2% 7.9% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 4.9% 16 4.7% 7.1% August 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 1.8% 1 1.4% 12.8% March 2020 0.6% September 2023
Quits 1.4% 50 1.6% 2.7% February 2022 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 3.5% 24 3.2% 15.0% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 1.0% 13 1.1% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% September 2022

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Montana 28,000 5.3% 5.1% 4.9% 1
Alaska 17,000 5.0% 5.3% 5.1% 2
West Virginia 34,000 4.7% 3.4% 4.5% 3
Michigan 208,000 4.6% 4.6% 3.4% 4
Idaho 39,000 4.4% 4.5% 5.0% 7
Indiana 145,000 4.4% 4.6% 3.9% 7
North Carolina 225,000 4.4% 3.2% 4.1% 7
South Carolina 105,000 4.4% 4.1% 4.9% 7
Wyoming 13,000 4.4% 4.7% 4.8% 7
New Jersey 143,000 3.3% 3.6% 3.5% 38
Connecticut 54,000 3.1% 3.2% 3.3% 45
Hawaii 20,000 3.1% 3.2% 3.0% 45
Missouri 94,000 3.1% 3.0% 3.4% 45
New York 305,000 3.1% 3.0% 2.3% 45
Washington 112,000 3.1% 3.1% 3.0% 45
Wisconsin 94,000 3.1% 3.3% 3.4% 45
Massachusetts 110,000 3.0% 3.3% 2.6% 49
District of Columbia 19,000 2.5% 2.2% 3.0% 50
Pennsylvania 130,000 2.1% 2.7% 2.8% 51
United States 5,573,000 3.5% 3.4% 3.5%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
West Virginia 46,000 6.0% 4.5% 5.9% 1
North Carolina 309,000 5.7% 4.9% 5.3% 2
Alaska 20,000 5.6% 5.6% 6.7% 4
Minnesota 182,000 5.6% 5.8% 4.6% 4
Oklahoma 106,000 5.6% 5.0% 6.0% 4
Louisiana 113,000 5.4% 4.5% 5.8% 6
Idaho 49,000 5.3% 4.7% 5.8% 7
Rhode Island 29,000 5.3% 4.3% 5.2% 7
New Jersey 226,000 4.9% 4.9% 4.4% 16
Iowa 69,000 4.1% 4.3% 4.0% 44
Nevada 68,000 4.1% 4.0% 4.5% 44
Wisconsin 130,000 4.1% 4.7% 5.0% 44
Texas 596,000 4.0% 3.7% 5.1% 46
California 707,000 3.8% 3.5% 3.2% 48
District of Columbia 30,000 3.8% 3.5% 4.6% 48
Hawaii 26,000 3.8% 3.7% 3.9% 48
Florida 386,000 3.7% 3.8% 4.9% 50
Washington 112,000 3.0% 3.6% 3.4% 51
United States 7,391,000 4.4% 4.3% 4.6%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 16,000 4.7% 4.7% 6.0% 1
Wyoming 13,000 4.4% 4.0% 4.8% 2
Montana 22,000 4.2% 5.1% 5.3% 3
Utah 73,000 4.1% 3.7% 4.0% 4
Vermont 13,000 4.1% 3.8% 3.8% 4
Florida 402,000 4.0% 3.6% 3.9% 6
Idaho 34,000 3.9% 4.1% 4.4% 8
Indiana 128,000 3.9% 4.3% 3.5% 8
West Virginia 28,000 3.9% 3.9% 4.5% 8
New Jersey 152,000 3.5% 3.4% 3.4% 24
District of Columbia 22,000 2.9% 2.6% 2.6% 45
Missouri 87,000 2.9% 3.1% 3.3% 45
New York 289,000 2.9% 2.4% 2.6% 45
Minnesota 85,000 2.8% 2.8% 3.0% 48
Washington 102,000 2.8% 2.8% 3.2% 48
Wisconsin 84,000 2.8% 3.0% 3.6% 48
Massachusetts 99,000 2.7% 3.0% 2.1% 50
Pennsylvania 157,000 2.5% 2.2% 3.1% 51
United States 5,288,000 3.3% 3.3% 3.4%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
New Jersey 81,000 1.8% 1.4% 1.3% 1
Vermont 5,000 1.6% 1.3% 1.3% 2
Florida 150,000 1.5% 1.1% 0.7% 3
Virginia 65,000 1.5% 0.8% 1.0% 3
Arkansas 19,000 1.4% 0.9% 1.2% 7
Connecticut 24,000 1.4% 1.6% 1.8% 7
New Hampshire 10,000 1.4% 1.3% 1.6% 7
Rhode Island 7,000 1.4% 1.2% 1.8% 7
West Virginia 10,000 1.4% 1.0% 1.1% 7
Colorado 23,000 0.8% 1.3% 1.4% 50
Minnesota 23,000 0.8% 0.6% 0.7% 50
Missouri 24,000 0.8% 0.9% 0.7% 50
United States 1,786,000 1.1% 1.0% 1.0%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 11,000 3.3% 3.0% 3.6% 1
Montana 14,000 2.7% 3.0% 3.4% 3
Utah 48,000 2.7% 2.3% 2.5% 3
Wyoming 8,000 2.7% 2.7% 3.1% 3
Idaho 22,000 2.5% 2.6% 2.7% 6
Indiana 82,000 2.5% 2.9% 2.4% 6
Ohio 143,000 2.5% 2.3% 2.5% 6
Florida 241,000 2.4% 2.3% 2.9% 8
West Virginia 17,000 2.4% 2.8% 3.1% 8
Georgia 87,000 1.7% 2.2% 2.2% 44
Maryland 49,000 1.7% 2.0% 2.1% 44
Washington 63,000 1.7% 1.6% 1.9% 44
Wisconsin 51,000 1.7% 2.0% 2.4% 44
District of Columbia 12,000 1.6% 1.8% 1.7% 47
North Carolina 82,000 1.6% 2.0% 2.1% 47
Massachusetts 55,000 1.5% 1.6% 1.1% 49
New Jersey 61,000 1.4% 1.8% 1.9% 50
Pennsylvania 90,000 1.4% 1.5% 1.8% 50
United States 3,194,000 2.0% 2.1% 2.2%


Relative Activity Comparison