New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 133,000 159,000 288,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 245,000 277,917 299,000 January 2022 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 31,000 41,000 511,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 102,000 95,500 112,000 February 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 146,000 147,083 605,000 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 3.1% 50 3.8% 8.1% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 5.5% 42 6.3% 7.0% March 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 0.7% 49 1.0% 12.2% March 2020 0.6% January 2022
Quits 2.4% 36 2.3% 2.7% March 2022 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 3.4% 39 3.5% 14.4% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 0.8% 3 0.8% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% June 2022

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 32,000 10.1% 5.4% 10.0% 1
Wyoming 19,000 6.7% 4.9% 7.9% 2
Idaho 49,000 6.0% 4.7% 5.9% 3
Montana 30,000 5.9% 5.1% 6.5% 4
Delaware 27,000 5.8% 4.5% 6.2% 5
Georgia 275,000 5.7% 5.5% 5.5% 6
Kentucky 101,000 5.1% 5.3% 5.2% 7
Mississippi 59,000 5.1% 4.6% 4.7% 7
New Hampshire 24,000 3.5% 4.0% 3.9% 44
Washington 122,000 3.5% 3.9% 3.7% 44
Massachusetts 127,000 3.4% 3.7% 3.6% 46
Connecticut 55,000 3.3% 4.9% 3.8% 47
District of Columbia 25,000 3.3% 2.9% 2.9% 47
Pennsylvania 194,000 3.2% 2.9% 3.1% 49
New Jersey 133,000 3.1% 3.4% 4.0% 50
New York 293,000 3.1% 3.0% 3.4% 50
United States 6,277,000 4.1% 4.1% 4.3%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 43,000 11.9% 7.9% 12.0% 1
Wyoming 28,000 8.9% 6.6% 9.7% 2
Montana 46,000 8.3% 8.2% 8.5% 3
West Virginia 60,000 7.8% 8.1% 7.5% 4
Kentucky 161,000 7.6% 8.1% 8.1% 5
Georgia 388,000 7.4% 8.2% 8.4% 6
Idaho 65,000 7.3% 7.2% 8.3% 7
New Jersey 245,000 5.5% 5.9% 6.9% 42
Wisconsin 167,000 5.4% 6.9% 6.7% 45
Kansas 76,000 5.2% 6.5% 5.4% 46
Nebraska 56,000 5.2% 7.0% 6.4% 46
Indiana 169,000 5.0% 6.9% 6.6% 49
Missouri 154,000 5.0% 6.9% 6.5% 49
New York 501,000 5.0% 5.5% 5.7% 49
Michigan 210,000 4.6% 7.0% 8.0% 51
United States 10,053,000 6.2% 6.8% 6.7%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Wyoming 22,000 7.7% 5.6% 5.8% 1
Alaska 22,000 6.9% 6.7% 6.1% 2
Vermont 18,000 6.0% 5.3% 6.8% 3
Georgia 286,000 5.9% 5.6% 5.8% 4
Montana 29,000 5.7% 5.3% 5.5% 5
Mississippi 62,000 5.4% 5.0% 5.0% 6
Oklahoma 90,000 5.3% 4.5% 4.5% 7
South Carolina 118,000 5.3% 4.6% 4.2% 7
New Jersey 146,000 3.4% 3.4% 3.5% 39
Illinois 192,000 3.2% 3.3% 4.1% 45
Kansas 45,000 3.2% 3.7% 3.9% 45
Washington 113,000 3.2% 3.3% 2.9% 45
California 547,000 3.1% 2.9% 3.6% 47
Connecticut 51,000 3.1% 3.7% 3.0% 47
Michigan 131,000 3.0% 3.4% 4.5% 49
District of Columbia 22,000 2.9% 2.9% 2.1% 50
New York 237,000 2.5% 2.4% 2.9% 51
United States 5,976,000 3.9% 3.8% 4.0%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Wyoming 9,000 3.2% 1.4% 1.8% 1
Georgia 86,000 1.8% 1.4% 1.1% 2
Alaska 5,000 1.6% 1.6% 1.6% 3
Mississippi 16,000 1.4% 1.4% 1.1% 4
Montana 7,000 1.4% 1.2% 1.4% 4
Tennessee 41,000 1.3% 1.1% 1.0% 6
Vermont 4,000 1.3% 1.3% 1.4% 6
Connecticut 12,000 0.7% 1.1% 0.6% 49
Massachusetts 26,000 0.7% 0.8% 1.0% 49
New Jersey 31,000 0.7% 1.3% 0.9% 49
New York 67,000 0.7% 0.5% 0.7% 49
Washington 26,000 0.7% 0.8% 0.5% 49
United States 1,460,000 1.0% 0.9% 1.0%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 15,000 4.7% 4.5% 4.2% 1
Montana 20,000 4.0% 3.6% 3.8% 3
Oklahoma 67,000 4.0% 3.1% 3.2% 3
Vermont 12,000 4.0% 3.6% 4.7% 3
Georgia 188,000 3.9% 4.0% 4.3% 5
Wyoming 11,000 3.9% 3.5% 3.6% 5
Kentucky 72,000 3.7% 3.2% 4.1% 7
Mississippi 42,000 3.6% 3.4% 3.6% 8
South Carolina 81,000 3.6% 3.4% 3.0% 8
New Jersey 102,000 2.4% 2.0% 2.3% 36
Kansas 31,000 2.2% 2.7% 2.9% 44
South Dakota 10,000 2.2% 2.7% 2.5% 44
Washington 77,000 2.2% 2.1% 2.2% 44
California 377,000 2.1% 2.2% 2.4% 47
Connecticut 35,000 2.1% 2.4% 2.2% 47
Illinois 127,000 2.1% 2.2% 2.9% 47
District of Columbia 15,000 2.0% 1.8% 1.3% 49
Michigan 82,000 1.9% 2.4% 2.9% 50
New York 150,000 1.6% 1.7% 2.0% 51
United States 4,158,000 2.7% 2.7% 2.8%


Relative Activity Comparison