New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 141,000 152,500 283,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 211,000 221,417 310,000 August 2021 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 40,000 53,000 534,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 71,000 76,917 115,000 February 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 122,000 142,750 629,000 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 3.2% 36 3.5% 7.9% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 4.6% 39 4.8% 7.1% August 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 0.9% 42 1.2% 12.8% March 2020 0.6% September 2023
Quits 1.6% 47 1.8% 2.7% February 2022 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 2.8% 44 3.3% 15.0% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 1.1% 5 1.0% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% September 2022

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 17,000 5.0% 5.3% 5.2% 1
Florida 442,000 4.4% 3.5% 4.1% 3
Idaho 38,000 4.4% 4.5% 4.2% 3
Oklahoma 79,000 4.4% 4.3% 4.8% 3
Maine 28,000 4.3% 4.1% 4.3% 6
Montana 23,000 4.3% 5.0% 4.6% 6
Rhode Island 22,000 4.3% 4.1% 4.4% 6
New Jersey 141,000 3.2% 3.1% 4.0% 36
California 511,000 2.8% 2.8% 3.0% 47
Iowa 45,000 2.8% 3.4% 3.5% 47
Washington 104,000 2.8% 2.9% 2.9% 47
District of Columbia 21,000 2.7% 2.6% 2.8% 50
Hawaii 17,000 2.7% 3.6% 3.2% 50
New York 271,000 2.7% 3.0% 3.0% 50
United States 5,317,000 3.3% 3.4% 3.8%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Utah 126,000 6.7% 4.5% 6.8% 1
Alaska 24,000 6.6% 6.4% 7.3% 2
Georgia 337,000 6.3% 5.6% 6.2% 3
Oklahoma 117,000 6.2% 6.3% 6.2% 4
Kentucky 133,000 6.1% 6.2% 5.6% 5
Virginia 276,000 6.1% 6.1% 5.9% 5
Minnesota 193,000 6.0% 4.4% 6.1% 8
South Carolina 153,000 6.0% 5.8% 6.9% 8
West Virginia 46,000 6.0% 6.3% 7.2% 8
New Jersey 211,000 4.6% 4.6% 4.8% 39
Washington 169,000 4.4% 4.2% 4.8% 46
Connecticut 77,000 4.3% 4.4% 5.0% 48
Indiana 148,000 4.3% 4.1% 5.0% 48
New York 448,000 4.3% 3.9% 4.6% 48
Hawaii 28,000 4.2% 3.9% 5.0% 50
California 641,000 3.4% 3.4% 4.9% 51
United States 8,040,000 4.8% 4.6% 5.6%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 16,000 4.7% 5.9% 5.8% 1
Idaho 41,000 4.7% 4.7% 5.2% 1
Montana 24,000 4.5% 5.0% 5.2% 3
Wyoming 12,000 4.1% 4.4% 4.8% 4
Arkansas 53,000 3.9% 3.7% 3.9% 6
Florida 393,000 3.9% 3.6% 3.9% 6
West Virginia 28,000 3.9% 4.6% 4.5% 6
North Dakota 17,000 3.8% 4.5% 4.6% 8
Oklahoma 67,000 3.8% 3.8% 3.8% 8
Minnesota 85,000 2.8% 2.7% 3.5% 44
New Jersey 122,000 2.8% 3.7% 2.9% 44
Connecticut 47,000 2.7% 3.1% 2.7% 46
Pennsylvania 168,000 2.7% 3.5% 3.0% 46
New York 252,000 2.6% 2.4% 2.5% 48
California 449,000 2.5% 2.7% 2.9% 50
Massachusetts 93,000 2.5% 2.9% 2.1% 50
North Carolina 127,000 2.5% 3.3% 4.4% 50
United States 4,997,000 3.1% 3.4% 3.6%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Arkansas 22,000 1.6% 1.1% 1.0% 1
Alaska 5,000 1.5% 1.5% 1.5% 2
Idaho 12,000 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% 5
Rhode Island 7,000 1.4% 1.6% 1.2% 5
Utah 25,000 1.4% 1.1% 1.1% 5
Washington 52,000 1.4% 1.0% 1.4% 5
Wyoming 4,000 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% 5
New Jersey 40,000 0.9% 1.8% 1.1% 42
California 139,000 0.8% 1.0% 1.0% 48
Colorado 25,000 0.8% 1.2% 0.7% 48
Connecticut 14,000 0.8% 1.2% 1.1% 48
Massachusetts 28,000 0.7% 1.1% 0.6% 50
Minnesota 21,000 0.7% 0.8% 1.2% 50
United States 1,608,000 1.0% 1.1% 1.1%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 10,000 3.0% 3.2% 3.6% 1
Idaho 26,000 3.0% 2.8% 3.5% 1
Florida 292,000 2.9% 2.6% 2.7% 3
Montana 15,000 2.8% 2.8% 3.3% 4
Oklahoma 42,000 2.4% 2.4% 2.6% 6
West Virginia 17,000 2.4% 3.1% 3.1% 6
Wyoming 7,000 2.4% 2.4% 3.4% 6
Tennessee 75,000 2.3% 2.5% 2.8% 8
California 293,000 1.6% 1.6% 1.6% 47
New Jersey 71,000 1.6% 1.6% 1.5% 47
Pennsylvania 100,000 1.6% 2.1% 1.9% 47
Massachusetts 56,000 1.5% 1.5% 1.2% 50
New York 153,000 1.5% 1.3% 1.4% 50
North Carolina 76,000 1.5% 2.2% 2.7% 50
United States 3,084,000 1.9% 2.0% 2.3%


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