JOLTS State Data Snapshot

Data for New Jersey, December 2021

New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure	Level	12 Month Average	Series High	High Date	Series Low	Low Date
Hires	139,000	162,500	293,000	June 2020	87,000	October 2012
Job openings	309,000	278,667	323,000	July 2021	61,000	August 2009
Layoffs and discharges	20,000	41,750	517,000	March 2020	20,000	December 2021
Quits	99,000	94,583	110,000	May 2007	28,000	August 2009
Total separations	130,000	146,583	611,000	March 2020	77,000	December 2011

Rates

Measure	Rate	National Rank	12 Month Average	Series High	High Date	Series Low	Low Date
Hires	3.4%	50	4.1%	8.2%	June 2020	2.2%	March 2013
Job openings	7.1%	24	6.6%	7.5%	July 2021	1.6%	October 2009
Layoffs and discharges	0.5%	49	1.1%	12.3%	March 2020	0.5%	December 2021
Quits	2.4%	46	2.4%	2.8%	October 2020	0.7%	August 2009
Total separations	3.2%	47	3.7%	14.6%	March 2020	2.0%	December 2011

Hires

State	Level	Rate	Prior Month	Prior Year	Rank
Alaska	18,000	5.8%	6.4%	5.6%	1
South Carolina	114,000	5.3%	5.8%	4.4%	2
Georgia	238,000	5.1%	5.2%	4.4%	5
Kentucky	98,000	5.1%	5.5%	4.7%	5
Montana	25,000	5.1%	5.6%	4.6%	5
Vermont	15,000	5.1%	4.7%	4.2%	5
Wyoming	14,000	5.1%	5.4%	4.7%	5
California	624,000	3.7%	4.2%	3.5%	46
Massachusetts	131,000	3.7%	3.4%	3.2%	46
New York	340,000	3.7%	3.6%	3.1%	46
Minnesota	103,000	3.6%	3.8%	3.3%	48
Washington	124,000	3.6%	4.0%	3.6%	48
New Jersey	139,000	3.4%	3.8%	3.8%	50
District of Columbia	21,000	2.8%	3.0%	2.2%	51
United States	6,263,000	4.2%	4.4%	3.8%

Job Openings

State	Level	Rate	Prior Month	Prior Year	Rank
Alaska	32,000	9.3%	8.8%	6.7%	1
Wyoming	27,000	8.9%	7.1%	5.8%	2
New Hampshire	63,000	8.6%	8.3%	5.0%	3
Vermont	28,000	8.6%	7.8%	5.0%	3
Hawaii	54,000	8.5%	8.4%	5.1%	5
Montana	44,000	8.3%	7.8%	5.6%	6
Georgia	403,000	8.0%	8.3%	5.8%	7
Pennsylvania	495,000	7.9%	6.8%	4.5%	8
New Jersey	309,000	7.1%	6.4%	5.4%	24
Connecticut	110,000	6.4%	6.6%	4.1%	44
Kansas	95,000	6.4%	6.4%	4.8%	44
Texas	886,000	6.4%	6.3%	4.3%	44
Arkansas	87,000	6.3%	6.2%	4.6%	46
Illinois	398,000	6.3%	6.3%	4.5%	46
Delaware	30,000	6.2%	6.0%	4.1%	48
New York	588,000	6.1%	6.6%	3.8%	49
Washington	219,000	5.9%	6.1%	4.3%	50
District of Columbia	39,000	4.9%	5.1%	3.7%	51
United States	10,925,000	6.8%	6.8%	4.5%

Total Separations

State	Level	Rate	Prior Month	Prior Year	Rank
Alaska	24,000	7.7%	5.5%	6.2%	1
Colorado	141,000	5.1%	5.1%	5.5%	3
Vermont	15,000	5.1%	5.4%	4.5%	3
Wyoming	14,000	5.1%	5.8%	4.4%	3
Georgia	234,000	5.0%	5.9%	4.7%	5
Montana	24,000	4.9%	6.4%	4.2%	6
Illinois	207,000	3.5%	4.2%	4.4%	44
Maryland	92,000	3.4%	3.8%	2.7%	45
Massachusetts	121,000	3.4%	3.5%	2.9%	45
District of Columbia	24,000	3.2%	3.2%	3.0%	47
New Jersey	130,000	3.2%	3.9%	3.8%	47
Connecticut	51,000	3.1%	4.6%	3.9%	49
New York	271,000	3.0%	3.1%	2.7%	50
Pennsylvania	154,000	2.7%	3.6%	4.1%	51
United States	5,900,000	4.0%	4.2%	3.9%

Layoffs and Discharges

State	Level	Rate	Prior Month	Prior Year	Rank
Alaska	5,000	1.6%	1.3%	2.3%	1
Colorado	44,000	1.6%	1.4%	2.1%	1
North Dakota	6,000	1.4%	1.2%	1.2%	3
Arkansas	15,000	1.2%	0.9%	1.2%	4
Georgia	50,000	1.1%	1.1%	1.1%	7
Nevada	15,000	1.1%	1.2%	2.3%	7
New Mexico	9,000	1.1%	1.1%	1.8%	7
South Carolina	24,000	1.1%	0.9%	0.9%	7
Wyoming	3,000	1.1%	2.2%	1.5%	7
Maine	4,000	0.6%	1.1%	1.5%	46
Massachusetts	20,000	0.6%	0.8%	1.2%	46
New Hampshire	4,000	0.6%	1.2%	1.6%	46
New York	57,000	0.6%	0.7%	0.8%	46
New Jersey	20,000	0.5%	1.1%	1.7%	49
Connecticut	7,000	0.4%	1.3%	1.8%	50
Pennsylvania	11,000	0.2%	0.9%	2.1%	51
United States	1,169,000	0.8%	0.9%	1.3%

Quits

State	Level	Rate	Prior Month	Prior Year	Rank
Alaska	17,000	5.5%	3.9%	3.6%	1
Georgia	175,000	3.8%	4.3%	3.1%	2
Vermont	11,000	3.7%	4.1%	2.4%	3
Mississippi	41,000	3.6%	3.9%	3.6%	4
Florida	315,000	3.5%	3.5%	2.6%	5
Indiana	108,000	3.5%	3.7%	2.8%	5
Louisiana	64,000	3.4%	3.7%	3.0%	8
Michigan	143,000	3.4%	3.2%	2.8%	8
South Carolina	73,000	3.4%	3.8%	2.6%	8
West Virginia	24,000	3.4%	3.6%	3.0%	8
Connecticut	39,000	2.4%	2.9%	1.8%	46
Hawaii	14,000	2.4%	2.8%	1.5%	46
New Jersey	99,000	2.4%	2.5%	1.8%	46
Washington	84,000	2.4%	2.4%	1.9%	46
Pennsylvania	133,000	2.3%	2.5%	1.8%	49
District of Columbia	16,000	2.1%	2.2%	1.9%	50
New York	195,000	2.1%	2.2%	1.6%	50
United States	4,338,000	2.9%	3.0%	2.4%

New Jersey Trends

Relative Activity Comparison