New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 129,000 153,833 288,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 244,000 262,500 299,000 January 2022 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 58,000 42,667 511,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 81,000 93,083 112,000 February 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 148,000 145,250 605,000 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 3.0% 50 3.7% 8.1% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 5.4% 50 5.9% 7.0% March 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 1.4% 5 1.0% 12.2% March 2020 0.6% January 2022
Quits 1.9% 49 2.2% 2.7% March 2022 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 3.5% 43 3.4% 14.4% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 0.7% 5 0.7% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% September 2022

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 20,000 6.2% 6.2% 6.0% 1
Wyoming 16,000 5.6% 5.6% 5.0% 2
Louisiana 102,000 5.3% 4.7% 4.9% 4
Missouri 154,000 5.3% 3.7% 4.0% 4
Montana 27,000 5.3% 5.5% 5.4% 4
West Virginia 37,000 5.2% 5.0% 5.2% 6
Delaware 23,000 5.0% 5.2% 4.4% 8
Oklahoma 85,000 5.0% 4.8% 5.4% 8
South Carolina 113,000 5.0% 4.9% 5.3% 8
District of Columbia 27,000 3.5% 3.5% 2.9% 45
Connecticut 56,000 3.4% 3.4% 3.8% 46
Massachusetts 123,000 3.3% 3.3% 3.6% 47
California 550,000 3.1% 3.3% 3.8% 48
New York 297,000 3.1% 2.9% 3.6% 48
New Jersey 129,000 3.0% 3.2% 3.4% 50
Pennsylvania 179,000 3.0% 3.2% 4.1% 50
United States 6,165,000 4.0% 3.9% 4.3%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
West Virginia 71,000 9.1% 8.4% 7.5% 1
Louisiana 186,000 8.7% 8.5% 7.4% 2
Alaska 30,000 8.5% 8.2% 10.5% 3
Iowa 138,000 8.0% 6.9% 7.8% 4
New Mexico 71,000 7.7% 7.4% 7.4% 6
North Dakota 36,000 7.7% 6.1% 7.4% 6
South Carolina 187,000 7.7% 7.5% 8.6% 6
Montana 42,000 7.6% 7.5% 8.4% 8
Indiana 213,000 6.2% 6.1% 8.1% 44
Vermont 20,000 6.2% 6.2% 7.7% 44
Florida 620,000 6.1% 6.2% 6.9% 46
Washington 233,000 6.1% 5.7% 6.1% 46
Hawaii 38,000 5.8% 5.2% 8.9% 48
Connecticut 100,000 5.7% 5.7% 6.0% 49
New Jersey 244,000 5.4% 4.5% 6.4% 50
New York 458,000 4.6% 4.4% 6.0% 51
United States 11,012,000 6.7% 6.4% 7.1%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 19,000 5.9% 7.1% 7.3% 1
Idaho 47,000 5.7% 4.7% 4.8% 2
Wyoming 16,000 5.6% 5.6% 5.3% 3
Montana 28,000 5.5% 5.5% 5.2% 4
Louisiana 97,000 5.0% 5.0% 4.5% 5
Utah 84,000 5.0% 4.6% 4.4% 5
South Carolina 109,000 4.9% 4.3% 5.4% 7
Colorado 140,000 4.8% 5.2% 4.7% 8
New Jersey 148,000 3.5% 3.0% 3.3% 43
California 589,000 3.3% 3.3% 3.5% 46
Maryland 90,000 3.3% 3.7% 3.7% 46
Minnesota 97,000 3.3% 3.4% 3.7% 46
Pennsylvania 192,000 3.2% 2.8% 2.9% 48
District of Columbia 24,000 3.1% 3.0% 3.1% 49
Massachusetts 105,000 2.8% 2.8% 3.4% 50
New York 255,000 2.7% 2.4% 2.7% 51
United States 5,890,000 3.8% 3.8% 4.1%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
New Hampshire 11,000 1.6% 1.4% 0.7% 1
Alaska 5,000 1.5% 2.8% 1.6% 2
Indiana 48,000 1.5% 0.9% 1.1% 2
Montana 7,000 1.4% 1.6% 1.0% 5
New Jersey 58,000 1.4% 1.0% 0.7% 5
Wyoming 4,000 1.4% 1.4% 1.1% 5
Idaho 11,000 1.3% 1.3% 0.9% 8
Missouri 39,000 1.3% 0.6% 0.8% 8
Oklahoma 22,000 1.3% 0.9% 1.0% 8
Connecticut 13,000 0.8% 1.0% 0.4% 44
District of Columbia 6,000 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 44
Florida 74,000 0.8% 0.7% 0.8% 44
Massachusetts 29,000 0.8% 0.6% 0.6% 44
Minnesota 24,000 0.8% 0.7% 0.8% 44
North Carolina 41,000 0.8% 1.0% 1.2% 44
Oregon 15,000 0.8% 1.3% 0.9% 44
Texas 107,000 0.8% 0.7% 0.8% 44
Virginia 34,000 0.8% 0.9% 0.8% 44
Arizona 23,000 0.7% 1.3% 0.8% 50
New York 70,000 0.7% 0.7% 0.6% 50
Pennsylvania 44,000 0.7% 0.6% 0.5% 50
United States 1,468,000 1.0% 0.9% 0.8%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 13,000 4.0% 4.0% 5.0% 1
Idaho 33,000 4.0% 3.0% 3.5% 1
Montana 20,000 3.9% 3.6% 3.6% 3
Utah 65,000 3.9% 3.1% 3.3% 3
Wyoming 11,000 3.8% 3.5% 3.9% 5
Kentucky 69,000 3.5% 3.3% 3.7% 6
Colorado 100,000 3.4% 3.1% 3.0% 8
Louisiana 67,000 3.4% 3.6% 3.3% 8
South Carolina 77,000 3.4% 3.2% 3.6% 8
California 381,000 2.1% 2.5% 2.6% 46
District of Columbia 16,000 2.1% 1.9% 2.1% 46
Pennsylvania 126,000 2.1% 1.9% 2.2% 46
Maryland 55,000 2.0% 2.7% 2.5% 48
Massachusetts 70,000 1.9% 2.0% 2.5% 49
New Jersey 81,000 1.9% 1.9% 2.3% 49
New York 172,000 1.8% 1.6% 2.0% 51
United States 4,087,000 2.7% 2.7% 3.0%


Relative Activity Comparison