New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 152,000 162,167 267,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 221,000 231,083 316,000 August 2021 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 41,000 51,750 571,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 79,000 81,167 113,000 August 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 138,000 144,667 670,000 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 3.5% 33 3.8% 7.5% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 4.8% 43 5.1% 7.2% August 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 0.9% 43 1.2% 13.6% March 2020 0.6% December 2011
Quits 1.8% 43 1.9% 2.7% May 2007 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 3.2% 41 3.4% 16.0% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 1.0% 4 0.8% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% February 2023

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 19,000 5.8% 5.8% 6.5% 1
Montana 28,000 5.3% 4.4% 5.6% 2
Delaware 23,000 4.7% 4.7% 5.2% 3
Wyoming 14,000 4.7% 4.4% 5.2% 3
Colorado 132,000 4.5% 4.4% 4.2% 6
Idaho 39,000 4.5% 4.2% 5.0% 6
Louisiana 89,000 4.5% 4.6% 5.2% 6
New Jersey 152,000 3.5% 3.8% 3.4% 33
Michigan 137,000 3.1% 3.5% 4.0% 44
Washington 113,000 3.1% 2.9% 3.7% 44
Wisconsin 95,000 3.1% 3.4% 3.7% 44
California 538,000 3.0% 2.5% 3.1% 47
Iowa 48,000 3.0% 3.5% 4.0% 47
New York 295,000 3.0% 3.0% 3.4% 47
District of Columbia 23,000 2.9% 3.1% 3.1% 50
Massachusetts 110,000 2.9% 2.7% 3.1% 50
Pennsylvania 182,000 2.9% 3.2% 2.9% 50
United States 5,621,000 3.6% 3.5% 4.0%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Michigan 326,000 6.8% 5.6% 7.9% 2
South Carolina 170,000 6.8% 6.7% 7.7% 2
West Virginia 52,000 6.8% 6.8% 8.8% 2
Colorado 207,000 6.6% 7.1% 7.1% 4
Alaska 23,000 6.5% 7.3% 8.7% 5
Minnesota 210,000 6.5% 6.5% 7.5% 5
Louisiana 132,000 6.3% 5.6% 8.5% 7
Mississippi 79,000 6.3% 6.4% 7.1% 7
New Jersey 221,000 4.8% 4.9% 5.8% 43
Nevada 78,000 4.7% 5.1% 6.5% 44
Utah 85,000 4.7% 4.7% 6.7% 44
New York 472,000 4.6% 4.6% 4.8% 46
Oregon 94,000 4.5% 4.9% 6.6% 47
California 830,000 4.4% 4.0% 6.5% 48
Indiana 149,000 4.3% 4.7% 6.2% 49
Hawaii 27,000 4.1% 4.4% 5.6% 50
Washington 152,000 4.0% 4.4% 5.9% 51
United States 9,026,000 5.4% 5.4% 6.8%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 18,000 5.5% 5.2% 6.2% 1
Montana 27,000 5.2% 5.4% 5.4% 2
Wyoming 14,000 4.7% 5.1% 5.5% 3
West Virginia 33,000 4.6% 4.1% 4.5% 4
Louisiana 86,000 4.4% 4.1% 4.8% 5
Idaho 37,000 4.3% 4.9% 6.1% 7
North Dakota 19,000 4.3% 4.3% 4.6% 7
South Carolina 99,000 4.3% 3.5% 5.0% 7
Utah 75,000 4.3% 4.2% 5.0% 7
New Jersey 138,000 3.2% 3.2% 3.6% 41
Oregon 58,000 2.9% 3.8% 3.4% 44
California 517,000 2.8% 2.8% 3.4% 46
District of Columbia 22,000 2.8% 3.1% 3.4% 46
New York 277,000 2.8% 3.0% 2.9% 46
Washington 104,000 2.8% 3.2% 3.6% 46
Massachusetts 102,000 2.7% 2.7% 2.6% 49
Pennsylvania 162,000 2.6% 3.1% 3.3% 50
Michigan 111,000 2.5% 3.6% 3.7% 51
United States 5,365,000 3.4% 3.4% 3.8%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 6,000 1.8% 1.5% 1.5% 1
Indiana 55,000 1.7% 1.3% 1.2% 2
Montana 9,000 1.7% 1.7% 1.2% 2
Maryland 45,000 1.6% 0.9% 1.5% 4
Idaho 13,000 1.5% 1.5% 1.2% 5
Louisiana 27,000 1.4% 1.1% 1.0% 7
New Mexico 12,000 1.4% 1.0% 0.8% 7
North Dakota 6,000 1.4% 1.1% 1.4% 7
Rhode Island 7,000 1.4% 1.2% 1.4% 7
New Jersey 41,000 0.9% 0.9% 1.5% 43
Massachusetts 30,000 0.8% 1.0% 0.7% 49
Michigan 34,000 0.8% 1.0% 1.1% 49
Oregon 17,000 0.8% 1.0% 0.6% 49
Pennsylvania 43,000 0.7% 0.7% 1.1% 51
United States 1,616,000 1.0% 1.0% 1.0%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Montana 16,000 3.1% 3.3% 4.1% 1
West Virginia 22,000 3.1% 2.7% 3.3% 1
Alaska 10,000 3.0% 3.4% 4.3% 3
Georgia 148,000 3.0% 2.4% 3.2% 3
Mississippi 33,000 2.8% 2.7% 3.0% 5
South Carolina 65,000 2.8% 2.5% 3.5% 5
New Jersey 79,000 1.8% 1.7% 1.9% 43
California 312,000 1.7% 1.7% 2.3% 48
Hawaii 11,000 1.7% 1.9% 2.6% 48
Washington 61,000 1.7% 1.9% 2.4% 48
Massachusetts 61,000 1.6% 1.4% 1.7% 50
Michigan 68,000 1.5% 2.5% 2.4% 51
United States 3,392,000 2.2% 2.2% 2.6%


Relative Activity Comparison