New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 163,000 163,333 293,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 290,000 290,083 323,000 July 2021 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 39,000 39,250 517,000 March 2020 20,000 January 2022
Quits 101,000 96,917 110,000 May 2007 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 154,000 147,583 611,000 March 2020 77,000 December 2011

Rates

Measure Rate National Rank 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 3.9% 39 4.1% 8.2% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 6.5% 42 6.7% 7.5% July 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 0.9% 33 1.0% 12.3% March 2020 0.5% January 2022
Quits 2.4% 44 2.4% 2.8% October 2020 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 3.7% 42 3.7% 14.6% March 2020 2.0% December 2011

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 20,000 6.3% 6.0% 6.2% 1
Georgia 292,000 6.2% 5.6% 4.6% 2
Idaho 50,000 6.1% 5.4% 4.9% 3
Wyoming 17,000 6.0% 5.3% 5.5% 4
Montana 29,000 5.7% 5.6% 5.0% 5
North Carolina 254,000 5.4% 5.8% 5.2% 7
South Carolina 119,000 5.4% 5.2% 4.4% 7
West Virginia 38,000 5.4% 4.9% 4.9% 7
New Jersey 163,000 3.9% 4.0% 4.2% 39
Minnesota 105,000 3.7% 3.7% 3.4% 45
New York 346,000 3.7% 3.4% 3.3% 45
Iowa 56,000 3.6% 3.9% 4.2% 47
Nebraska 36,000 3.5% 4.1% 4.3% 48
Missouri 98,000 3.4% 3.4% 3.9% 49
District of Columbia 25,000 3.3% 2.6% 2.7% 50
Kansas 44,000 3.2% 3.5% 3.7% 51
United States 6,689,000 4.4% 4.3% 4.2%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 32,000 9.2% 8.6% 7.3% 1
Georgia 454,000 8.8% 7.8% 5.9% 2
Montana 44,000 8.0% 7.9% 5.9% 4
Vermont 26,000 8.0% 7.7% 5.3% 4
West Virginia 61,000 8.0% 7.2% 6.6% 4
South Carolina 188,000 7.9% 7.8% 5.8% 6
Hawaii 51,000 7.8% 7.3% 4.4% 7
New Hampshire 57,000 7.8% 8.5% 6.0% 7
New Jersey 290,000 6.5% 6.8% 5.6% 42
New York 627,000 6.3% 6.0% 4.3% 45
Connecticut 109,000 6.2% 6.4% 4.6% 46
Arkansas 85,000 6.1% 6.3% 5.0% 48
Kansas 90,000 6.1% 6.3% 5.2% 48
Nebraska 67,000 6.1% 7.9% 5.2% 48
Pennsylvania 382,000 6.1% 7.9% 5.1% 48
District of Columbia 43,000 5.3% 5.6% 3.9% 51
United States 11,266,000 7.0% 7.0% 5.2%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 22,000 7.0% 6.6% 6.6% 1
Mississippi 77,000 6.6% 4.9% 4.9% 2
Wyoming 16,000 5.6% 5.3% 5.8% 3
Montana 28,000 5.5% 5.2% 4.4% 4
Georgia 239,000 5.1% 5.3% 4.6% 5
New Hampshire 34,000 5.0% 4.5% 3.8% 6
North Carolina 228,000 4.9% 4.4% 4.2% 7
New Jersey 154,000 3.7% 3.4% 3.7% 42
Connecticut 59,000 3.6% 3.5% 3.0% 45
Michigan 156,000 3.6% 4.1% 4.2% 45
South Dakota 16,000 3.6% 4.1% 3.9% 45
District of Columbia 26,000 3.4% 3.2% 3.1% 47
Minnesota 99,000 3.4% 3.3% 2.9% 47
Massachusetts 118,000 3.3% 3.1% 3.3% 49
New York 295,000 3.2% 2.9% 2.8% 50
Pennsylvania 188,000 3.2% 3.6% 3.6% 50
United States 6,092,000 4.1% 4.0% 3.8%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Mississippi 29,000 2.5% 0.9% 1.2% 1
Alaska 5,000 1.6% 1.6% 2.0% 2
Wyoming 4,000 1.4% 1.4% 1.8% 3
Maryland 35,000 1.3% 0.5% 0.8% 4
North Carolina 62,000 1.3% 1.1% 1.3% 4
Colorado 33,000 1.2% 1.0% 1.2% 7
Montana 6,000 1.2% 1.2% 1.5% 7
New Hampshire 8,000 1.2% 1.5% 1.4% 7
Rhode Island 6,000 1.2% 1.0% 1.5% 7
New Jersey 39,000 0.9% 0.5% 1.2% 33
Minnesota 21,000 0.7% 0.8% 0.9% 49
Ohio 36,000 0.7% 1.4% 1.2% 49
South Dakota 3,000 0.7% 0.9% 1.2% 49
Michigan 28,000 0.6% 0.7% 1.2% 51
United States 1,386,000 0.9% 0.9% 1.1%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 16,000 5.1% 4.7% 3.9% 1
Montana 20,000 4.0% 3.6% 2.7% 2
Wyoming 11,000 3.9% 3.5% 3.7% 3
Georgia 177,000 3.7% 3.7% 3.0% 4
Nevada 51,000 3.6% 3.3% 3.3% 5
Mississippi 41,000 3.5% 3.7% 3.2% 6
Maine 15,000 2.4% 2.5% 2.3% 44
New Jersey 101,000 2.4% 2.4% 2.3% 44
Connecticut 38,000 2.3% 2.3% 1.7% 47
Maryland 62,000 2.3% 2.7% 2.0% 47
Massachusetts 82,000 2.3% 2.1% 2.0% 47
District of Columbia 17,000 2.2% 2.2% 1.9% 49
New York 194,000 2.1% 1.9% 1.4% 50
Pennsylvania 122,000 2.1% 2.3% 1.9% 50
United States 4,352,000 2.9% 2.8% 2.4%


Relative Activity Comparison