New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 155,000 151,500 288,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 268,000 260,917 299,000 January 2022 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 41,000 48,917 511,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 80,000 87,917 112,000 February 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 126,000 144,417 605,000 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 3.6% 42 3.6% 8.1% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 5.8% 38 5.8% 7.0% March 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 0.9% 38 1.2% 12.2% March 2020 0.6% January 2022
Quits 1.9% 47 2.1% 2.7% March 2022 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 2.9% 47 3.4% 14.4% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 0.6% 16 0.7% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% February 2023

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 19,000 5.8% 6.4% 6.3% 1
Montana 30,000 5.8% 5.6% 6.1% 1
Wyoming 16,000 5.5% 5.6% 6.3% 3
Louisiana 105,000 5.4% 5.1% 5.1% 4
Delaware 25,000 5.2% 4.6% 5.7% 5
Kentucky 102,000 5.1% 4.8% 5.5% 6
West Virginia 35,000 5.0% 5.6% 5.7% 7
New Jersey 155,000 3.6% 3.3% 4.1% 42
California 632,000 3.5% 3.7% 4.0% 45
Minnesota 103,000 3.5% 3.3% 3.8% 45
Massachusetts 126,000 3.4% 3.6% 4.0% 47
Connecticut 53,000 3.1% 3.3% 3.7% 49
District of Columbia 24,000 3.1% 3.0% 3.4% 49
New York 299,000 3.1% 3.1% 3.6% 49
Pennsylvania 176,000 2.9% 3.5% 4.1% 51
United States 6,163,000 4.0% 4.1% 4.5%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Georgia 421,000 7.9% 7.9% 8.4% 1
Alaska 27,000 7.6% 8.2% 9.7% 2
Louisiana 158,000 7.5% 8.1% 7.1% 3
West Virginia 57,000 7.5% 9.4% 8.0% 3
Arkansas 106,000 7.3% 7.2% 6.4% 5
Maryland 212,000 7.2% 7.2% 6.9% 6
Virginia 321,000 7.2% 7.5% 7.1% 6
South Carolina 175,000 7.1% 7.2% 7.7% 8
New Jersey 268,000 5.8% 5.8% 6.3% 38
Arizona 181,000 5.4% 6.3% 7.2% 45
Utah 98,000 5.4% 5.9% 6.8% 45
California 964,000 5.1% 5.4% 7.0% 47
Indiana 175,000 5.1% 5.9% 6.8% 47
District of Columbia 40,000 4.9% 5.6% 5.3% 49
Washington 188,000 4.9% 6.3% 6.8% 49
New York 421,000 4.2% 4.5% 6.1% 51
United States 9,931,000 6.0% 6.4% 7.1%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 19,000 5.8% 6.4% 7.3% 1
Louisiana 103,000 5.3% 5.4% 4.2% 2
Georgia 255,000 5.2% 5.1% 5.2% 3
Wyoming 15,000 5.2% 5.2% 6.0% 3
West Virginia 34,000 4.9% 4.9% 4.2% 5
Delaware 23,000 4.8% 4.6% 4.4% 7
Montana 25,000 4.8% 5.2% 5.5% 7
South Dakota 22,000 4.8% 3.7% 3.8% 7
Minnesota 96,000 3.2% 3.6% 3.3% 44
Wisconsin 96,000 3.2% 3.2% 3.9% 44
Michigan 138,000 3.1% 3.6% 3.3% 46
New Jersey 126,000 2.9% 4.2% 4.0% 47
Connecticut 48,000 2.8% 3.1% 3.7% 49
Massachusetts 106,000 2.8% 2.9% 3.1% 49
Pennsylvania 172,000 2.8% 3.1% 3.0% 49
New York 256,000 2.6% 2.8% 3.2% 51
United States 5,820,000 3.7% 3.8% 4.0%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 6,000 1.8% 1.8% 1.3% 1
South Dakota 8,000 1.7% 1.1% 0.7% 2
Montana 7,000 1.4% 1.2% 1.4% 3
Wyoming 4,000 1.4% 1.4% 1.1% 3
Idaho 11,000 1.3% 0.9% 1.0% 5
Vermont 4,000 1.3% 1.3% 1.0% 5
Indiana 38,000 1.2% 1.1% 0.8% 8
New Mexico 10,000 1.2% 0.9% 0.8% 8
North Dakota 5,000 1.2% 1.2% 0.9% 8
Rhode Island 6,000 1.2% 1.8% 1.2% 8
New Jersey 41,000 0.9% 2.3% 0.9% 38
District of Columbia 6,000 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 47
Hawaii 5,000 0.8% 0.6% 0.7% 47
Massachusetts 31,000 0.8% 1.0% 0.7% 47
New York 81,000 0.8% 0.9% 1.0% 47
South Carolina 18,000 0.8% 1.4% 0.9% 47
Texas 105,000 0.8% 1.1% 0.7% 47
Utah 14,000 0.8% 0.9% 0.9% 47
Virginia 31,000 0.8% 1.1% 0.9% 47
Wisconsin 25,000 0.8% 0.9% 0.9% 47
United States 1,504,000 1.0% 1.1% 0.9%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Georgia 200,000 4.1% 3.4% 3.9% 1
Louisiana 77,000 4.0% 3.5% 2.9% 2
Alaska 12,000 3.7% 4.0% 5.7% 3
Arkansas 47,000 3.5% 3.3% 3.4% 5
Kentucky 69,000 3.5% 3.5% 3.7% 5
Wyoming 10,000 3.5% 3.5% 4.2% 5
Alabama 72,000 3.4% 3.0% 3.2% 8
Mississippi 40,000 3.4% 3.1% 3.4% 8
Tennessee 112,000 3.4% 3.1% 3.4% 8
West Virginia 24,000 3.4% 3.3% 2.9% 8
Michigan 90,000 2.0% 2.2% 2.5% 46
New Jersey 80,000 1.9% 1.8% 2.7% 47
Connecticut 31,000 1.8% 2.0% 2.4% 48
Massachusetts 68,000 1.8% 1.6% 2.2% 48
New York 164,000 1.7% 1.7% 2.0% 50
Pennsylvania 103,000 1.7% 2.0% 2.1% 50
United States 4,024,000 2.6% 2.5% 2.9%


Relative Activity Comparison