New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 159,000 162,000 267,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 211,000 221,750 316,000 August 2021 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 47,000 49,333 571,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 66,000 79,083 113,000 August 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 124,000 140,917 670,000 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 3.6% 35 3.7% 7.5% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 4.6% 49 4.9% 7.2% August 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 1.1% 28 1.1% 13.6% March 2020 0.6% December 2011
Quits 1.5% 50 1.8% 2.7% May 2007 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 2.8% 49 3.2% 16.0% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 1.1% 2 0.9% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% February 2023

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 20,000 6.0% 5.7% 6.1% 1
Tennessee 174,000 5.2% 4.2% 4.4% 2
Montana 27,000 5.1% 5.3% 5.6% 3
West Virginia 36,000 5.0% 5.3% 5.0% 4
Delaware 24,000 4.9% 5.3% 5.2% 5
Louisiana 96,000 4.9% 4.7% 5.3% 5
Wyoming 14,000 4.8% 4.8% 5.2% 7
Oklahoma 84,000 4.7% 4.5% 4.7% 8
New Jersey 159,000 3.6% 3.3% 3.6% 35
District of Columbia 25,000 3.2% 3.1% 3.2% 45
Pennsylvania 196,000 3.2% 3.7% 3.0% 45
Washington 117,000 3.2% 3.3% 3.7% 45
Wisconsin 96,000 3.2% 3.5% 3.7% 45
Illinois 188,000 3.1% 3.5% 4.1% 48
Massachusetts 115,000 3.1% 2.7% 3.4% 48
California 527,000 2.9% 2.8% 3.3% 50
New York 243,000 2.5% 2.8% 3.2% 51
United States 5,818,000 3.7% 3.6% 3.9%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 26,000 7.2% 6.7% 7.7% 1
Montana 38,000 6.7% 6.4% 7.0% 2
Maryland 188,000 6.4% 7.0% 6.8% 4
New Mexico 60,000 6.4% 5.9% 6.8% 4
South Carolina 162,000 6.4% 6.7% 7.1% 4
Colorado 200,000 6.3% 6.2% 7.7% 6
Delaware 33,000 6.3% 6.7% 7.0% 6
Oklahoma 118,000 6.2% 6.1% 6.6% 8
Iowa 83,000 4.9% 5.5% 5.9% 44
New York 501,000 4.9% 5.0% 4.2% 44
Connecticut 86,000 4.8% 5.0% 5.3% 46
Washington 183,000 4.8% 4.6% 5.3% 46
Hawaii 31,000 4.7% 3.8% 5.2% 48
District of Columbia 37,000 4.6% 5.6% 4.8% 49
New Jersey 211,000 4.6% 4.5% 5.8% 49
California 806,000 4.3% 4.1% 5.2% 51
United States 8,756,000 5.3% 5.3% 6.0%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 20,000 6.0% 5.1% 5.8% 1
Montana 29,000 5.5% 5.1% 5.4% 2
Wyoming 15,000 5.1% 4.8% 5.2% 3
Idaho 43,000 5.0% 4.8% 4.6% 4
Delaware 23,000 4.7% 4.9% 5.2% 5
Maine 31,000 4.7% 3.7% 3.9% 5
Nevada 72,000 4.6% 3.8% 4.2% 7
Minnesota 135,000 4.5% 3.2% 3.3% 8
New Hampshire 32,000 4.5% 3.8% 3.6% 8
Michigan 140,000 3.1% 3.2% 3.0% 44
Pennsylvania 189,000 3.1% 2.9% 2.8% 44
District of Columbia 22,000 2.9% 3.0% 3.9% 47
Illinois 178,000 2.9% 3.1% 3.4% 47
Massachusetts 108,000 2.9% 2.6% 2.8% 47
New Jersey 124,000 2.8% 3.4% 3.0% 49
California 491,000 2.7% 2.8% 3.3% 50
New York 260,000 2.7% 2.8% 2.7% 50
United States 5,559,000 3.5% 3.5% 3.8%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Maine 15,000 2.3% 1.2% 0.9% 1
Minnesota 65,000 2.2% 0.9% 0.9% 2
New Hampshire 13,000 1.8% 1.3% 1.1% 3
Rhode Island 9,000 1.8% 1.4% 1.2% 3
Wyoming 5,000 1.7% 1.4% 1.4% 5
Vermont 5,000 1.6% 1.3% 1.3% 6
Alaska 5,000 1.5% 1.5% 1.8% 8
Montana 8,000 1.5% 1.5% 1.5% 8
Nevada 24,000 1.5% 1.3% 1.2% 8
Tennessee 50,000 1.5% 0.8% 1.0% 8
New Jersey 47,000 1.1% 1.5% 0.9% 28
Hawaii 6,000 0.9% 0.8% 0.9% 46
New York 90,000 0.9% 1.0% 0.9% 46
Pennsylvania 55,000 0.9% 0.8% 1.0% 46
Washington 34,000 0.9% 0.9% 1.1% 46
California 141,000 0.8% 0.9% 1.0% 49
Missouri 25,000 0.8% 0.9% 1.0% 49
District of Columbia 5,000 0.6% 0.8% 0.8% 51
United States 1,724,000 1.1% 1.0% 1.0%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 13,000 3.9% 3.3% 3.7% 1
Montana 19,000 3.6% 3.2% 3.5% 2
Idaho 28,000 3.2% 3.0% 3.0% 3
Florida 303,000 3.1% 2.7% 2.9% 5
South Carolina 72,000 3.1% 2.9% 3.3% 5
Wyoming 9,000 3.1% 3.4% 3.5% 5
Delaware 14,000 2.9% 3.1% 3.5% 7
Nevada 45,000 2.9% 2.2% 2.9% 7
California 324,000 1.8% 1.8% 2.1% 46
District of Columbia 14,000 1.8% 1.8% 2.9% 46
Illinois 110,000 1.8% 2.0% 2.1% 46
Pennsylvania 109,000 1.8% 2.0% 1.6% 46
New York 158,000 1.6% 1.6% 1.7% 49
Massachusetts 57,000 1.5% 1.5% 1.8% 50
New Jersey 66,000 1.5% 1.6% 1.9% 50
United States 3,484,000 2.2% 2.2% 2.6%


Relative Activity Comparison