New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 160,000 163,000 293,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 298,000 284,667 323,000 July 2021 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 21,000 39,917 517,000 March 2020 21,000 January 2022
Quits 103,000 96,000 110,000 May 2007 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 138,000 146,583 611,000 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% 40 4.1% 8.2% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 6.7% 40 6.6% 7.5% July 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 0.5% 51 1.0% 12.3% March 2020 0.5% January 2022
Quits 2.5% 41 2.4% 2.8% October 2020 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 3.3% 47 3.7% 14.6% March 2020 2.0% December 2011

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Delaware 30,000 6.6% 4.9% 4.3% 1
Alaska 20,000 6.3% 6.0% 6.3% 2
Kentucky 113,000 5.9% 5.2% 4.3% 3
North Carolina 274,000 5.9% 5.2% 5.0% 3
Montana 28,000 5.6% 5.4% 5.0% 5
Georgia 258,000 5.5% 5.3% 4.4% 6
Colorado 152,000 5.4% 4.4% 4.3% 8
Idaho 44,000 5.4% 5.0% 4.7% 8
South Carolina 117,000 5.4% 5.5% 3.8% 8
New Jersey 160,000 3.9% 3.4% 4.0% 40
Minnesota 104,000 3.6% 3.7% 3.3% 45
Pennsylvania 208,000 3.6% 4.0% 3.6% 45
Connecticut 58,000 3.5% 3.7% 3.3% 47
Kansas 49,000 3.5% 4.1% 3.6% 47
Missouri 95,000 3.3% 4.0% 4.0% 49
New York 308,000 3.3% 3.6% 3.1% 49
District of Columbia 21,000 2.8% 2.9% 2.3% 51
United States 6,426,000 4.3% 4.3% 4.0%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Maine 61,000 8.8% 7.0% 4.6% 1
New Hampshire 65,000 8.8% 8.4% 4.7% 1
Alaska 30,000 8.7% 9.7% 7.0% 3
Pennsylvania 532,000 8.3% 7.7% 4.8% 4
Minnesota 254,000 8.1% 7.4% 3.9% 5
Kentucky 167,000 8.0% 8.0% 5.4% 6
Vermont 26,000 8.0% 8.0% 5.0% 6
Delaware 39,000 7.9% 6.8% 5.1% 8
New Jersey 298,000 6.7% 6.6% 5.1% 40
Alabama 141,000 6.4% 6.9% 5.2% 44
Arkansas 89,000 6.4% 6.6% 5.1% 44
Kansas 94,000 6.4% 6.6% 4.9% 44
Mississippi 79,000 6.4% 7.2% 5.3% 44
California 1,148,000 6.3% 6.8% 4.2% 47
Texas 885,000 6.3% 6.6% 4.3% 47
New York 588,000 5.9% 6.0% 3.9% 49
Washington 213,000 5.8% 6.1% 4.7% 50
District of Columbia 43,000 5.3% 5.2% 4.1% 51
United States 11,283,000 7.0% 7.1% 4.8%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 20,000 6.3% 7.6% 6.9% 1
Georgia 248,000 5.3% 5.1% 4.4% 2
Wyoming 15,000 5.3% 5.0% 6.2% 2
Idaho 41,000 5.1% 4.8% 4.6% 4
Arizona 152,000 5.0% 4.6% 3.4% 5
Montana 25,000 5.0% 5.0% 6.5% 5
Mississippi 57,000 4.9% 4.9% 4.5% 7
Tennessee 156,000 4.9% 4.7% 4.3% 7
Connecticut 55,000 3.4% 3.1% 2.7% 45
Illinois 205,000 3.4% 3.8% 3.8% 45
Wisconsin 98,000 3.4% 4.1% 3.8% 45
Minnesota 95,000 3.3% 3.8% 2.8% 47
New Jersey 138,000 3.3% 3.1% 3.5% 47
Massachusetts 116,000 3.2% 3.4% 3.2% 49
District of Columbia 24,000 3.1% 3.4% 2.7% 50
New York 279,000 3.0% 2.9% 2.7% 51
United States 6,044,000 4.0% 4.1% 3.6%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 5,000 1.6% 1.6% 2.3% 1
New Hampshire 10,000 1.5% 0.7% 1.4% 2
Ohio 80,000 1.5% 0.8% 0.9% 2
Iowa 22,000 1.4% 1.0% 0.8% 4
Washington 48,000 1.4% 0.8% 1.3% 4
Nevada 19,000 1.3% 1.0% 2.1% 6
Vermont 4,000 1.3% 1.3% 1.4% 6
Hawaii 4,000 0.7% 0.8% 1.1% 47
Indiana 21,000 0.7% 1.1% 1.0% 47
Missouri 20,000 0.7% 0.8% 0.9% 47
Kansas 8,000 0.6% 0.9% 0.8% 49
Maryland 16,000 0.6% 1.0% 0.8% 49
New Jersey 21,000 0.5% 0.6% 1.2% 51
United States 1,403,000 0.9% 0.8% 1.1%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 14,000 4.4% 5.4% 4.3% 1
Georgia 176,000 3.7% 3.7% 3.0% 2
Mississippi 42,000 3.6% 3.5% 3.0% 3
Montana 18,000 3.6% 3.4% 3.3% 3
Idaho 28,000 3.5% 3.5% 2.9% 7
South Carolina 77,000 3.5% 3.5% 3.1% 7
Tennessee 110,000 3.5% 3.4% 2.7% 7
West Virginia 24,000 3.5% 3.5% 3.0% 7
Wyoming 10,000 3.5% 3.5% 3.3% 7
New Jersey 103,000 2.5% 2.3% 2.1% 41
Minnesota 66,000 2.3% 2.8% 1.8% 46
Pennsylvania 134,000 2.3% 2.2% 1.8% 46
Rhode Island 11,000 2.3% 3.1% 1.9% 46
Connecticut 36,000 2.2% 2.3% 1.7% 48
District of Columbia 17,000 2.2% 2.1% 1.8% 48
Massachusetts 77,000 2.1% 2.6% 1.9% 50
New York 174,000 1.9% 2.0% 1.3% 51
United States 4,258,000 2.8% 3.0% 2.3%


Relative Activity Comparison