New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 142,000 161,250 267,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 211,000 226,833 316,000 August 2021 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 51,000 47,500 571,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 77,000 81,083 113,000 August 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 140,000 140,500 670,000 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 3.2% 44 3.7% 7.5% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 4.6% 47 5.0% 7.2% August 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 1.2% 17 1.1% 13.6% March 2020 0.6% December 2011
Quits 1.8% 44 1.9% 2.7% May 2007 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 3.2% 40 3.2% 16.0% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 1.1% 3 0.9% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% February 2023

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 19,000 5.7% 5.4% 6.4% 1
Montana 28,000 5.3% 5.1% 5.8% 2
Delaware 25,000 5.1% 5.1% 5.0% 3
South Carolina 117,000 5.0% 4.8% 4.7% 4
West Virginia 35,000 4.8% 4.9% 5.3% 5
Wyoming 14,000 4.8% 4.4% 5.2% 5
Louisiana 93,000 4.7% 4.8% 5.1% 7
Idaho 39,000 4.6% 4.3% 5.3% 8
Michigan 142,000 3.2% 3.2% 3.9% 44
New Jersey 142,000 3.2% 3.3% 3.4% 44
District of Columbia 24,000 3.1% 3.3% 2.9% 46
Missouri 93,000 3.1% 3.1% 3.7% 46
New York 299,000 3.0% 2.9% 3.1% 48
California 498,000 2.8% 3.0% 3.6% 49
Hawaii 18,000 2.8% 3.2% 3.8% 49
Massachusetts 90,000 2.4% 2.9% 3.5% 51
United States 5,687,000 3.6% 3.7% 4.1%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Maryland 219,000 7.4% 5.8% 7.0% 1
Alaska 25,000 7.0% 7.0% 8.2% 2
Delaware 36,000 6.9% 5.8% 7.0% 3
Oregon 143,000 6.8% 4.9% 6.5% 4
West Virginia 53,000 6.8% 6.5% 8.8% 4
Montana 37,000 6.6% 6.4% 7.3% 6
New Mexico 61,000 6.5% 6.0% 6.8% 7
South Carolina 164,000 6.5% 6.4% 7.4% 7
Nebraska 55,000 4.9% 5.2% 6.4% 45
Indiana 162,000 4.7% 4.6% 6.0% 46
New Jersey 211,000 4.6% 4.8% 5.7% 47
Washington 175,000 4.6% 4.3% 6.0% 47
California 819,000 4.4% 4.6% 5.3% 49
Arizona 144,000 4.3% 4.9% 6.7% 50
Hawaii 26,000 3.9% 4.2% 5.6% 51
United States 8,863,000 5.3% 5.3% 6.3%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 18,000 5.4% 6.3% 6.1% 1
Montana 26,000 5.0% 5.1% 5.2% 2
Delaware 24,000 4.9% 4.1% 4.8% 3
Wyoming 14,000 4.8% 5.1% 5.2% 4
Idaho 40,000 4.7% 4.6% 4.6% 5
Louisiana 89,000 4.5% 4.3% 5.2% 6
West Virginia 32,000 4.4% 4.6% 5.0% 7
New Jersey 140,000 3.2% 3.1% 4.3% 40
Hawaii 19,000 3.0% 3.2% 3.2% 44
Illinois 182,000 3.0% 3.3% 3.5% 44
Minnesota 90,000 3.0% 3.2% 3.6% 44
Washington 109,000 3.0% 3.0% 3.4% 44
District of Columbia 22,000 2.9% 2.9% 3.0% 47
Michigan 129,000 2.9% 3.0% 3.5% 47
California 492,000 2.7% 3.0% 3.2% 49
New York 264,000 2.7% 2.8% 2.7% 49
Massachusetts 97,000 2.6% 2.7% 2.8% 51
United States 5,341,000 3.4% 3.4% 3.9%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Delaware 8,000 1.6% 1.0% 1.5% 1
New Mexico 14,000 1.6% 1.2% 1.0% 1
Montana 8,000 1.5% 1.7% 1.2% 3
Nebraska 15,000 1.4% 1.1% 1.7% 4
Wyoming 4,000 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% 4
New Jersey 51,000 1.2% 0.9% 2.3% 17
District of Columbia 6,000 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 49
Hawaii 5,000 0.8% 1.1% 0.6% 49
Ohio 47,000 0.8% 1.1% 1.0% 49
Pennsylvania 48,000 0.8% 0.6% 1.0% 49
Texas 119,000 0.8% 0.9% 1.1% 49
United States 1,572,000 1.0% 1.0% 1.2%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 12,000 3.6% 3.9% 3.7% 1
Delaware 15,000 3.1% 2.9% 3.1% 2
Wyoming 9,000 3.1% 3.1% 3.5% 2
Mississippi 35,000 3.0% 2.9% 3.1% 4
Montana 16,000 3.0% 3.1% 3.5% 4
Idaho 25,000 2.9% 2.8% 3.2% 7
Louisiana 56,000 2.9% 2.7% 3.4% 7
West Virginia 21,000 2.9% 3.2% 3.3% 7
District of Columbia 14,000 1.8% 1.8% 1.9% 44
New Jersey 77,000 1.8% 1.8% 1.8% 44
Washington 66,000 1.8% 1.8% 2.4% 44
Hawaii 11,000 1.7% 1.7% 2.2% 47
Michigan 75,000 1.7% 1.8% 2.2% 47
Minnesota 50,000 1.7% 2.2% 2.4% 47
California 297,000 1.6% 1.8% 2.3% 49
New York 158,000 1.6% 1.6% 1.7% 49
Massachusetts 57,000 1.5% 1.6% 1.5% 51
United States 3,385,000 2.1% 2.2% 2.5%


Relative Activity Comparison