New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 139,000 155,417 283,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 208,000 221,917 310,000 August 2021 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 61,000 52,083 534,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 75,000 76,583 115,000 February 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 146,000 141,750 629,000 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 3.6% 7.9% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 4.5% 36 4.8% 7.1% August 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 1.4% 13 1.2% 12.8% March 2020 0.6% September 2023
Quits 1.7% 46 1.8% 2.7% February 2022 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 3.3% 38 3.2% 15.0% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 1.1% 5 1.0% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% September 2022

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 19,000 5.6% 5.6% 5.5% 1
Montana 28,000 5.2% 5.4% 4.6% 2
Wyoming 14,000 4.8% 4.8% 4.5% 3
Idaho 40,000 4.6% 4.7% 4.4% 4
Arizona 139,000 4.3% 3.9% 4.1% 6
Colorado 130,000 4.3% 4.4% 3.3% 6
North Dakota 19,000 4.3% 3.8% 4.1% 6
South Carolina 103,000 4.3% 4.3% 4.8% 6
New Jersey 139,000 3.2% 3.2% 3.1% 44
Texas 458,000 3.2% 3.3% 3.8% 44
Arkansas 42,000 3.1% 4.4% 3.9% 46
California 539,000 3.0% 2.3% 3.4% 48
Massachusetts 114,000 3.0% 2.9% 3.1% 48
Washington 112,000 3.0% 3.1% 2.9% 48
New York 286,000 2.9% 3.0% 2.8% 50
District of Columbia 20,000 2.6% 2.6% 3.3% 51
United States 5,521,000 3.5% 3.3% 3.7%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 23,000 6.4% 6.9% 6.8% 1
West Virginia 48,000 6.3% 5.9% 6.6% 2
Kentucky 134,000 6.2% 6.4% 5.4% 3
Colorado 196,000 6.1% 6.1% 6.0% 4
Oklahoma 114,000 6.0% 5.3% 5.9% 5
Virginia 273,000 6.0% 5.4% 5.8% 5
Maryland 169,000 5.8% 5.4% 6.2% 7
Mississippi 73,000 5.8% 5.3% 6.7% 7
New Jersey 208,000 4.5% 4.9% 5.0% 36
Indiana 144,000 4.2% 4.1% 4.7% 44
Iowa 71,000 4.2% 4.2% 4.8% 44
Texas 622,000 4.2% 4.3% 5.4% 44
Nevada 68,000 4.1% 4.5% 5.2% 46
Washington 153,000 4.0% 4.2% 4.3% 47
Hawaii 26,000 3.9% 4.2% 5.1% 49
Nebraska 44,000 3.9% 4.4% 4.6% 49
New York 405,000 3.9% 4.8% 4.2% 49
California 622,000 3.3% 3.4% 4.8% 51
United States 7,673,000 4.6% 4.8% 5.3%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 20,000 5.9% 5.3% 5.8% 1
North Dakota 24,000 5.4% 3.4% 4.6% 2
Montana 28,000 5.2% 5.0% 4.6% 3
Idaho 43,000 4.9% 4.6% 4.6% 4
Colorado 140,000 4.7% 3.7% 3.4% 5
West Virginia 34,000 4.7% 3.9% 4.7% 5
South Carolina 110,000 4.6% 4.3% 4.2% 7
Virginia 196,000 4.6% 3.2% 4.3% 7
New Jersey 146,000 3.3% 3.3% 3.2% 38
District of Columbia 24,000 3.1% 2.6% 3.6% 44
Illinois 190,000 3.1% 3.3% 3.3% 44
Michigan 139,000 3.1% 2.8% 3.5% 44
Missouri 94,000 3.1% 3.1% 2.9% 44
Massachusetts 110,000 2.9% 2.9% 2.2% 47
Texas 415,000 2.9% 3.4% 3.9% 47
Minnesota 83,000 2.8% 2.8% 3.9% 49
California 488,000 2.7% 2.7% 3.1% 50
New York 247,000 2.5% 2.6% 3.0% 51
United States 5,420,000 3.4% 3.2% 3.6%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
North Dakota 12,000 2.7% 1.1% 1.4% 1
New Hampshire 13,000 1.8% 2.1% 1.4% 2
Maine 11,000 1.7% 1.2% 1.2% 4
South Dakota 8,000 1.7% 1.1% 1.3% 4
Virginia 73,000 1.7% 1.0% 1.6% 4
Rhode Island 8,000 1.6% 1.4% 1.4% 6
Vermont 5,000 1.6% 1.3% 1.0% 6
Alaska 5,000 1.5% 1.5% 1.8% 8
Montana 8,000 1.5% 1.7% 1.3% 8
New Jersey 61,000 1.4% 1.2% 1.0% 13
District of Columbia 7,000 0.9% 0.6% 0.9% 48
Florida 94,000 0.9% 0.8% 0.8% 48
Hawaii 6,000 0.9% 0.9% 0.8% 48
Minnesota 26,000 0.9% 0.9% 1.0% 48
Missouri 27,000 0.9% 0.7% 0.7% 48
Texas 90,000 0.6% 0.7% 0.9% 51
United States 1,762,000 1.1% 1.0% 1.1%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 12,000 3.5% 3.0% 3.7% 1
Colorado 95,000 3.2% 2.5% 2.2% 2
South Carolina 75,000 3.1% 3.1% 3.0% 3
West Virginia 22,000 3.1% 2.5% 3.0% 3
Montana 16,000 3.0% 3.0% 3.1% 5
Idaho 25,000 2.9% 2.8% 3.1% 6
Louisiana 56,000 2.9% 2.8% 3.3% 6
Mississippi 33,000 2.8% 2.4% 3.0% 8
Connecticut 30,000 1.7% 1.9% 2.1% 46
Illinois 102,000 1.7% 2.1% 1.9% 46
New Jersey 75,000 1.7% 1.9% 2.0% 46
Massachusetts 61,000 1.6% 1.6% 1.3% 48
Minnesota 49,000 1.6% 1.8% 2.3% 48
California 279,000 1.5% 1.5% 1.8% 50
New York 138,000 1.4% 1.7% 1.5% 51
United States 3,277,000 2.1% 2.0% 2.3%


Relative Activity Comparison