New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 153,000 162,250 288,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 273,000 283,167 299,000 January 2022 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 51,000 41,250 511,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 90,000 95,250 112,000 February 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 148,000 147,000 605,000 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% 47 3.9% 8.1% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 6.1% 46 6.4% 7.0% March 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 1.2% 12 1.0% 12.2% March 2020 0.6% January 2022
Quits 2.1% 49 2.3% 2.7% March 2022 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 3.5% 42 3.6% 14.4% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 0.6% 10 0.8% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% July 2022

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Georgia 263,000 5.5% 5.6% 5.0% 1
Alaska 17,000 5.4% 6.4% 5.5% 2
Kentucky 104,000 5.4% 4.9% 5.8% 2
Montana 27,000 5.3% 5.3% 5.7% 4
Nevada 74,000 5.1% 5.0% 7.5% 6
Oklahoma 86,000 5.1% 5.1% 5.4% 6
South Carolina 115,000 5.1% 4.9% 5.0% 6
West Virginia 36,000 5.1% 4.8% 4.9% 6
Wisconsin 113,000 3.8% 3.6% 4.0% 45
Massachusetts 138,000 3.7% 3.5% 3.9% 46
New Jersey 153,000 3.6% 3.9% 4.2% 47
California 618,000 3.5% 3.6% 3.7% 48
District of Columbia 24,000 3.1% 3.4% 2.8% 49
Pennsylvania 184,000 3.1% 3.2% 3.3% 49
New York 288,000 3.0% 3.1% 3.3% 51
United States 6,382,000 4.2% 4.2% 4.5%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Georgia 439,000 8.4% 8.4% 7.7% 1
Kentucky 175,000 8.3% 8.1% 8.2% 2
Tennessee 291,000 8.3% 6.9% 6.5% 2
Montana 45,000 8.2% 7.6% 7.9% 4
West Virginia 62,000 8.1% 7.7% 7.8% 5
Virginia 344,000 7.8% 7.5% 7.1% 6
Alaska 26,000 7.7% 8.3% 7.8% 7
Utah 110,000 6.2% 5.8% 6.9% 44
Arkansas 86,000 6.1% 7.1% 6.1% 46
Kansas 91,000 6.1% 6.7% 5.9% 46
New Jersey 273,000 6.1% 6.3% 6.8% 46
District of Columbia 46,000 5.7% 6.0% 5.2% 49
New York 570,000 5.7% 5.6% 6.3% 49
Washington 213,000 5.7% 5.1% 6.2% 49
Pennsylvania 354,000 5.6% 6.8% 6.9% 51
United States 11,239,000 6.9% 6.8% 6.9%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 21,000 6.7% 6.1% 5.8% 1
Wyoming 17,000 6.0% 5.3% 5.4% 2
Georgia 275,000 5.7% 6.6% 5.5% 3
Mississippi 62,000 5.3% 5.2% 4.6% 5
Montana 27,000 5.3% 5.1% 4.9% 5
Vermont 16,000 5.3% 4.7% 5.7% 5
Kentucky 97,000 5.0% 5.5% 5.2% 7
Louisiana 94,000 4.9% 5.1% 4.4% 8
Tennessee 159,000 4.9% 4.8% 4.6% 8
New Jersey 148,000 3.5% 3.2% 3.5% 42
Illinois 206,000 3.4% 3.8% 3.5% 46
Pennsylvania 206,000 3.4% 2.7% 3.2% 46
Washington 120,000 3.4% 3.3% 3.6% 46
Wisconsin 101,000 3.4% 3.7% 3.2% 46
California 560,000 3.2% 3.4% 3.3% 49
District of Columbia 22,000 2.9% 3.0% 2.8% 50
New York 232,000 2.4% 2.7% 3.2% 51
United States 5,929,000 3.9% 4.0% 4.0%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Wyoming 5,000 1.8% 1.4% 1.4% 1
Alaska 5,000 1.6% 1.9% 1.3% 3
Mississippi 18,000 1.6% 1.0% 1.1% 3
Ohio 86,000 1.6% 1.2% 1.1% 3
Montana 7,000 1.4% 1.2% 1.0% 5
North Dakota 6,000 1.4% 1.2% 1.2% 5
Maine 8,000 1.3% 1.3% 1.4% 8
New Hampshire 9,000 1.3% 1.2% 1.6% 8
Vermont 4,000 1.3% 1.3% 1.3% 8
New Jersey 51,000 1.2% 0.9% 1.0% 12
Arizona 22,000 0.7% 0.8% 0.7% 46
California 124,000 0.7% 0.9% 0.6% 46
District of Columbia 5,000 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 46
Massachusetts 27,000 0.7% 1.9% 0.6% 46
Michigan 32,000 0.7% 0.9% 1.1% 46
Texas 100,000 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 46
Missouri 19,000 0.6% 1.6% 1.0% 50
New York 47,000 0.5% 0.8% 0.9% 51
United States 1,398,000 0.9% 0.9% 1.0%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 14,000 4.5% 3.9% 4.2% 1
Georgia 206,000 4.3% 5.1% 3.7% 2
Kentucky 72,000 3.7% 4.1% 3.7% 3
Louisiana 70,000 3.6% 3.7% 3.3% 6
Mississippi 42,000 3.6% 3.8% 3.3% 6
Montana 18,000 3.6% 3.5% 3.4% 6
South Carolina 80,000 3.6% 3.8% 3.3% 6
Tennessee 115,000 3.6% 3.5% 3.1% 6
Vermont 11,000 3.6% 3.0% 4.0% 6
California 406,000 2.3% 2.3% 2.4% 44
Hawaii 14,000 2.3% 2.5% 2.5% 44
Illinois 140,000 2.3% 2.6% 2.4% 44
Ohio 125,000 2.3% 2.4% 2.5% 44
Pennsylvania 136,000 2.3% 1.8% 1.9% 44
Connecticut 37,000 2.2% 2.4% 2.3% 47
Washington 76,000 2.2% 2.4% 2.3% 47
New Jersey 90,000 2.1% 2.2% 2.2% 49
District of Columbia 15,000 2.0% 2.0% 1.6% 50
New York 160,000 1.7% 1.8% 2.1% 51
United States 4,179,000 2.7% 2.8% 2.8%


Relative Activity Comparison