New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 176,000 157,500 267,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 223,000 245,583 316,000 August 2021 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 46,000 52,583 571,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 67,000 86,667 113,000 August 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 126,000 147,583 670,000 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 4.1% 20 3.7% 7.5% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 4.9% 49 5.4% 7.2% August 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 1.1% 19 1.2% 13.6% March 2020 0.6% December 2011
Quits 1.5% 49 2.0% 2.7% May 2007 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 2.9% 47 3.4% 16.0% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 0.8% 5 0.7% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% February 2023

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Louisiana 114,000 5.8% 5.4% 4.9% 1
Alaska 18,000 5.5% 6.5% 6.6% 2
Montana 26,000 5.0% 5.4% 5.9% 3
Mississippi 56,000 4.8% 4.8% 5.2% 4
South Carolina 111,000 4.8% 5.0% 4.7% 4
Arkansas 64,000 4.7% 4.8% 5.0% 7
Delaware 23,000 4.7% 4.9% 4.9% 7
West Virginia 33,000 4.7% 4.9% 4.9% 7
New Jersey 176,000 4.1% 3.7% 4.1% 20
District of Columbia 25,000 3.2% 3.6% 3.1% 45
Hawaii 20,000 3.2% 3.3% 3.6% 45
Connecticut 52,000 3.1% 3.4% 4.0% 47
Pennsylvania 183,000 3.0% 3.3% 3.4% 48
Washington 111,000 3.0% 4.1% 3.7% 48
New York 278,000 2.9% 2.9% 3.0% 50
Massachusetts 103,000 2.7% 3.0% 3.4% 51
United States 5,905,000 3.8% 4.0% 4.2%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 28,000 7.9% 7.7% 8.6% 1
Louisiana 157,000 7.4% 7.4% 7.4% 2
West Virginia 56,000 7.4% 7.4% 7.7% 2
South Carolina 175,000 7.1% 7.2% 6.9% 4
Georgia 372,000 7.0% 7.0% 8.7% 5
Mississippi 88,000 7.0% 6.9% 6.9% 5
North Carolina 363,000 6.9% 7.7% 7.1% 7
Virginia 309,000 6.9% 6.9% 7.4% 7
Connecticut 91,000 5.1% 4.6% 6.3% 45
Michigan 237,000 5.1% 5.3% 6.3% 45
Hawaii 33,000 5.0% 5.0% 5.7% 47
Indiana 172,000 5.0% 5.4% 6.1% 47
New Jersey 223,000 4.9% 4.3% 5.9% 49
New York 460,000 4.5% 4.3% 5.4% 50
Washington 173,000 4.5% 4.7% 5.4% 50
United States 9,582,000 5.8% 5.8% 6.7%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
West Virginia 37,000 5.3% 5.0% 5.3% 1
Montana 26,000 5.0% 5.2% 5.7% 2
Delaware 24,000 4.9% 6.2% 5.1% 3
Louisiana 94,000 4.8% 5.5% 4.7% 4
Wyoming 14,000 4.8% 5.2% 5.3% 4
Alaska 15,000 4.6% 5.2% 5.7% 6
Kansas 66,000 4.6% 3.7% 3.8% 6
Pennsylvania 199,000 3.2% 3.2% 2.9% 45
Hawaii 18,000 2.9% 3.2% 3.4% 47
New Jersey 126,000 2.9% 2.9% 3.2% 47
Washington 105,000 2.9% 3.3% 3.5% 47
California 489,000 2.7% 2.9% 3.3% 49
Massachusetts 101,000 2.7% 2.8% 4.0% 49
New York 243,000 2.5% 2.9% 2.7% 51
United States 5,637,000 3.6% 3.8% 3.9%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Wyoming 5,000 1.7% 1.7% 1.4% 1
Alaska 5,000 1.5% 1.2% 1.6% 2
Montana 8,000 1.5% 1.4% 1.6% 2
Delaware 7,000 1.4% 1.4% 1.3% 4
Utah 24,000 1.4% 1.2% 1.0% 4
Louisiana 26,000 1.3% 1.3% 1.2% 7
New Hampshire 9,000 1.3% 1.6% 1.2% 7
West Virginia 9,000 1.3% 1.3% 1.2% 7
New Jersey 46,000 1.1% 0.9% 0.9% 19
Connecticut 16,000 0.9% 1.0% 0.8% 45
Massachusetts 34,000 0.9% 0.8% 1.8% 45
Michigan 39,000 0.9% 1.2% 0.9% 45
Missouri 27,000 0.9% 0.8% 1.4% 45
New York 89,000 0.9% 0.9% 0.8% 45
North Carolina 46,000 0.9% 1.0% 1.0% 45
Pennsylvania 54,000 0.9% 0.9% 0.8% 45
Texas 124,000 0.9% 0.9% 0.8% 45
Wisconsin 26,000 0.9% 1.1% 1.0% 45
District of Columbia 6,000 0.8% 0.8% 0.7% 50
California 134,000 0.7% 0.8% 0.9% 51
United States 1,527,000 1.0% 1.0% 1.0%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
West Virginia 25,000 3.6% 3.4% 3.9% 1
Delaware 16,000 3.3% 4.3% 3.6% 2
Montana 17,000 3.3% 3.7% 3.7% 2
Louisiana 63,000 3.2% 3.7% 3.2% 4
Florida 297,000 3.1% 3.0% 3.2% 7
Kansas 44,000 3.1% 2.6% 2.6% 7
Mississippi 36,000 3.1% 3.6% 3.5% 7
Texas 428,000 3.1% 3.0% 3.1% 7
Wyoming 9,000 3.1% 3.4% 3.5% 7
Hawaii 12,000 1.9% 2.1% 2.4% 45
Maine 12,000 1.9% 3.1% 2.8% 45
California 327,000 1.8% 1.9% 2.2% 47
Washington 65,000 1.8% 2.2% 2.4% 47
Massachusetts 56,000 1.5% 1.7% 2.0% 49
New Jersey 67,000 1.5% 1.8% 2.1% 49
New York 129,000 1.3% 1.9% 1.8% 51
United States 3,772,000 2.4% 2.6% 2.7%


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