New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 142,000 155,083 283,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 218,000 222,833 310,000 August 2021 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 54,000 50,667 534,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 83,000 77,667 115,000 February 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 148,000 141,250 629,000 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% 41 3.6% 7.9% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 4.7% 40 4.8% 7.1% August 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 1.2% 13 1.2% 12.8% March 2020 0.6% September 2023
Quits 1.9% 37 1.8% 2.7% February 2022 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 3.4% 26 3.2% 15.0% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 1.0% 6 1.0% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% September 2022

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Montana 37,000 6.9% 5.1% 5.0% 1
Alaska 21,000 6.2% 5.3% 6.1% 2
Idaho 43,000 4.9% 4.6% 4.2% 3
Wyoming 14,000 4.8% 4.8% 4.5% 4
Colorado 140,000 4.7% 3.9% 3.7% 5
Arkansas 62,000 4.5% 4.3% 4.7% 6
South Carolina 104,000 4.4% 4.5% 4.9% 7
Oklahoma 76,000 4.3% 4.3% 4.6% 8
Utah 75,000 4.3% 4.2% 3.8% 8
New Jersey 142,000 3.2% 3.3% 3.6% 41
Michigan 134,000 3.0% 4.1% 3.4% 46
Minnesota 91,000 3.0% 3.6% 3.4% 46
Pennsylvania 185,000 3.0% 2.8% 2.9% 46
Massachusetts 109,000 2.9% 2.7% 3.0% 48
New York 285,000 2.9% 2.7% 3.0% 48
District of Columbia 20,000 2.6% 2.8% 3.1% 50
California 456,000 2.5% 2.9% 3.5% 51
United States 5,341,000 3.4% 3.6% 3.8%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 26,000 7.2% 6.9% 8.1% 1
Kentucky 147,000 6.7% 6.3% 5.6% 2
West Virginia 48,000 6.3% 6.6% 7.1% 3
Montana 35,000 6.1% 6.2% 6.8% 4
Colorado 188,000 5.9% 5.6% 6.1% 5
South Carolina 148,000 5.9% 6.3% 6.5% 5
Arizona 197,000 5.7% 4.8% 5.5% 8
Arkansas 84,000 5.7% 5.7% 6.1% 8
New Mexico 54,000 5.7% 6.0% 6.3% 8
New Jersey 218,000 4.7% 5.4% 4.5% 40
Nebraska 49,000 4.4% 4.4% 5.6% 44
Ohio 260,000 4.4% 4.2% 5.9% 44
Hawaii 28,000 4.2% 4.2% 4.7% 47
Iowa 71,000 4.2% 4.5% 5.0% 47
Washington 161,000 4.2% 4.3% 4.3% 47
Indiana 140,000 4.1% 4.9% 4.7% 49
Michigan 193,000 4.1% 4.5% 5.2% 49
California 667,000 3.6% 3.8% 4.8% 51
United States 8,184,000 4.9% 4.9% 5.5%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Montana 28,000 5.2% 6.9% 4.8% 1
Alaska 17,000 5.0% 5.9% 4.8% 2
Wyoming 14,000 4.8% 5.1% 4.5% 3
Idaho 40,000 4.6% 5.4% 4.0% 4
Oklahoma 80,000 4.5% 4.1% 4.4% 5
Louisiana 86,000 4.4% 4.2% 4.8% 6
South Carolina 104,000 4.4% 4.0% 4.0% 6
Delaware 21,000 4.3% 3.9% 4.3% 8
New Jersey 148,000 3.4% 3.2% 3.0% 26
Massachusetts 104,000 2.8% 3.1% 2.6% 45
Minnesota 85,000 2.8% 3.1% 3.5% 45
Wisconsin 85,000 2.8% 3.2% 3.5% 45
California 479,000 2.7% 3.2% 3.1% 47
District of Columbia 20,000 2.6% 2.6% 2.7% 49
Michigan 119,000 2.6% 2.9% 3.6% 49
New York 261,000 2.6% 2.7% 2.7% 49
Pennsylvania 141,000 2.3% 3.0% 3.4% 51
United States 5,095,000 3.2% 3.4% 3.6%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Montana 9,000 1.7% 3.2% 1.3% 1
Oklahoma 31,000 1.7% 1.3% 1.0% 1
Alaska 5,000 1.5% 2.1% 1.2% 3
Delaware 7,000 1.4% 1.0% 1.2% 5
Idaho 12,000 1.4% 1.7% 1.1% 5
Washington 50,000 1.4% 1.1% 0.8% 5
Wyoming 4,000 1.4% 1.7% 1.4% 5
New Jersey 54,000 1.2% 1.2% 1.1% 13
Florida 82,000 0.8% 1.3% 1.0% 44
Iowa 13,000 0.8% 1.1% 1.5% 44
Kansas 12,000 0.8% 0.9% 1.0% 44
Missouri 24,000 0.8% 0.8% 1.0% 44
Nebraska 9,000 0.8% 0.9% 0.9% 44
Texas 113,000 0.8% 0.7% 1.4% 44
Wisconsin 24,000 0.8% 1.0% 1.0% 44
Michigan 31,000 0.7% 0.9% 0.9% 49
New York 71,000 0.7% 0.8% 1.0% 49
Pennsylvania 42,000 0.7% 1.0% 1.0% 49
District of Columbia 5,000 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 51
United States 1,498,000 0.9% 1.1% 1.0%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Montana 17,000 3.2% 3.4% 3.3% 1
South Carolina 73,000 3.1% 2.8% 2.9% 2
Wyoming 9,000 3.1% 3.1% 3.1% 2
Alaska 10,000 3.0% 3.6% 3.0% 4
Idaho 24,000 2.8% 3.2% 2.8% 5
Louisiana 56,000 2.8% 2.6% 3.2% 5
Texas 384,000 2.7% 2.2% 2.9% 7
West Virginia 19,000 2.6% 2.8% 3.0% 8
New Jersey 83,000 1.9% 1.8% 1.6% 37
District of Columbia 13,000 1.7% 1.7% 1.9% 47
New Hampshire 12,000 1.7% 2.4% 2.4% 47
Washington 64,000 1.7% 1.9% 1.7% 47
California 287,000 1.6% 1.9% 2.1% 49
Massachusetts 61,000 1.6% 1.6% 1.5% 49
Pennsylvania 88,000 1.4% 1.8% 2.0% 51
United States 3,282,000 2.1% 2.1% 2.4%


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