New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 173,000 164,083 288,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 279,000 284,667 299,000 January 2022 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 28,000 39,750 511,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 96,000 95,667 112,000 February 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 132,000 146,083 605,000 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 4.1% 36 4.0% 8.1% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 6.2% 41 6.5% 7.0% March 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 0.7% 45 1.0% 12.2% March 2020 0.6% January 2022
Quits 2.3% 45 2.3% 2.7% March 2022 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 3.1% 48 3.5% 14.4% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 0.6% 15 0.8% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% June 2022

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 20,000 6.4% 6.4% 5.9% 1
Wyoming 16,000 5.6% 6.0% 5.4% 2
Georgia 261,000 5.4% 5.6% 5.8% 3
Montana 27,000 5.3% 6.0% 5.5% 4
Florida 473,000 5.1% 5.0% 4.9% 5
Louisiana 97,000 5.1% 5.0% 4.9% 5
Idaho 41,000 5.0% 5.3% 5.8% 8
North Carolina 236,000 5.0% 4.7% 5.9% 8
Oklahoma 85,000 5.0% 5.1% 4.4% 8
West Virginia 35,000 5.0% 4.8% 4.7% 8
New Jersey 173,000 4.1% 3.9% 3.6% 36
California 623,000 3.6% 3.6% 3.8% 44
Kansas 50,000 3.6% 3.7% 4.7% 44
Wisconsin 104,000 3.5% 3.7% 3.7% 46
District of Columbia 26,000 3.4% 3.3% 3.5% 48
Massachusetts 125,000 3.4% 3.7% 3.7% 48
Minnesota 100,000 3.4% 3.5% 3.6% 48
Pennsylvania 202,000 3.4% 3.3% 3.4% 48
New York 289,000 3.1% 3.4% 3.5% 51
United States 6,374,000 4.2% 4.3% 4.4%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 28,000 8.3% 8.5% 8.1% 1
Georgia 427,000 8.2% 7.3% 7.5% 2
Kentucky 165,000 7.8% 7.9% 7.4% 3
Vermont 25,000 7.7% 8.0% 7.3% 4
Louisiana 156,000 7.6% 7.9% 6.6% 5
West Virginia 58,000 7.6% 7.4% 7.4% 5
Massachusetts 294,000 7.4% 8.7% 6.1% 8
Ohio 436,000 7.4% 7.0% 5.8% 8
Virginia 324,000 7.4% 7.2% 6.4% 8
New Jersey 279,000 6.2% 6.2% 6.6% 41
California 1,133,000 6.1% 7.1% 5.5% 44
Connecticut 105,000 6.0% 6.7% 5.4% 45
Oregon 124,000 6.0% 6.6% 6.4% 45
Florida 588,000 5.9% 6.3% 6.0% 47
Utah 105,000 5.9% 6.5% 6.3% 47
District of Columbia 46,000 5.7% 5.6% 6.1% 49
New York 552,000 5.5% 5.4% 5.3% 50
Washington 185,000 5.0% 6.1% 5.5% 51
United States 10,698,000 6.6% 6.9% 6.3%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 20,000 6.4% 7.0% 5.6% 1
Georgia 269,000 5.6% 5.4% 6.4% 2
Wyoming 15,000 5.3% 5.7% 4.7% 3
Kentucky 101,000 5.2% 5.0% 5.3% 4
Oklahoma 88,000 5.2% 4.5% 4.3% 4
Montana 26,000 5.1% 5.8% 4.7% 6
Delaware 23,000 5.0% 4.6% 5.1% 8
Idaho 41,000 5.0% 5.2% 4.7% 8
Louisiana 96,000 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 8
California 598,000 3.4% 3.9% 3.4% 45
Connecticut 54,000 3.3% 3.3% 3.2% 46
Minnesota 94,000 3.2% 3.4% 4.0% 47
New Jersey 132,000 3.1% 3.4% 4.0% 48
District of Columbia 22,000 2.9% 3.0% 3.1% 49
New York 252,000 2.7% 2.9% 2.7% 50
Pennsylvania 159,000 2.7% 3.4% 3.2% 50
United States 5,931,000 3.9% 4.0% 4.0%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Massachusetts 62,000 1.7% 0.6% 0.8% 1
Alaska 5,000 1.6% 1.6% 1.3% 2
Missouri 44,000 1.5% 0.8% 0.9% 3
Wyoming 4,000 1.4% 1.4% 1.1% 4
Ohio 73,000 1.3% 1.0% 1.1% 5
Idaho 10,000 1.2% 1.2% 0.9% 7
Montana 6,000 1.2% 1.6% 0.8% 7
North Dakota 5,000 1.2% 1.2% 1.2% 7
Wisconsin 34,000 1.2% 1.0% 0.8% 7
Connecticut 11,000 0.7% 1.0% 0.6% 45
District of Columbia 5,000 0.7% 0.8% 0.8% 45
Florida 67,000 0.7% 1.1% 0.9% 45
New Jersey 28,000 0.7% 1.4% 1.2% 45
New York 65,000 0.7% 0.9% 0.7% 45
Oregon 14,000 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 45
Texas 88,000 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 45
Virginia 28,000 0.7% 1.0% 1.1% 45
Maryland 16,000 0.6% 0.8% 1.0% 50
Pennsylvania 38,000 0.6% 0.6% 1.0% 50
United States 1,327,000 0.9% 0.9% 0.9%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Georgia 211,000 4.4% 3.8% 4.6% 1
Alaska 13,000 4.2% 4.8% 3.9% 2
Oklahoma 68,000 4.0% 3.2% 3.0% 3
Kentucky 75,000 3.9% 3.7% 3.8% 4
Wyoming 11,000 3.9% 3.9% 3.2% 4
Arizona 117,000 3.8% 3.3% 3.0% 6
Delaware 17,000 3.7% 3.3% 3.8% 8
Montana 19,000 3.7% 3.8% 3.5% 8
South Carolina 82,000 3.7% 3.7% 3.2% 8
California 409,000 2.3% 2.7% 2.3% 45
Minnesota 67,000 2.3% 2.4% 3.1% 45
New Jersey 96,000 2.3% 1.9% 2.5% 45
Wisconsin 68,000 2.3% 2.4% 2.7% 45
Massachusetts 80,000 2.2% 2.0% 1.7% 48
District of Columbia 15,000 2.0% 2.0% 1.6% 49
Pennsylvania 114,000 1.9% 2.6% 2.0% 50
New York 171,000 1.8% 1.9% 1.8% 51
United States 4,237,000 2.8% 2.8% 2.8%


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