New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 169,000 162,500 293,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 290,000 289,000 323,000 July 2021 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 52,000 40,083 517,000 March 2020 20,000 January 2022
Quits 107,000 100,083 110,000 May 2007 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 170,000 151,917 611,000 March 2020 77,000 December 2011

Rates

Measure Rate National Rank 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 4.0% 41 4.0% 8.2% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 6.5% 46 6.7% 7.5% July 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 1.2% 8 1.0% 12.3% March 2020 0.5% January 2022
Quits 2.6% 40 2.5% 2.8% October 2020 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 4.1% 29 3.8% 14.6% March 2020 2.0% December 2011

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 21,000 6.7% 6.3% 6.5% 1
Kentucky 114,000 5.9% 5.3% 5.0% 2
Georgia 271,000 5.7% 6.7% 4.8% 3
Oklahoma 93,000 5.6% 5.2% 4.2% 4
South Carolina 122,000 5.6% 5.7% 4.5% 4
Arkansas 71,000 5.4% 4.7% 4.7% 6
Louisiana 102,000 5.4% 5.1% 4.7% 6
New Jersey 169,000 4.0% 4.0% 4.7% 41
Connecticut 64,000 3.9% 3.8% 3.8% 45
Minnesota 112,000 3.9% 3.8% 3.3% 45
California 656,000 3.8% 4.0% 4.0% 47
Missouri 109,000 3.8% 3.2% 4.2% 47
Massachusetts 134,000 3.7% 3.9% 4.7% 49
New York 316,000 3.4% 3.6% 3.1% 50
District of Columbia 24,000 3.1% 3.3% 2.9% 51
United States 6,645,000 4.4% 4.5% 4.3%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Kentucky 210,000 9.8% 7.8% 5.7% 1
Alaska 32,000 9.2% 9.2% 7.8% 2
Hawaii 52,000 8.0% 7.8% 4.7% 4
Massachusetts 318,000 8.0% 7.8% 5.9% 4
Montana 44,000 8.0% 8.0% 6.8% 4
Oklahoma 146,000 8.0% 6.4% 6.0% 4
North Carolina 406,000 7.9% 7.4% 6.2% 8
South Carolina 189,000 7.9% 7.9% 6.1% 8
West Virginia 60,000 7.9% 7.9% 6.8% 8
Alabama 147,000 6.6% 6.7% 5.2% 44
Iowa 111,000 6.6% 6.7% 5.3% 44
New Jersey 290,000 6.5% 6.3% 7.0% 46
Pennsylvania 411,000 6.5% 6.5% 6.4% 46
Connecticut 110,000 6.3% 6.3% 5.4% 48
Kansas 93,000 6.3% 6.4% 5.6% 48
New York 594,000 6.0% 6.3% 4.4% 50
District of Columbia 47,000 5.8% 5.3% 3.9% 51
United States 11,855,000 7.3% 7.0% 5.5%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 22,000 7.0% 7.3% 6.2% 1
Florida 525,000 5.7% 4.4% 3.8% 2
Wyoming 16,000 5.6% 5.6% 5.5% 3
Arizona 166,000 5.5% 4.5% 4.5% 4
South Carolina 120,000 5.5% 4.5% 4.4% 4
Georgia 253,000 5.3% 5.1% 4.4% 6
Mississippi 60,000 5.2% 6.0% 5.6% 7
North Carolina 243,000 5.2% 5.0% 4.2% 7
New Jersey 170,000 4.1% 3.9% 3.2% 29
Kansas 48,000 3.5% 3.9% 3.3% 45
Minnesota 101,000 3.5% 3.5% 3.2% 45
Connecticut 56,000 3.4% 3.5% 3.4% 47
District of Columbia 25,000 3.3% 3.3% 3.7% 48
Pennsylvania 197,000 3.3% 3.3% 3.5% 48
Massachusetts 115,000 3.1% 3.1% 3.4% 50
New York 273,000 2.9% 3.1% 2.7% 51
United States 6,248,000 4.1% 4.0% 3.8%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 5,000 1.6% 1.6% 2.3% 1
Mississippi 15,000 1.3% 1.9% 2.0% 3
North Carolina 62,000 1.3% 1.2% 1.2% 3
Tennessee 40,000 1.3% 1.1% 1.4% 3
Alabama 24,000 1.2% 0.9% 0.9% 8
Georgia 58,000 1.2% 1.0% 1.3% 8
Montana 6,000 1.2% 1.2% 1.5% 8
New Hampshire 8,000 1.2% 1.2% 1.2% 8
New Jersey 52,000 1.2% 1.0% 1.1% 8
North Dakota 5,000 1.2% 0.9% 1.4% 8
Rhode Island 6,000 1.2% 1.2% 1.3% 8
Massachusetts 27,000 0.7% 0.7% 1.0% 48
Minnesota 21,000 0.7% 0.7% 1.0% 48
New York 66,000 0.7% 0.8% 0.9% 48
Ohio 38,000 0.7% 0.7% 1.1% 48
Kansas 9,000 0.6% 1.0% 0.9% 51
United States 1,416,000 0.9% 0.9% 1.0%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 16,000 5.1% 5.1% 3.6% 1
Arizona 137,000 4.5% 3.3% 3.2% 2
Florida 404,000 4.4% 3.3% 2.8% 3
Wyoming 12,000 4.2% 4.2% 3.3% 4
South Carolina 90,000 4.1% 3.5% 3.1% 5
Montana 19,000 3.8% 4.2% 3.1% 6
Utah 62,000 3.8% 3.0% 2.7% 6
Georgia 177,000 3.7% 3.9% 2.9% 8
Idaho 30,000 3.7% 3.3% 2.8% 8
New Jersey 107,000 2.6% 2.6% 1.9% 40
Maine 16,000 2.5% 2.5% 2.3% 45
Missouri 74,000 2.5% 2.8% 2.6% 45
Pennsylvania 136,000 2.3% 2.2% 2.2% 47
Connecticut 36,000 2.2% 2.4% 2.0% 48
Massachusetts 79,000 2.2% 2.2% 2.2% 48
District of Columbia 16,000 2.1% 2.2% 1.9% 50
New York 185,000 2.0% 2.0% 1.6% 51
United States 4,449,000 2.9% 2.9% 2.6%


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