New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 215,000 154,333 288,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 246,000 258,000 299,000 January 2022 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 53,000 48,333 511,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 84,000 85,833 112,000 February 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 142,000 141,083 605,000 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 5.0% 7 3.6% 8.1% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 5.4% 40 5.7% 7.0% March 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 1.2% 25 1.1% 12.2% March 2020 0.6% January 2022
Quits 1.9% 48 2.0% 2.7% March 2022 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 3.3% 46 3.3% 14.4% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 0.7% 10 0.7% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% February 2023

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 19,000 5.9% 5.8% 6.6% 1
Wyoming 17,000 5.9% 5.5% 6.0% 1
Montana 28,000 5.4% 5.6% 5.7% 3
West Virginia 38,000 5.4% 5.0% 5.0% 3
Louisiana 99,000 5.1% 5.4% 5.2% 5
Delaware 24,000 5.0% 5.2% 5.3% 7
Maine 32,000 5.0% 3.7% 4.2% 7
New Jersey 215,000 5.0% 3.5% 4.3% 7
California 606,000 3.4% 3.3% 3.6% 46
Nebraska 36,000 3.4% 4.7% 4.2% 46
Wisconsin 101,000 3.4% 3.7% 3.9% 46
Kansas 48,000 3.3% 4.1% 3.8% 48
Washington 121,000 3.3% 3.7% 4.3% 48
New York 313,000 3.2% 3.3% 3.3% 50
Pennsylvania 193,000 3.2% 3.0% 3.4% 50
United States 6,149,000 4.0% 4.0% 4.3%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 27,000 7.7% 7.9% 9.7% 1
Virginia 347,000 7.7% 7.5% 7.8% 1
South Carolina 189,000 7.6% 7.2% 8.7% 3
Georgia 395,000 7.5% 8.0% 8.1% 4
Louisiana 153,000 7.3% 7.2% 7.2% 5
West Virginia 54,000 7.2% 7.8% 8.0% 6
North Carolina 372,000 7.1% 7.0% 8.2% 7
Delaware 36,000 6.9% 7.0% 7.5% 8
Tennessee 245,000 6.9% 7.1% 7.6% 8
New Jersey 246,000 5.4% 5.9% 6.3% 40
Iowa 86,000 5.1% 5.9% 7.0% 44
Nebraska 56,000 5.1% 5.8% 7.1% 44
Indiana 171,000 5.0% 5.1% 7.0% 46
California 911,000 4.8% 5.2% 6.9% 47
Hawaii 32,000 4.8% 5.5% 7.0% 47
Washington 178,000 4.7% 5.2% 6.6% 49
Kansas 70,000 4.6% 6.0% 6.6% 50
New York 430,000 4.2% 4.1% 5.9% 51
United States 9,590,000 5.8% 6.0% 7.4%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Montana 29,000 5.6% 4.8% 5.1% 1
Tennessee 186,000 5.6% 4.7% 4.8% 1
Louisiana 105,000 5.4% 5.3% 4.6% 3
Alaska 17,000 5.2% 5.8% 6.9% 5
Maryland 143,000 5.2% 4.6% 3.8% 5
Wyoming 15,000 5.2% 5.2% 5.6% 5
Arkansas 67,000 5.0% 4.7% 4.7% 7
Kentucky 94,000 4.7% 4.7% 5.2% 8
West Virginia 33,000 4.7% 5.1% 4.7% 8
Connecticut 55,000 3.3% 3.0% 3.2% 46
Hawaii 21,000 3.3% 3.3% 3.7% 46
New Jersey 142,000 3.3% 3.0% 4.4% 46
Wisconsin 98,000 3.3% 3.1% 3.8% 46
Pennsylvania 198,000 3.2% 2.8% 3.1% 49
District of Columbia 22,000 2.8% 3.6% 3.1% 50
New York 255,000 2.6% 2.7% 2.9% 51
United States 5,932,000 3.8% 3.8% 4.1%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Tennessee 80,000 2.4% 1.1% 1.3% 1
Montana 10,000 1.9% 1.4% 1.0% 2
Alaska 6,000 1.8% 1.8% 1.3% 3
Massachusetts 63,000 1.7% 0.8% 0.6% 4
Vermont 5,000 1.6% 1.3% 1.3% 5
Michigan 65,000 1.5% 1.0% 0.8% 6
Nevada 23,000 1.5% 1.1% 0.8% 6
New Jersey 53,000 1.2% 1.0% 1.4% 25
Hawaii 6,000 0.9% 0.9% 0.7% 47
Ohio 52,000 0.9% 1.1% 0.7% 47
New York 76,000 0.8% 0.9% 0.7% 49
Texas 110,000 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 49
District of Columbia 5,000 0.6% 0.8% 0.8% 51
United States 1,805,000 1.2% 1.0% 0.9%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Louisiana 73,000 3.7% 3.9% 3.3% 1
Maryland 98,000 3.6% 3.1% 2.5% 2
Arkansas 47,000 3.5% 3.5% 3.3% 3
West Virginia 24,000 3.4% 3.7% 3.3% 4
Kentucky 67,000 3.3% 3.4% 3.6% 6
Montana 17,000 3.3% 3.1% 4.0% 6
South Carolina 75,000 3.3% 3.3% 3.9% 6
Georgia 154,000 3.2% 4.1% 3.5% 8
Pennsylvania 126,000 2.1% 1.7% 2.2% 45
California 363,000 2.0% 2.1% 2.6% 46
Connecticut 33,000 2.0% 2.0% 2.1% 46
District of Columbia 15,000 1.9% 2.6% 2.1% 48
New Jersey 84,000 1.9% 1.9% 2.7% 48
New York 165,000 1.7% 1.7% 1.9% 50
Massachusetts 60,000 1.6% 1.8% 2.0% 51
United States 3,851,000 2.5% 2.6% 2.9%


Relative Activity Comparison