New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 163,000 161,500 288,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 285,000 285,583 299,000 January 2022 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 49,000 40,583 511,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 76,000 95,833 112,000 February 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 132,000 147,417 605,000 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 3.9% 41 3.9% 8.1% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 6.4% 46 6.5% 7.0% March 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 1.2% 7 1.0% 12.2% March 2020 0.6% January 2022
Quits 1.8% 51 2.3% 2.7% March 2022 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 3.1% 47 3.6% 14.4% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 0.6% 13 0.9% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% May 2022

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Nevada 98,000 6.8% 5.7% 6.9% 1
Alaska 21,000 6.7% 6.9% 5.6% 2
Wyoming 17,000 6.0% 6.0% 5.0% 3
Montana 30,000 5.9% 5.9% 5.3% 4
Georgia 270,000 5.6% 5.6% 5.8% 5
Idaho 43,000 5.3% 5.2% 4.8% 6
South Carolina 117,000 5.3% 5.0% 4.6% 6
Hawaii 31,000 5.1% 5.6% 4.6% 8
New Jersey 163,000 3.9% 4.1% 3.2% 41
Massachusetts 134,000 3.7% 3.9% 3.4% 45
Michigan 160,000 3.7% 3.9% 4.4% 45
Wisconsin 110,000 3.7% 3.6% 3.8% 45
California 618,000 3.5% 3.8% 3.9% 48
Minnesota 103,000 3.5% 3.9% 3.1% 48
New York 329,000 3.5% 3.3% 3.2% 48
District of Columbia 25,000 3.3% 3.5% 2.9% 50
Pennsylvania 187,000 3.2% 3.0% 3.0% 51
United States 6,507,000 4.3% 4.3% 4.2%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Massachusetts 338,000 8.4% 7.8% 6.0% 1
Alaska 28,000 8.2% 8.6% 6.7% 2
Montana 45,000 8.2% 8.2% 6.9% 2
Kentucky 168,000 8.0% 8.4% 7.5% 4
Vermont 26,000 8.0% 8.3% 7.6% 4
Louisiana 160,000 7.7% 7.6% 5.9% 6
Maryland 227,000 7.7% 7.7% 7.6% 6
Rhode Island 41,000 7.6% 7.6% 6.3% 8
Utah 116,000 6.5% 6.1% 5.9% 45
New Jersey 285,000 6.4% 6.4% 6.3% 46
Washington 240,000 6.4% 6.2% 5.4% 46
Illinois 405,000 6.3% 7.8% 5.6% 48
Arizona 200,000 6.2% 6.8% 6.9% 49
District of Columbia 46,000 5.7% 6.9% 5.4% 50
New York 538,000 5.4% 5.8% 5.5% 51
United States 11,303,000 6.9% 7.2% 6.2%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 21,000 6.7% 6.3% 5.9% 1
Wyoming 16,000 5.7% 4.9% 5.4% 2
Montana 28,000 5.5% 4.9% 5.3% 3
Florida 492,000 5.3% 4.2% 3.8% 4
Georgia 250,000 5.2% 5.2% 5.2% 5
Idaho 41,000 5.0% 4.8% 4.9% 6
Kentucky 92,000 4.7% 5.5% 4.5% 7
South Carolina 105,000 4.7% 5.1% 4.3% 7
Connecticut 56,000 3.4% 3.6% 3.1% 44
Minnesota 100,000 3.4% 3.5% 2.8% 44
Pennsylvania 203,000 3.4% 3.0% 2.9% 44
Washington 116,000 3.3% 3.5% 2.9% 46
New Jersey 132,000 3.1% 3.6% 3.4% 47
Illinois 181,000 3.0% 3.8% 4.1% 48
New York 284,000 3.0% 3.3% 2.8% 48
District of Columbia 22,000 2.9% 3.3% 2.7% 50
Massachusetts 99,000 2.7% 3.3% 3.3% 51
United States 6,017,000 4.0% 3.9% 3.8%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Michigan 74,000 1.7% 0.7% 0.9% 1
Alaska 5,000 1.6% 1.3% 1.3% 2
Georgia 66,000 1.4% 1.2% 1.1% 3
Montana 7,000 1.4% 1.0% 1.2% 3
Alabama 27,000 1.3% 1.2% 0.9% 5
Vermont 4,000 1.3% 1.0% 1.4% 5
New Jersey 49,000 1.2% 0.9% 1.0% 7
Oregon 13,000 0.7% 0.8% 0.8% 46
Texas 98,000 0.7% 0.6% 0.9% 46
Washington 24,000 0.7% 0.6% 0.5% 46
Massachusetts 23,000 0.6% 0.7% 1.2% 48
Pennsylvania 37,000 0.6% 0.8% 1.0% 48
Illinois 17,000 0.3% 0.8% 1.3% 50
Indiana 11,000 0.3% 0.7% 1.1% 50
United States 1,416,000 0.9% 0.9% 0.9%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 15,000 4.8% 4.7% 4.3% 1
Florida 373,000 4.0% 3.3% 2.9% 2
Wyoming 11,000 3.9% 3.5% 3.6% 3
Montana 19,000 3.8% 3.7% 3.7% 4
Georgia 178,000 3.7% 3.7% 3.8% 6
Idaho 30,000 3.7% 3.6% 3.7% 6
South Carolina 81,000 3.7% 3.7% 3.2% 6
Kentucky 67,000 3.5% 3.9% 3.3% 8
Connecticut 36,000 2.2% 2.5% 1.7% 46
Rhode Island 11,000 2.2% 2.6% 2.1% 46
District of Columbia 15,000 2.0% 2.1% 1.8% 48
Massachusetts 72,000 2.0% 2.3% 1.9% 48
New York 180,000 1.9% 1.9% 1.6% 50
New Jersey 76,000 1.8% 2.5% 2.2% 51
United States 4,274,000 2.8% 2.9% 2.6%


Relative Activity Comparison