New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 158,000 156,917 267,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 210,000 250,583 316,000 August 2021 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 34,000 51,750 571,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 82,000 89,167 113,000 August 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 128,000 148,750 670,000 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 3.6% 45 3.7% 7.5% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 4.6% 50 5.5% 7.2% August 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 0.8% 47 1.2% 13.6% March 2020 0.6% December 2011
Quits 1.9% 49 2.1% 2.7% May 2007 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 3.0% 48 3.5% 16.0% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 0.8% 5 0.6% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% February 2023

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 21,000 6.5% 5.5% 6.9% 1
Montana 29,000 5.6% 4.8% 5.7% 2
Louisiana 103,000 5.2% 4.3% 4.6% 3
Idaho 43,000 5.1% 4.8% 5.4% 4
Alabama 105,000 4.9% 4.3% 4.3% 6
Arizona 154,000 4.9% 4.7% 5.1% 6
Delaware 24,000 4.9% 5.0% 4.9% 6
Tennessee 161,000 4.9% 4.8% 4.6% 6
New Jersey 158,000 3.6% 3.9% 4.0% 45
District of Columbia 27,000 3.5% 3.1% 3.3% 46
Hawaii 21,000 3.3% 3.3% 3.8% 47
Pennsylvania 200,000 3.3% 3.2% 3.3% 47
Massachusetts 112,000 3.0% 3.6% 3.5% 49
California 524,000 2.9% 3.0% 3.8% 50
New York 286,000 2.9% 2.9% 3.8% 50
United States 6,208,000 4.0% 3.9% 4.3%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 26,000 7.4% 7.9% 8.9% 1
Louisiana 157,000 7.4% 7.0% 7.7% 1
North Carolina 388,000 7.3% 7.2% 7.6% 3
West Virginia 55,000 7.3% 7.3% 8.0% 3
New Mexico 67,000 7.2% 7.6% 7.5% 5
South Carolina 178,000 7.2% 7.0% 7.5% 5
Georgia 368,000 7.0% 7.3% 7.8% 7
California 1,005,000 5.3% 5.5% 7.1% 45
Indiana 182,000 5.3% 5.6% 6.4% 45
Pennsylvania 345,000 5.3% 6.1% 7.6% 45
Washington 189,000 5.0% 5.6% 6.4% 47
Connecticut 85,000 4.8% 5.4% 6.5% 48
Hawaii 32,000 4.8% 5.7% 6.1% 48
New Jersey 210,000 4.6% 5.1% 6.1% 50
New York 435,000 4.3% 4.5% 5.2% 51
United States 9,824,000 5.9% 6.2% 7.0%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Delaware 28,000 5.8% 4.3% 5.5% 1
Alaska 18,000 5.5% 8.0% 5.3% 2
Wyoming 16,000 5.5% 5.5% 5.3% 2
Montana 28,000 5.4% 5.6% 5.5% 4
Mississippi 62,000 5.3% 4.4% 4.4% 5
Louisiana 101,000 5.1% 4.2% 4.8% 6
Georgia 240,000 4.9% 3.9% 5.8% 7
West Virginia 34,000 4.9% 4.9% 4.4% 7
District of Columbia 26,000 3.3% 2.7% 3.0% 45
Hawaii 21,000 3.3% 3.0% 3.4% 45
Minnesota 100,000 3.3% 3.4% 3.6% 45
Pennsylvania 191,000 3.1% 2.9% 3.4% 47
New Jersey 128,000 3.0% 3.5% 3.3% 48
New York 292,000 3.0% 2.4% 3.1% 48
California 525,000 2.9% 2.8% 4.1% 50
Massachusetts 106,000 2.8% 3.0% 2.6% 51
United States 5,871,000 3.8% 3.6% 4.0%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Mississippi 20,000 1.7% 1.0% 1.0% 1
Alaska 5,000 1.5% 3.7% 1.3% 2
Georgia 73,000 1.5% 0.9% 1.5% 2
Delaware 7,000 1.4% 1.0% 1.3% 6
Montana 7,000 1.4% 1.5% 1.2% 6
New Hampshire 10,000 1.4% 1.0% 1.2% 6
Rhode Island 7,000 1.4% 1.2% 1.2% 6
Wyoming 4,000 1.4% 1.7% 1.4% 6
California 147,000 0.8% 0.8% 1.1% 47
District of Columbia 6,000 0.8% 0.6% 0.8% 47
Massachusetts 31,000 0.8% 0.9% 0.6% 47
Minnesota 24,000 0.8% 1.0% 0.9% 47
New Jersey 34,000 0.8% 1.1% 1.3% 47
Texas 118,000 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 47
Washington 29,000 0.8% 1.0% 0.8% 47
Arizona 21,000 0.7% 1.1% 0.8% 51
United States 1,555,000 1.0% 1.0% 1.0%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Delaware 20,000 4.1% 3.1% 3.8% 1
Alaska 12,000 3.7% 3.4% 3.8% 2
Montana 19,000 3.7% 3.5% 3.9% 2
Alabama 77,000 3.6% 2.6% 2.9% 4
Kentucky 70,000 3.5% 3.2% 3.3% 6
Louisiana 69,000 3.5% 2.9% 3.1% 6
Wyoming 10,000 3.5% 3.5% 3.9% 6
Utah 58,000 3.4% 2.8% 2.8% 8
Hawaii 14,000 2.2% 1.9% 2.5% 45
Illinois 134,000 2.2% 2.4% 2.4% 45
New York 195,000 2.0% 1.4% 1.9% 47
Pennsylvania 122,000 2.0% 2.0% 2.6% 47
California 347,000 1.9% 1.9% 2.7% 49
New Jersey 82,000 1.9% 2.1% 1.9% 49
Massachusetts 66,000 1.8% 1.9% 1.9% 51
United States 4,015,000 2.6% 2.4% 2.8%


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