JOLTS State Data Snapshot

Data for New Jersey, November 2021

New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure	Level	12 Month Average	Series High	High Date	Series Low	Low Date
Hires	159,000	163,667	293,000	June 2020	87,000	October 2012
Job openings	290,000	272,000	323,000	July 2021	61,000	August 2009
Layoffs and discharges	47,000	45,833	517,000	March 2020	23,000	December 2011
Quits	102,000	92,417	110,000	May 2007	28,000	August 2009
Total separations	167,000	148,583	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	3.9%	45	4.2%	8.2%	June 2020	2.2%	March 2013
Job openings	6.7%	29	6.4%	7.5%	July 2021	1.6%	October 2009
Layoffs and discharges	1.2%	16	1.2%	12.3%	March 2020	0.6%	December 2011
Quits	2.5%	46	2.3%	2.8%	October 2020	0.7%	August 2009
Total separations	4.1%	40	3.8%	14.6%	March 2020	2.0%	December 2011

Hires

State	Level	Rate	Prior Month	Prior Year	Rank
Hawaii	38,000	6.6%	6.4%	6.0%	1
Alaska	20,000	6.5%	6.1%	6.2%	2
Montana	28,000	5.8%	5.2%	4.8%	3
South Carolina	126,000	5.8%	5.4%	5.1%	3
Idaho	45,000	5.7%	4.7%	4.8%	5
Kentucky	105,000	5.6%	5.2%	5.2%	6
Wyoming	15,000	5.5%	5.1%	4.8%	7
Iowa	61,000	4.0%	4.0%	4.2%	44
New Jersey	159,000	3.9%	4.1%	4.6%	45
Maryland	103,000	3.8%	3.7%	4.9%	46
Minnesota	111,000	3.8%	3.4%	3.4%	46
New York	333,000	3.7%	3.6%	3.4%	48
Ohio	201,000	3.7%	4.2%	4.2%	48
Massachusetts	123,000	3.5%	4.0%	3.2%	50
District of Columbia	24,000	3.2%	2.8%	3.1%	51
United States	6,697,000	4.5%	4.4%	4.2%

Job Openings

State	Level	Rate	Prior Month	Prior Year	Rank
Alaska	30,000	8.8%	8.5%	6.7%	1
Hawaii	52,000	8.3%	8.4%	5.5%	2
New Hampshire	57,000	7.9%	7.1%	5.0%	3
Montana	41,000	7.8%	8.2%	5.4%	4
Georgia	379,000	7.6%	8.2%	5.5%	5
Massachusetts	290,000	7.5%	7.9%	4.6%	6
Nevada	109,000	7.4%	7.6%	4.8%	7
West Virginia	55,000	7.4%	7.6%	6.4%	7
New Jersey	290,000	6.7%	6.9%	5.3%	29
Iowa	104,000	6.3%	7.1%	4.5%	44
Arkansas	85,000	6.2%	6.6%	4.6%	45
California	1,118,000	6.2%	6.5%	4.2%	45
Illinois	379,000	6.1%	6.8%	4.1%	47
Minnesota	189,000	6.1%	8.1%	4.0%	47
Washington	221,000	6.0%	6.2%	4.3%	49
Delaware	28,000	5.8%	6.4%	4.1%	50
District of Columbia	40,000	5.0%	5.0%	4.1%	51
United States	10,562,000	6.6%	7.0%	4.5%

Total Separations

State	Level	Rate	Prior Month	Prior Year	Rank
New Hampshire	44,000	6.6%	4.5%	4.0%	1
Vermont	19,000	6.4%	5.1%	4.9%	2
Georgia	277,000	6.0%	4.8%	4.4%	3
Montana	29,000	6.0%	5.4%	6.1%	3
North Dakota	25,000	5.9%	5.5%	5.4%	5
Wyoming	16,000	5.8%	4.7%	6.2%	6
Maine	34,000	5.5%	4.2%	4.2%	7
Kentucky	103,000	5.4%	4.6%	5.2%	8
New Jersey	167,000	4.1%	3.6%	4.8%	40
Minnesota	110,000	3.8%	3.2%	3.8%	44
Ohio	203,000	3.8%	3.8%	3.8%	44
Pennsylvania	221,000	3.8%	4.2%	3.5%	44
Massachusetts	133,000	3.7%	3.5%	3.3%	46
Virginia	143,000	3.6%	3.7%	3.8%	47
California	565,000	3.4%	3.4%	3.5%	48
Washington	118,000	3.4%	3.6%	3.7%	48
New York	300,000	3.3%	3.0%	2.9%	50
District of Columbia	24,000	3.2%	3.0%	2.9%	51
United States	6,273,000	4.2%	4.0%	4.0%

Layoffs and Discharges

State	Level	Rate	Prior Month	Prior Year	Rank
Montana	9,000	1.9%	1.2%	2.7%	1
Wyoming	5,000	1.8%	1.1%	3.3%	2
New Hampshire	11,000	1.7%	1.4%	1.6%	3
Connecticut	22,000	1.4%	1.1%	2.5%	6
Iowa	22,000	1.4%	1.0%	1.6%	6
North Dakota	6,000	1.4%	2.2%	2.5%	6
Oregon	27,000	1.4%	1.1%	2.4%	6
Vermont	4,000	1.4%	1.4%	1.7%	6
New Jersey	47,000	1.2%	0.9%	2.4%	16
California	115,000	0.7%	0.8%	1.5%	47
District of Columbia	5,000	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%	47
Indiana	22,000	0.7%	0.7%	1.3%	47
Missouri	19,000	0.7%	0.8%	1.3%	47
Virginia	29,000	0.7%	0.8%	1.2%	47
Washington	24,000	0.7%	0.7%	1.5%	47
West Virginia	5,000	0.7%	1.4%	1.3%	47
Wisconsin	19,000	0.7%	0.8%	1.1%	47
United States	1,369,000	0.9%	0.9%	1.5%

Quits

State	Level	Rate	Prior Month	Prior Year	Rank
Georgia	206,000	4.5%	3.3%	2.9%	1
New Hampshire	30,000	4.5%	2.9%	2.2%	1
Vermont	13,000	4.4%	3.7%	2.8%	3
North Dakota	18,000	4.3%	3.1%	2.7%	4
Kentucky	79,000	4.2%	3.0%	3.2%	5
North Carolina	181,000	4.0%	3.5%	3.0%	6
Alaska	12,000	3.9%	3.2%	2.3%	7
Montana	19,000	3.9%	3.7%	2.9%	7
Ohio	141,000	2.6%	2.7%	2.3%	44
California	415,000	2.5%	2.3%	1.7%	46
Massachusetts	89,000	2.5%	2.4%	1.8%	46
New Jersey	102,000	2.5%	2.5%	2.2%	46
District of Columbia	18,000	2.4%	2.0%	1.9%	49
Pennsylvania	139,000	2.4%	2.7%	2.1%	49
Washington	84,000	2.4%	2.6%	1.9%	49
New York	209,000	2.3%	1.9%	1.5%	51
United States	4,527,000	3.0%	2.8%	2.3%

New Jersey Trends

Relative Activity Comparison