New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 134,000 154,500 288,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 213,000 266,333 299,000 January 2022 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 40,000 40,167 511,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 77,000 93,917 112,000 February 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 124,000 143,583 605,000 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 3.1% 49 3.7% 8.1% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 4.8% 49 6.0% 7.0% March 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 0.9% 35 0.9% 12.2% March 2020 0.6% January 2022
Quits 1.8% 49 2.2% 2.7% March 2022 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 2.9% 48 3.4% 14.4% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 0.8% 2 0.7% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% September 2022

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 20,000 6.2% 6.2% 6.0% 1
Wyoming 16,000 5.6% 5.6% 5.0% 2
Montana 28,000 5.5% 5.5% 5.6% 3
Delaware 24,000 5.2% 5.4% 4.9% 4
Tennessee 166,000 5.1% 5.0% 5.6% 5
Nevada 74,000 5.0% 5.2% 4.9% 6
West Virginia 36,000 5.0% 4.8% 5.2% 6
Kentucky 96,000 4.9% 4.9% 6.0% 8
California 614,000 3.5% 3.6% 4.2% 44
District of Columbia 27,000 3.5% 3.5% 3.4% 44
Connecticut 56,000 3.3% 3.0% 3.9% 46
Massachusetts 124,000 3.3% 3.8% 3.2% 46
Hawaii 20,000 3.2% 3.7% 5.4% 48
New Jersey 134,000 3.1% 3.3% 3.7% 49
Pennsylvania 189,000 3.1% 3.1% 4.4% 49
New York 277,000 2.9% 2.7% 3.5% 51
United States 6,055,000 3.9% 4.0% 4.5%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Louisiana 180,000 8.5% 8.3% 6.8% 1
West Virginia 65,000 8.3% 7.9% 7.5% 2
Wisconsin 261,000 8.1% 7.1% 7.1% 3
Alaska 28,000 8.0% 8.5% 9.4% 4
Georgia 404,000 7.7% 7.6% 8.2% 5
Colorado 231,000 7.4% 7.4% 7.1% 7
Kentucky 158,000 7.4% 7.1% 7.1% 7
New Mexico 69,000 7.4% 7.7% 7.2% 7
Connecticut 102,000 5.7% 5.4% 6.2% 45
Washington 215,000 5.7% 6.1% 6.2% 45
Nebraska 62,000 5.6% 5.8% 6.6% 47
District of Columbia 43,000 5.3% 5.9% 5.5% 48
Hawaii 31,000 4.8% 5.8% 8.5% 49
New Jersey 213,000 4.8% 5.5% 6.0% 49
New York 447,000 4.5% 5.1% 6.6% 51
United States 10,458,000 6.4% 6.4% 6.8%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 23,000 7.1% 6.8% 6.0% 1
Wyoming 16,000 5.6% 5.3% 5.7% 2
Montana 27,000 5.3% 5.1% 5.8% 3
Louisiana 101,000 5.2% 4.8% 4.8% 4
Tennessee 169,000 5.2% 5.7% 4.9% 4
Georgia 242,000 5.0% 5.0% 6.1% 6
Arkansas 65,000 4.9% 4.4% 4.6% 7
Mississippi 57,000 4.9% 5.3% 4.9% 7
Connecticut 55,000 3.3% 2.6% 4.3% 45
Wisconsin 97,000 3.3% 3.3% 4.1% 45
District of Columbia 23,000 3.0% 3.2% 3.0% 47
New Jersey 124,000 2.9% 2.8% 3.8% 48
Massachusetts 105,000 2.8% 2.6% 3.2% 49
Pennsylvania 168,000 2.8% 2.8% 3.3% 49
New York 233,000 2.4% 2.8% 3.1% 51
United States 5,870,000 3.8% 3.8% 4.2%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 8,000 2.5% 1.9% 1.3% 1
New Mexico 15,000 1.7% 1.2% 1.0% 2
Colorado 42,000 1.4% 1.2% 1.2% 4
Montana 7,000 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% 4
Nevada 20,000 1.4% 1.4% 1.1% 4
Wyoming 4,000 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% 4
New Jersey 40,000 0.9% 0.8% 1.1% 35
Florida 71,000 0.7% 0.7% 1.0% 44
Massachusetts 25,000 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 44
New York 69,000 0.7% 1.0% 0.8% 44
Ohio 40,000 0.7% 1.2% 0.7% 44
Pennsylvania 40,000 0.7% 0.7% 0.9% 44
Wisconsin 20,000 0.7% 0.8% 0.6% 44
California 115,000 0.6% 0.8% 0.7% 49
Minnesota 18,000 0.6% 0.9% 0.8% 49
Texas 87,000 0.6% 0.8% 0.8% 49
Missouri 14,000 0.5% 0.9% 0.6% 51
United States 1,350,000 0.9% 0.9% 0.9%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 13,000 4.0% 4.4% 4.1% 1
Louisiana 72,000 3.7% 3.5% 3.4% 2
Tennessee 120,000 3.7% 3.8% 3.8% 2
Georgia 173,000 3.6% 3.6% 4.4% 4
Montana 18,000 3.6% 3.4% 4.0% 4
Arkansas 46,000 3.5% 3.2% 3.5% 7
Mississippi 40,000 3.5% 3.8% 3.6% 7
Wyoming 10,000 3.5% 3.5% 3.9% 7
Rhode Island 11,000 2.2% 2.6% 2.9% 45
Connecticut 35,000 2.1% 1.7% 2.6% 46
Massachusetts 74,000 2.0% 1.9% 2.2% 47
District of Columbia 15,000 1.9% 2.3% 2.2% 48
New Jersey 77,000 1.8% 1.9% 2.4% 49
Pennsylvania 108,000 1.8% 1.9% 2.3% 49
New York 154,000 1.6% 1.7% 2.0% 51
United States 4,173,000 2.7% 2.6% 3.0%


Relative Activity Comparison