New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 161,000 161,500 267,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 219,000 234,417 316,000 August 2021 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 36,000 53,500 571,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 74,000 81,500 113,000 August 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 136,000 145,750 670,000 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 3.7% 26 3.7% 7.5% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 4.8% 44 5.1% 7.2% August 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 0.8% 46 1.2% 13.6% March 2020 0.6% December 2011
Quits 1.7% 48 1.9% 2.7% May 2007 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 3.1% 43 3.4% 16.0% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 1.0% 2 0.8% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% February 2023

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 20,000 6.1% 5.2% 6.5% 1
Delaware 23,000 4.7% 4.9% 5.5% 2
Georgia 226,000 4.6% 4.5% 4.8% 3
Colorado 127,000 4.4% 4.5% 4.4% 4
Montana 23,000 4.4% 5.4% 5.8% 4
Mississippi 50,000 4.3% 4.4% 4.9% 6
Louisiana 83,000 4.2% 4.4% 4.8% 7
Vermont 13,000 4.2% 4.2% 4.6% 7
New Jersey 161,000 3.7% 3.5% 3.5% 26
Connecticut 53,000 3.1% 3.7% 3.6% 45
District of Columbia 24,000 3.1% 3.0% 3.4% 45
New York 286,000 2.9% 2.9% 3.1% 47
Washington 104,000 2.9% 3.2% 3.7% 47
Hawaii 17,000 2.7% 3.3% 3.5% 49
Massachusetts 103,000 2.7% 3.0% 3.3% 49
California 433,000 2.4% 3.0% 3.6% 51
United States 5,465,000 3.5% 3.7% 4.1%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 27,000 7.6% 7.1% 9.0% 1
Colorado 232,000 7.4% 6.7% 7.0% 2
West Virginia 50,000 6.6% 7.0% 8.3% 3
Wisconsin 212,000 6.6% 6.5% 8.2% 3
Minnesota 209,000 6.5% 6.0% 6.1% 5
South Carolina 161,000 6.5% 6.6% 7.4% 5
Montana 36,000 6.4% 6.5% 7.6% 7
New Mexico 60,000 6.4% 6.0% 7.5% 7
Connecticut 85,000 4.8% 4.9% 6.4% 44
Indiana 165,000 4.8% 4.8% 6.2% 44
New Jersey 219,000 4.8% 4.7% 4.9% 44
Utah 87,000 4.8% 5.3% 6.3% 44
District of Columbia 37,000 4.5% 4.5% 5.5% 48
Hawaii 30,000 4.5% 4.5% 5.1% 48
New York 454,000 4.5% 4.5% 4.6% 48
Washington 172,000 4.5% 4.5% 5.7% 48
California 775,000 4.1% 4.2% 6.4% 51
United States 8,790,000 5.3% 5.3% 6.5%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Montana 29,000 5.6% 5.8% 6.4% 1
Alaska 17,000 5.2% 5.2% 7.1% 2
Wyoming 15,000 5.1% 4.8% 6.3% 3
Idaho 43,000 5.0% 4.3% 5.4% 4
South Dakota 23,000 4.9% 3.6% 3.9% 5
North Dakota 20,000 4.6% 3.4% 3.9% 6
Arizona 139,000 4.4% 4.2% 4.4% 7
New Jersey 136,000 3.1% 4.2% 3.2% 43
District of Columbia 23,000 3.0% 3.1% 3.1% 44
Hawaii 19,000 3.0% 2.8% 3.8% 44
Connecticut 50,000 2.9% 3.5% 3.3% 47
Illinois 176,000 2.9% 3.2% 3.9% 47
New York 284,000 2.9% 3.1% 2.6% 47
California 503,000 2.8% 2.7% 3.9% 49
Pennsylvania 174,000 2.8% 3.8% 2.8% 49
Massachusetts 95,000 2.5% 3.0% 2.7% 51
United States 5,340,000 3.4% 3.6% 3.9%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Montana 9,000 1.7% 2.3% 1.8% 1
Alaska 5,000 1.5% 1.5% 1.8% 2
Idaho 13,000 1.5% 1.4% 1.4% 2
Arizona 45,000 1.4% 1.2% 1.2% 5
Indiana 45,000 1.4% 1.0% 1.1% 5
Wyoming 4,000 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% 5
Colorado 38,000 1.3% 1.4% 1.9% 8
Nevada 21,000 1.3% 1.1% 1.4% 8
Utah 23,000 1.3% 1.0% 1.1% 8
District of Columbia 6,000 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 46
Massachusetts 32,000 0.8% 1.1% 0.7% 46
Minnesota 24,000 0.8% 0.7% 0.7% 46
Missouri 24,000 0.8% 0.9% 0.7% 46
New Jersey 36,000 0.8% 1.9% 1.1% 46
Ohio 46,000 0.8% 1.0% 0.7% 46
Pennsylvania 47,000 0.8% 1.5% 0.6% 46
Virginia 35,000 0.8% 1.0% 0.9% 46
Illinois 36,000 0.6% 0.8% 1.6% 51
United States 1,527,000 1.0% 1.0% 1.0%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 11,000 3.4% 3.1% 4.6% 2
Montana 18,000 3.4% 3.3% 4.5% 2
South Dakota 16,000 3.4% 2.4% 2.8% 2
Wyoming 10,000 3.4% 3.1% 4.2% 2
Idaho 28,000 3.2% 2.6% 3.7% 5
North Dakota 13,000 3.0% 2.5% 2.6% 6
Florida 275,000 2.8% 2.7% 2.8% 7
Connecticut 30,000 1.8% 1.7% 2.0% 46
District of Columbia 14,000 1.8% 1.9% 1.9% 46
North Carolina 91,000 1.8% 2.7% 2.8% 46
New Jersey 74,000 1.7% 2.0% 1.9% 48
New York 163,000 1.7% 1.7% 1.7% 48
California 289,000 1.6% 1.7% 2.9% 50
Massachusetts 54,000 1.4% 1.6% 1.8% 51
United States 3,471,000 2.2% 2.3% 2.7%


Relative Activity Comparison