JOLTS State Data Snapshot, January 2022

Data for New Jersey, October 2021

New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure	Level	12 Month Average	Series High	High Date	Series Low	Low Date
Hires	167,000	165,417	293,000	June 2020	87,000	October 2012
Job openings	310,000	266,667	323,000	July 2021	61,000	August 2009
Layoffs and discharges	39,000	49,750	517,000	March 2020	23,000	December 2011
Quits	96,000	90,583	110,000	May 2007	28,000	August 2009
Total separations	144,000	150,000	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	4.1%	37	4.2%	8.2%	June 2020	2.2%	March 2013
Job openings	7.2%	24	6.3%	7.5%	July 2021	1.6%	October 2009
Layoffs and discharges	1.0%	26	1.3%	12.3%	March 2020	0.6%	December 2011
Quits	2.4%	45	2.3%	2.8%	October 2020	0.7%	August 2009
Total separations	3.6%	43	3.8%	14.6%	March 2020	2.0%	December 2011

Hires

State	Level	Rate	Prior Month	Prior Year	Rank
Hawaii	37,000	6.4%	3.8%	6.7%	1
Alaska	19,000	6.1%	6.9%	5.9%	2
Nevada	79,000	5.8%	6.3%	5.8%	3
Georgia	261,000	5.7%	5.8%	4.9%	4
Louisiana	102,000	5.5%	5.2%	5.2%	5
West Virginia	38,000	5.5%	5.1%	5.3%	5
Rhode Island	26,000	5.4%	5.0%	5.4%	7
South Carolina	116,000	5.4%	5.2%	4.9%	7
New Jersey	167,000	4.1%	4.4%	5.8%	37
Virginia	153,000	3.9%	4.6%	4.1%	45
Connecticut	60,000	3.7%	4.0%	3.5%	47
Maryland	100,000	3.7%	3.9%	3.6%	47
Nebraska	38,000	3.7%	3.9%	3.8%	47
New York	323,000	3.6%	3.6%	3.5%	49
Minnesota	100,000	3.5%	3.1%	3.3%	50
District of Columbia	21,000	2.8%	2.7%	2.4%	51
United States	6,506,000	4.4%	4.4%	4.2%

Job Openings

State	Level	Rate	Prior Month	Prior Year	Rank
Georgia	432,000	8.6%	8.3%	5.4%	1
Kentucky	173,000	8.4%	7.2%	5.0%	2
Michigan	388,000	8.4%	8.0%	4.7%	2
Alaska	28,000	8.3%	8.9%	6.5%	4
Minnesota	258,000	8.2%	6.3%	4.2%	5
Hawaii	50,000	8.0%	4.5%	5.4%	7
Montana	42,000	8.0%	7.3%	5.2%	7
West Virginia	60,000	8.0%	8.0%	6.5%	7
New Jersey	310,000	7.2%	6.8%	5.3%	24
Maine	43,000	6.5%	7.5%	4.8%	44
California	1,153,000	6.4%	6.5%	4.2%	45
Pennsylvania	392,000	6.4%	6.7%	4.9%	45
Kansas	94,000	6.3%	5.8%	4.6%	47
Washington	224,000	6.1%	6.1%	3.9%	48
Connecticut	103,000	6.0%	5.8%	4.0%	49
New York	539,000	5.6%	5.8%	3.7%	50
District of Columbia	41,000	5.1%	4.9%	3.8%	51
United States	11,091,000	7.0%	6.7%	4.6%

Total Separations

State	Level	Rate	Prior Month	Prior Year	Rank
North Dakota	24,000	5.7%	5.0%	4.7%	1
Colorado	153,000	5.6%	5.2%	3.8%	2
Montana	25,000	5.2%	5.8%	4.2%	3
Vermont	15,000	5.1%	5.1%	4.2%	4
North Carolina	229,000	5.0%	4.9%	4.6%	5
South Carolina	107,000	5.0%	4.6%	4.5%	5
Georgia	224,000	4.9%	5.8%	4.0%	8
Mississippi	56,000	4.9%	5.2%	4.4%	8
Nevada	67,000	4.9%	5.9%	4.5%	8
New Jersey	144,000	3.6%	3.8%	4.7%	43
Illinois	206,000	3.5%	4.6%	4.3%	46
Washington	122,000	3.5%	3.3%	2.8%	46
California	569,000	3.4%	3.4%	3.5%	48
Minnesota	97,000	3.4%	3.7%	2.8%	48
District of Columbia	24,000	3.2%	2.9%	3.0%	50
New York	274,000	3.0%	3.0%	2.9%	51
United States	5,891,000	4.0%	4.2%	3.8%

Layoffs and Discharges

State	Level	Rate	Prior Month	Prior Year	Rank
North Dakota	9,000	2.2%	1.4%	1.7%	1
Vermont	4,000	1.4%	1.7%	1.7%	2
Colorado	37,000	1.3%	0.9%	1.1%	4
Michigan	53,000	1.3%	1.5%	1.3%	4
Pennsylvania	76,000	1.3%	0.7%	1.2%	4
Rhode Island	6,000	1.3%	1.2%	1.5%	4
New Jersey	39,000	1.0%	1.3%	1.7%	26
Indiana	23,000	0.7%	0.8%	1.4%	48
Missouri	21,000	0.7%	0.8%	1.2%	48
Texas	88,000	0.7%	0.7%	0.9%	48
Virginia	28,000	0.7%	0.7%	1.5%	48
Washington	25,000	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	48
Wisconsin	21,000	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	48
United States	1,350,000	0.9%	0.9%	1.2%

Quits

State	Level	Rate	Prior Month	Prior Year	Rank
Colorado	104,000	3.8%	3.9%	2.3%	1
Mississippi	40,000	3.5%	3.8%	3.0%	4
Montana	17,000	3.5%	4.4%	2.7%	4
Nevada	48,000	3.5%	4.2%	2.6%	4
South Carolina	76,000	3.5%	3.2%	3.3%	4
Texas	455,000	3.5%	3.4%	2.8%	4
Idaho	27,000	3.4%	3.8%	2.7%	8
North Carolina	157,000	3.4%	3.4%	3.0%	8
Vermont	10,000	3.4%	3.1%	2.4%	8
California	396,000	2.4%	2.4%	1.9%	45
Maryland	65,000	2.4%	2.4%	2.1%	45
Minnesota	70,000	2.4%	2.3%	1.8%	45
New Jersey	96,000	2.4%	2.3%	2.8%	45
Massachusetts	82,000	2.3%	2.6%	1.8%	48
Connecticut	36,000	2.2%	2.7%	1.7%	49
District of Columbia	15,000	2.0%	2.0%	1.9%	50
New York	173,000	1.9%	2.0%	1.5%	51
United States	4,157,000	2.8%	3.0%	2.4%

New Jersey Trends

Relative Activity Comparison