New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 153,000 160,667 267,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 208,000 234,000 316,000 August 2021 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 84,000 54,583 571,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 85,000 81,750 113,000 August 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 181,000 145,667 670,000 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 3.5% 40 3.7% 7.5% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 4.6% 45 5.1% 7.2% August 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 1.9% 3 1.3% 13.6% March 2020 0.6% December 2011
Quits 2.0% 42 1.9% 2.7% May 2007 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 4.2% 16 3.4% 16.0% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 1.1% 2 0.8% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% February 2023

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Montana 28,000 5.4% 4.8% 5.8% 1
Alaska 17,000 5.2% 5.5% 5.6% 2
Delaware 24,000 4.9% 5.1% 5.5% 3
West Virginia 34,000 4.8% 4.8% 5.6% 4
Georgia 230,000 4.7% 4.3% 5.0% 5
Oklahoma 81,000 4.7% 4.9% 4.7% 5
Colorado 133,000 4.6% 4.0% 4.9% 7
South Carolina 107,000 4.6% 4.5% 4.7% 7
New Jersey 153,000 3.5% 3.8% 3.4% 40
Hawaii 21,000 3.3% 3.3% 3.8% 44
Michigan 148,000 3.3% 3.2% 3.8% 44
North Carolina 165,000 3.3% 3.9% 4.6% 44
Pennsylvania 198,000 3.2% 3.6% 2.9% 46
Washington 118,000 3.2% 3.1% 3.8% 46
California 553,000 3.0% 3.1% 3.5% 48
Massachusetts 114,000 3.0% 3.3% 3.8% 48
District of Columbia 22,000 2.8% 3.1% 2.9% 50
New York 276,000 2.8% 2.8% 2.9% 50
United States 5,886,000 3.7% 3.8% 4.0%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 25,000 7.1% 7.4% 7.7% 1
West Virginia 53,000 7.0% 7.1% 8.4% 2
South Carolina 165,000 6.7% 6.9% 7.2% 3
Colorado 203,000 6.5% 6.5% 7.8% 4
Montana 36,000 6.5% 6.5% 7.9% 4
Georgia 335,000 6.4% 6.7% 7.5% 6
Mississippi 80,000 6.4% 6.6% 6.7% 6
Maine 44,000 6.3% 6.5% 6.8% 8
New Jersey 208,000 4.6% 5.0% 5.9% 45
New York 466,000 4.6% 4.6% 5.3% 45
District of Columbia 37,000 4.5% 5.2% 4.7% 48
Hawaii 30,000 4.5% 4.8% 5.4% 48
Indiana 153,000 4.5% 4.9% 5.8% 48
Washington 171,000 4.5% 4.5% 5.7% 48
California 807,000 4.3% 4.6% 6.3% 51
United States 8,733,000 5.3% 5.6% 6.4%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Montana 31,000 5.9% 5.8% 5.7% 1
Alaska 18,000 5.5% 5.5% 6.8% 2
Delaware 25,000 5.1% 4.9% 5.5% 4
Louisiana 100,000 5.1% 5.1% 4.9% 4
Wyoming 15,000 5.1% 5.1% 5.2% 4
West Virginia 33,000 4.7% 5.0% 4.7% 6
Maine 30,000 4.6% 3.9% 3.7% 8
Mississippi 54,000 4.6% 4.6% 4.8% 8
Tennessee 154,000 4.6% 4.3% 5.7% 8
New Jersey 181,000 4.2% 3.0% 3.3% 16
Kansas 44,000 3.0% 3.9% 3.9% 45
Michigan 134,000 3.0% 3.3% 3.4% 45
Nebraska 31,000 3.0% 3.6% 3.6% 45
New York 285,000 2.9% 2.7% 2.6% 47
Washington 106,000 2.9% 3.4% 3.1% 47
California 517,000 2.8% 2.9% 3.1% 50
Hawaii 18,000 2.8% 3.6% 3.0% 50
Massachusetts 106,000 2.8% 2.2% 2.7% 50
United States 5,646,000 3.6% 3.6% 3.8%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Montana 12,000 2.3% 1.5% 1.8% 1
Maine 14,000 2.2% 1.1% 1.1% 2
New Jersey 84,000 1.9% 0.8% 1.1% 3
Alaska 6,000 1.8% 1.8% 1.9% 4
Wyoming 5,000 1.7% 1.4% 1.4% 5
New Hampshire 11,000 1.6% 1.1% 2.2% 7
Rhode Island 8,000 1.6% 1.2% 1.6% 7
Vermont 5,000 1.6% 1.0% 1.0% 7
Illinois 51,000 0.8% 0.8% 1.1% 48
Kansas 11,000 0.8% 1.4% 1.0% 48
Minnesota 24,000 0.8% 1.6% 1.0% 48
Missouri 25,000 0.8% 1.4% 0.9% 48
Nebraska 8,000 0.8% 1.1% 1.0% 48
Texas 112,000 0.8% 0.9% 0.9% 48
Wisconsin 24,000 0.8% 1.1% 0.9% 48
United States 1,642,000 1.0% 1.0% 1.0%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 11,000 3.4% 3.4% 4.7% 1
Delaware 16,000 3.3% 3.3% 3.8% 2
Montana 17,000 3.3% 3.5% 3.7% 2
Mississippi 37,000 3.2% 3.0% 3.5% 4
Tennessee 106,000 3.2% 2.9% 4.0% 4
Louisiana 61,000 3.1% 3.3% 3.5% 7
West Virginia 22,000 3.1% 3.3% 3.6% 7
Wyoming 9,000 3.1% 3.4% 3.5% 7
New Jersey 85,000 2.0% 2.0% 2.1% 42
Pennsylvania 116,000 1.9% 2.0% 2.0% 44
California 326,000 1.8% 1.7% 2.1% 46
District of Columbia 14,000 1.8% 1.9% 2.3% 46
Washington 65,000 1.8% 2.0% 2.1% 46
Connecticut 27,000 1.6% 1.9% 1.7% 49
Hawaii 10,000 1.6% 2.1% 1.9% 49
New York 157,000 1.6% 1.5% 1.8% 49
Massachusetts 55,000 1.5% 1.5% 1.8% 51
United States 3,628,000 2.3% 2.3% 2.6%


Relative Activity Comparison