New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 141,000 147,250 283,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 206,000 219,417 310,000 August 2021 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 59,000 53,083 534,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 63,000 72,333 115,000 February 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 132,000 137,750 629,000 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 3.2% 40 3.4% 7.9% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 4.5% 35 4.8% 7.1% August 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 1.3% 14 1.2% 12.8% March 2020 0.6% September 2023
Quits 1.4% 50 1.7% 2.7% February 2022 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 3.0% 46 3.1% 15.0% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 1.1% 6 1.0% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% September 2022

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 17,000 5.0% 5.3% 5.1% 1
Oklahoma 87,000 4.9% 4.0% 5.3% 2
Idaho 42,000 4.8% 4.6% 5.4% 3
Louisiana 88,000 4.5% 4.3% 4.3% 4
Montana 24,000 4.5% 6.5% 5.0% 4
Colorado 131,000 4.3% 3.6% 4.8% 7
Maine 28,000 4.3% 3.7% 4.9% 7
Mississippi 51,000 4.3% 3.8% 4.0% 7
New Jersey 141,000 3.2% 2.9% 3.4% 40
Florida 294,000 3.0% 3.8% 4.1% 44
Hawaii 19,000 3.0% 3.3% 3.2% 44
Missouri 91,000 3.0% 3.3% 3.5% 44
Pennsylvania 187,000 3.0% 3.0% 3.1% 44
Washington 101,000 2.8% 3.1% 2.8% 47
California 497,000 2.7% 3.0% 3.1% 48
District of Columbia 21,000 2.7% 2.8% 2.9% 48
Massachusetts 99,000 2.6% 3.0% 3.0% 50
New York 258,000 2.6% 3.0% 2.9% 50
United States 5,313,000 3.3% 3.5% 3.7%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Colorado 293,000 8.8% 5.0% 7.3% 1
Alaska 24,000 6.6% 6.6% 7.0% 2
Kentucky 143,000 6.5% 5.5% 5.4% 3
West Virginia 50,000 6.5% 5.3% 6.9% 3
Maine 44,000 6.3% 5.2% 7.5% 5
Oklahoma 116,000 6.1% 4.8% 6.4% 6
Virginia 276,000 6.1% 5.0% 5.7% 6
Mississippi 76,000 6.0% 4.3% 6.5% 8
South Carolina 153,000 6.0% 4.8% 6.8% 8
New Jersey 206,000 4.5% 4.6% 4.5% 35
Connecticut 73,000 4.1% 4.5% 4.4% 44
Indiana 138,000 4.0% 4.2% 4.5% 45
New York 410,000 4.0% 4.9% 4.5% 45
Hawaii 26,000 3.9% 4.1% 4.3% 48
Texas 583,000 3.9% 3.4% 5.1% 48
Washington 149,000 3.9% 4.1% 4.1% 48
Pennsylvania 235,000 3.6% 4.4% 5.8% 50
California 626,000 3.3% 3.3% 3.9% 51
United States 7,744,000 4.6% 4.4% 5.2%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 22,000 6.5% 5.0% 5.1% 1
Wyoming 17,000 5.7% 4.4% 4.1% 2
Montana 28,000 5.2% 4.5% 4.4% 3
Colorado 155,000 5.1% 2.7% 3.6% 4
Idaho 41,000 4.7% 4.6% 3.9% 5
Rhode Island 23,000 4.5% 4.1% 4.8% 6
Indiana 144,000 4.4% 3.8% 3.6% 8
Louisiana 87,000 4.4% 4.2% 4.5% 8
Oklahoma 78,000 4.4% 3.6% 5.1% 8
California 551,000 3.0% 2.6% 3.0% 46
Illinois 182,000 3.0% 2.8% 3.0% 46
New Jersey 132,000 3.0% 2.9% 4.4% 46
District of Columbia 21,000 2.7% 2.7% 2.9% 48
Pennsylvania 166,000 2.7% 3.2% 3.7% 48
New York 247,000 2.5% 3.3% 3.4% 50
Massachusetts 89,000 2.4% 2.3% 2.9% 51
United States 5,261,000 3.3% 3.3% 3.6%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Colorado 60,000 2.0% 1.0% 1.1% 1
Alaska 6,000 1.8% 1.8% 1.5% 2
Rhode Island 8,000 1.6% 1.4% 2.0% 3
Vermont 5,000 1.6% 1.3% 1.9% 3
Connecticut 25,000 1.5% 1.1% 1.4% 6
Louisiana 29,000 1.5% 1.5% 1.4% 6
Maine 10,000 1.5% 1.2% 2.6% 6
Montana 8,000 1.5% 1.7% 1.3% 6
New Jersey 59,000 1.3% 1.4% 2.1% 14
Massachusetts 31,000 0.8% 0.7% 1.2% 46
Minnesota 25,000 0.8% 1.0% 0.9% 46
Missouri 24,000 0.8% 1.2% 0.8% 46
Wisconsin 24,000 0.8% 1.0% 0.8% 46
Iowa 12,000 0.7% 1.0% 0.8% 49
Ohio 36,000 0.6% 1.3% 1.1% 50
New York 48,000 0.5% 1.3% 1.4% 51
United States 1,633,000 1.0% 1.1% 1.1%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 14,000 4.1% 2.9% 3.3% 1
Wyoming 12,000 4.1% 2.4% 2.7% 1
Montana 18,000 3.4% 2.4% 2.9% 3
Indiana 105,000 3.2% 2.6% 2.6% 4
Colorado 88,000 2.9% 1.5% 2.2% 6
Idaho 26,000 2.9% 2.4% 2.6% 6
Oklahoma 52,000 2.9% 2.3% 3.7% 6
Arizona 91,000 2.8% 2.0% 3.1% 8
Connecticut 30,000 1.8% 1.9% 1.8% 45
District of Columbia 13,000 1.7% 1.7% 1.8% 46
New Hampshire 12,000 1.7% 1.7% 2.3% 46
New York 162,000 1.6% 1.8% 1.7% 48
Pennsylvania 100,000 1.6% 2.1% 2.1% 48
New Jersey 63,000 1.4% 1.3% 2.0% 50
Massachusetts 49,000 1.3% 1.4% 1.5% 51
United States 3,326,000 2.1% 1.9% 2.3%


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