New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 149,000 157,667 288,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 253,000 274,583 299,000 January 2022 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 35,000 40,583 511,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 88,000 96,750 112,000 February 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 127,000 147,917 605,000 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 3.5% 43 3.8% 8.1% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 5.6% 49 6.2% 7.0% March 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 0.8% 35 1.0% 12.2% March 2020 0.6% January 2022
Quits 2.1% 49 2.3% 2.7% March 2022 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 3.0% 48 3.6% 14.4% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 0.6% 12 0.8% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% September 2022

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 27,000 8.5% 7.9% 10.0% 1
Wyoming 19,000 6.6% 6.7% 7.2% 2
Idaho 47,000 5.7% 5.9% 5.5% 3
Montana 29,000 5.7% 6.1% 5.9% 3
Georgia 264,000 5.5% 5.7% 5.8% 5
Delaware 25,000 5.4% 5.8% 6.0% 6
Kentucky 104,000 5.2% 5.1% 5.4% 7
Nevada 76,000 5.2% 4.9% 5.6% 7
New Jersey 149,000 3.5% 3.2% 4.1% 43
Connecticut 56,000 3.4% 3.5% 3.6% 45
Kansas 48,000 3.4% 3.8% 3.7% 45
District of Columbia 25,000 3.3% 3.1% 3.3% 47
Iowa 52,000 3.3% 4.4% 4.0% 47
Pennsylvania 189,000 3.2% 3.4% 3.5% 49
California 548,000 3.1% 3.6% 3.7% 50
New York 272,000 2.9% 3.0% 3.4% 51
United States 6,082,000 4.0% 4.1% 4.4%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 42,000 11.7% 10.7% 13.9% 1
Wyoming 27,000 8.6% 8.6% 9.4% 2
Virginia 357,000 8.0% 7.2% 8.0% 3
Montana 43,000 7.8% 8.0% 8.0% 4
Georgia 402,000 7.7% 7.5% 8.2% 5
Kentucky 163,000 7.6% 7.6% 7.4% 6
New Hampshire 55,000 7.4% 6.3% 7.9% 7
Vermont 24,000 7.4% 7.1% 7.8% 7
Florida 606,000 6.0% 6.2% 6.9% 44
Indiana 201,000 5.9% 5.7% 6.9% 45
Oregon 123,000 5.9% 6.1% 6.0% 45
District of Columbia 47,000 5.8% 5.6% 5.9% 47
Pennsylvania 372,000 5.8% 5.7% 6.5% 47
New Jersey 253,000 5.6% 5.4% 6.6% 49
Washington 211,000 5.6% 5.5% 6.0% 49
New York 528,000 5.3% 5.0% 5.8% 51
United States 10,717,000 6.5% 6.3% 6.8%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 16,000 5.1% 6.6% 4.2% 1
Kentucky 101,000 5.1% 5.1% 6.0% 1
Arizona 154,000 5.0% 4.8% 4.9% 3
Mississippi 57,000 4.9% 5.4% 5.7% 4
Tennessee 158,000 4.9% 4.9% 4.9% 4
Louisiana 92,000 4.8% 5.0% 4.8% 6
Arkansas 62,000 4.7% 4.8% 5.4% 7
Oklahoma 79,000 4.7% 5.0% 4.6% 7
Washington 114,000 3.2% 3.3% 3.0% 44
California 550,000 3.1% 3.3% 3.6% 46
Connecticut 52,000 3.1% 3.1% 3.6% 46
District of Columbia 24,000 3.1% 2.9% 2.8% 46
New Jersey 127,000 3.0% 3.5% 2.9% 48
Massachusetts 108,000 2.9% 3.3% 3.9% 49
Pennsylvania 171,000 2.9% 3.4% 3.3% 49
New York 250,000 2.6% 2.7% 2.9% 51
United States 5,688,000 3.7% 4.0% 4.1%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Ohio 81,000 1.5% 1.1% 1.5% 1
New Hampshire 9,000 1.3% 1.3% 1.0% 2
Arizona 36,000 1.2% 1.0% 0.8% 3
North Dakota 5,000 1.2% 1.2% 1.2% 3
Illinois 65,000 1.1% 0.9% 1.0% 6
Kentucky 22,000 1.1% 1.1% 1.8% 6
Nebraska 11,000 1.1% 1.0% 1.0% 6
New Mexico 9,000 1.1% 0.9% 1.0% 6
New Jersey 35,000 0.8% 0.7% 1.0% 35
District of Columbia 5,000 0.7% 0.8% 0.7% 46
Massachusetts 26,000 0.7% 0.7% 1.2% 46
Oregon 14,000 0.7% 1.1% 0.4% 46
Vermont 2,000 0.7% 1.3% 1.4% 46
Virginia 30,000 0.7% 0.8% 0.8% 46
Washington 24,000 0.7% 0.8% 0.6% 46
Wisconsin 20,000 0.7% 1.0% 0.5% 46
Connecticut 10,000 0.6% 0.8% 0.9% 50
Pennsylvania 36,000 0.6% 0.8% 0.8% 50
United States 1,328,000 0.9% 1.0% 1.0%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 12,000 3.8% 4.4% 2.9% 1
Kentucky 74,000 3.7% 3.7% 3.9% 2
Arizona 110,000 3.6% 3.4% 3.7% 4
Georgia 172,000 3.6% 4.0% 3.9% 4
Mississippi 41,000 3.6% 3.6% 4.1% 4
Tennessee 118,000 3.6% 3.4% 3.4% 4
Oklahoma 59,000 3.5% 3.7% 3.2% 7
South Carolina 78,000 3.5% 3.4% 3.1% 7
Connecticut 39,000 2.3% 2.0% 2.5% 44
Maine 15,000 2.3% 2.7% 2.4% 44
California 380,000 2.2% 2.2% 2.5% 46
District of Columbia 17,000 2.2% 2.0% 2.0% 46
Massachusetts 76,000 2.1% 2.4% 2.4% 49
New Jersey 88,000 2.1% 2.4% 1.8% 49
Pennsylvania 125,000 2.1% 2.4% 2.3% 49
New York 162,000 1.7% 1.7% 2.1% 51
United States 4,061,000 2.7% 2.7% 2.9%


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