New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 120,000 147,250 283,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 220,000 219,667 310,000 August 2021 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 83,000 57,500 534,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 60,000 74,333 115,000 February 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 150,000 144,500 629,000 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 2.7% 50 3.4% 7.9% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 4.8% 31 4.8% 7.1% August 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 1.9% 2 1.3% 12.8% March 2020 0.6% September 2023
Quits 1.4% 49 1.7% 2.7% February 2022 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 3.4% 33 3.3% 15.0% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 1.0% 7 1.0% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% September 2022

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Montana 31,000 5.7% 4.5% 4.8% 1
Alaska 19,000 5.6% 5.3% 5.4% 2
Idaho 41,000 4.7% 4.5% 4.6% 3
Wyoming 14,000 4.7% 4.1% 4.5% 3
Michigan 203,000 4.5% 3.6% 3.2% 5
Arkansas 59,000 4.3% 3.9% 4.7% 7
Delaware 21,000 4.3% 3.9% 5.1% 7
South Carolina 102,000 4.3% 4.1% 4.5% 7
Tennessee 142,000 4.3% 3.7% 4.7% 7
Washington 119,000 3.2% 2.9% 3.1% 44
Wisconsin 97,000 3.2% 3.0% 3.2% 44
District of Columbia 23,000 3.0% 2.6% 3.4% 46
Pennsylvania 186,000 3.0% 3.1% 3.4% 46
California 530,000 2.9% 2.8% 3.1% 48
New York 272,000 2.8% 2.9% 2.8% 49
New Jersey 120,000 2.7% 3.0% 4.0% 50
Massachusetts 83,000 2.2% 4.3% 3.3% 51
United States 5,558,000 3.5% 3.4% 3.7%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 25,000 6.9% 6.4% 7.8% 1
Arkansas 102,000 6.9% 5.4% 6.7% 1
Kentucky 128,000 5.9% 6.1% 5.7% 3
Minnesota 191,000 5.9% 5.8% 6.1% 3
New Mexico 53,000 5.6% 5.3% 5.9% 5
West Virginia 43,000 5.6% 6.0% 7.4% 5
North Dakota 26,000 5.5% 5.1% 6.0% 7
Rhode Island 30,000 5.5% 5.0% 5.9% 7
New Jersey 220,000 4.8% 4.6% 5.2% 31
Pennsylvania 271,000 4.2% 4.6% 5.8% 45
Florida 424,000 4.1% 4.6% 5.7% 46
Indiana 141,000 4.1% 4.2% 4.7% 46
Hawaii 26,000 3.9% 3.9% 5.1% 48
Washington 150,000 3.9% 4.1% 4.4% 48
Texas 525,000 3.5% 4.4% 5.3% 50
California 554,000 3.0% 3.3% 4.6% 51
United States 7,443,000 4.5% 4.7% 5.6%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 17,000 5.0% 5.3% 6.1% 1
Montana 25,000 4.6% 4.5% 5.2% 2
Idaho 40,000 4.5% 4.7% 5.2% 3
Rhode Island 23,000 4.5% 3.9% 3.6% 3
Wyoming 13,000 4.4% 4.1% 4.8% 5
Louisiana 82,000 4.2% 3.5% 4.8% 6
Indiana 135,000 4.1% 3.7% 3.6% 7
Vermont 13,000 4.1% 3.8% 3.5% 7
New Jersey 150,000 3.4% 2.6% 2.8% 33
Texas 443,000 3.1% 3.4% 3.8% 44
Wisconsin 90,000 3.0% 3.1% 3.5% 45
Washington 103,000 2.8% 3.3% 3.2% 46
Colorado 81,000 2.7% 3.1% 2.8% 47
Illinois 167,000 2.7% 3.6% 3.0% 47
District of Columbia 20,000 2.6% 3.0% 2.6% 49
Massachusetts 99,000 2.6% 2.4% 2.2% 49
California 423,000 2.3% 2.5% 3.1% 51
United States 5,196,000 3.3% 3.3% 3.5%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Idaho 17,000 1.9% 1.4% 1.3% 2
Montana 10,000 1.9% 1.3% 1.3% 2
New Jersey 83,000 1.9% 0.9% 0.6% 2
Alaska 6,000 1.8% 1.5% 1.2% 5
New Hampshire 13,000 1.8% 1.1% 1.0% 5
Rhode Island 9,000 1.8% 1.4% 1.0% 5
Wyoming 5,000 1.7% 1.4% 1.4% 7
New York 162,000 1.6% 1.0% 1.1% 8
Vermont 5,000 1.6% 1.3% 1.0% 8
Alabama 20,000 0.9% 1.0% 1.2% 49
California 141,000 0.8% 0.8% 1.0% 50
District of Columbia 6,000 0.8% 0.9% 0.8% 50
United States 1,833,000 1.2% 1.0% 1.0%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 10,000 2.9% 3.5% 4.2% 1
Indiana 97,000 2.9% 2.4% 2.5% 1
Florida 263,000 2.6% 2.7% 2.9% 3
Idaho 22,000 2.5% 3.0% 3.5% 5
Louisiana 49,000 2.5% 1.8% 3.3% 5
Rhode Island 13,000 2.5% 2.2% 2.2% 5
West Virginia 18,000 2.5% 2.4% 2.8% 5
District of Columbia 13,000 1.7% 1.7% 1.7% 44
New Hampshire 12,000 1.7% 1.7% 2.0% 44
New York 172,000 1.7% 1.6% 1.5% 44
Colorado 47,000 1.6% 2.1% 1.8% 46
Washington 57,000 1.6% 1.7% 2.1% 46
California 256,000 1.4% 1.6% 1.8% 49
Illinois 89,000 1.4% 2.2% 2.0% 49
Massachusetts 54,000 1.4% 1.4% 1.6% 49
New Jersey 60,000 1.4% 1.5% 1.9% 49
United States 3,071,000 1.9% 2.0% 2.3%


Relative Activity Comparison