New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 154,000 159,333 267,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 220,000 221,500 316,000 August 2021 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 54,000 48,333 571,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 80,000 77,750 113,000 August 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 145,000 139,083 670,000 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% 35 3.7% 7.5% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 4.8% 34 4.8% 7.2% August 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 1.2% 15 1.1% 13.6% March 2020 0.6% December 2011
Quits 1.8% 47 1.8% 2.7% May 2007 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 3.3% 39 3.2% 16.0% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 1.0% 4 1.0% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% February 2023

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 18,000 5.4% 5.4% 5.5% 1
Idaho 46,000 5.3% 4.3% 4.8% 2
Montana 27,000 5.1% 5.1% 4.8% 3
Louisiana 99,000 5.0% 4.3% 4.3% 4
Oklahoma 88,000 4.9% 4.2% 4.6% 5
South Carolina 117,000 4.9% 4.8% 4.8% 5
Wyoming 14,000 4.8% 4.8% 4.8% 7
West Virginia 33,000 4.6% 4.2% 4.6% 8
New Jersey 154,000 3.5% 4.3% 3.9% 35
California 549,000 3.1% 3.2% 3.0% 45
District of Columbia 24,000 3.1% 3.0% 3.1% 45
Hawaii 19,000 3.0% 3.0% 3.3% 47
Washington 111,000 3.0% 2.9% 3.6% 47
Pennsylvania 167,000 2.7% 2.7% 3.2% 49
Massachusetts 97,000 2.6% 3.2% 3.6% 50
New York 239,000 2.4% 2.7% 2.9% 51
United States 5,640,000 3.6% 3.6% 3.8%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 25,000 6.9% 6.9% 7.9% 1
Colorado 201,000 6.3% 6.3% 8.2% 3
Virginia 283,000 6.3% 5.3% 7.1% 3
West Virginia 48,000 6.3% 5.8% 7.3% 3
South Carolina 157,000 6.2% 6.4% 7.0% 5
Maryland 179,000 6.1% 6.3% 7.0% 6
Arkansas 87,000 6.0% 5.5% 6.9% 7
Kentucky 131,000 6.0% 5.7% 6.8% 7
New Jersey 220,000 4.8% 5.5% 5.1% 34
Iowa 71,000 4.2% 4.4% 6.3% 46
Nebraska 47,000 4.2% 4.8% 6.2% 46
Nevada 69,000 4.2% 4.5% 6.8% 46
Ohio 242,000 4.1% 4.8% 6.5% 48
Hawaii 26,000 3.9% 4.1% 5.7% 49
Washington 140,000 3.7% 4.3% 5.6% 50
California 633,000 3.4% 3.8% 5.5% 51
United States 8,059,000 4.8% 5.0% 6.0%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 21,000 6.3% 6.9% 8.0% 1
Montana 27,000 5.1% 5.5% 5.6% 2
Colorado 150,000 5.0% 3.4% 4.0% 3
Wyoming 14,000 4.8% 5.5% 5.5% 4
Rhode Island 24,000 4.7% 3.9% 4.0% 5
Louisiana 91,000 4.6% 3.7% 4.2% 6
Nevada 72,000 4.6% 4.2% 4.3% 6
South Dakota 21,000 4.5% 4.0% 5.0% 8
New Jersey 145,000 3.3% 3.3% 3.5% 39
Illinois 186,000 3.0% 3.2% 4.0% 46
Minnesota 91,000 3.0% 3.3% 3.4% 46
Washington 108,000 3.0% 2.7% 3.6% 46
California 467,000 2.6% 2.5% 2.8% 49
District of Columbia 20,000 2.6% 3.0% 2.7% 49
New York 258,000 2.6% 3.0% 2.4% 49
Massachusetts 80,000 2.1% 2.7% 3.0% 51
United States 5,372,000 3.4% 3.4% 3.6%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 6,000 1.8% 2.1% 3.7% 1
Rhode Island 9,000 1.8% 1.4% 1.2% 1
Connecticut 29,000 1.7% 1.1% 0.9% 3
Maine 11,000 1.7% 1.2% 0.9% 3
Arizona 52,000 1.6% 1.3% 1.1% 5
New Hampshire 11,000 1.6% 1.3% 1.0% 5
Montana 8,000 1.5% 2.1% 1.5% 7
Nevada 24,000 1.5% 1.5% 1.2% 7
New Jersey 54,000 1.2% 1.0% 1.1% 15
Florida 76,000 0.8% 1.0% 0.9% 44
Massachusetts 29,000 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 44
Michigan 34,000 0.8% 1.3% 1.2% 44
District of Columbia 5,000 0.7% 0.8% 0.6% 48
Minnesota 21,000 0.7% 1.1% 1.0% 48
Missouri 20,000 0.7% 1.1% 1.1% 48
New York 67,000 0.7% 0.9% 0.8% 48
Oklahoma 12,000 0.7% 1.2% 0.9% 48
Texas 88,000 0.6% 0.8% 0.8% 51
United States 1,515,000 1.0% 1.0% 1.1%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 13,000 3.9% 4.2% 3.4% 1
Colorado 104,000 3.5% 2.2% 2.7% 2
Montana 17,000 3.2% 3.0% 3.5% 3
West Virginia 22,000 3.1% 3.1% 3.3% 4
Wyoming 9,000 3.1% 3.1% 3.5% 4
Florida 301,000 3.0% 2.8% 3.0% 7
Louisiana 58,000 3.0% 2.3% 2.9% 7
South Dakota 14,000 3.0% 2.3% 2.8% 7
Hawaii 12,000 1.9% 1.9% 1.9% 44
Pennsylvania 115,000 1.9% 1.9% 2.0% 44
New Jersey 80,000 1.8% 2.0% 2.1% 47
New York 173,000 1.8% 1.9% 1.4% 47
Washington 64,000 1.8% 1.5% 2.4% 47
District of Columbia 12,000 1.6% 1.8% 1.8% 49
California 262,000 1.5% 1.5% 1.9% 50
Massachusetts 45,000 1.2% 1.6% 1.9% 51
United States 3,507,000 2.2% 2.2% 2.3%


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