New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 188,000 160,250 267,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 258,000 222,917 316,000 August 2021 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 28,000 46,500 571,000 March 2020 23,000 December 2011
Quits 89,000 78,833 113,000 August 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 129,000 138,250 670,000 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 4.3% 7 3.7% 7.5% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 5.6% 18 4.9% 7.2% August 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 0.6% 51 1.1% 13.6% March 2020 0.6% March 2024
Quits 2.0% 42 1.8% 2.7% May 2007 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 2.9% 47 3.2% 16.0% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 0.9% 6 0.9% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% February 2023

Hires

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 18,000 5.4% 6.3% 6.2% 1
Montana 26,000 4.9% 5.1% 5.4% 2
South Carolina 113,000 4.8% 4.5% 4.3% 3
Idaho 38,000 4.4% 4.3% 5.0% 4
Wyoming 13,000 4.4% 4.4% 5.2% 4
Florida 428,000 4.3% 4.4% 4.0% 7
New Jersey 188,000 4.3% 3.5% 4.7% 7
Oklahoma 76,000 4.3% 4.7% 4.6% 7
Wisconsin 94,000 3.1% 3.0% 3.3% 44
District of Columbia 23,000 3.0% 3.4% 3.5% 46
Hawaii 19,000 3.0% 3.5% 3.6% 46
Iowa 48,000 3.0% 3.2% 3.6% 46
California 507,000 2.8% 2.9% 3.2% 49
New York 271,000 2.8% 2.5% 3.1% 49
Washington 103,000 2.8% 3.2% 3.4% 49
Pennsylvania 165,000 2.7% 3.0% 3.0% 51
United States 5,500,000 3.5% 3.7% 3.8%

Job Openings

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 26,000 7.2% 7.5% 7.4% 1
South Carolina 169,000 6.7% 6.4% 7.4% 2
Maryland 195,000 6.6% 6.5% 6.8% 3
Colorado 204,000 6.4% 6.3% 6.9% 4
Oklahoma 115,000 6.1% 6.2% 6.5% 5
Montana 34,000 6.0% 6.7% 6.7% 6
Illinois 385,000 5.9% 5.9% 6.2% 7
Rhode Island 32,000 5.9% 5.9% 6.2% 7
New Jersey 258,000 5.6% 4.5% 5.3% 18
District of Columbia 36,000 4.5% 4.7% 5.6% 45
Indiana 154,000 4.5% 5.5% 5.1% 45
Washington 172,000 4.5% 4.7% 4.9% 45
Arizona 151,000 4.4% 5.4% 6.1% 47
Iowa 74,000 4.4% 4.9% 5.6% 47
Ohio 253,000 4.3% 4.8% 5.8% 49
Hawaii 28,000 4.2% 4.8% 5.0% 50
California 734,000 3.9% 4.5% 4.7% 51
United States 8,488,000 5.1% 5.3% 5.8%

Total Separations

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 24,000 7.2% 6.0% 5.9% 1
Wyoming 17,000 5.8% 5.5% 5.2% 2
Montana 29,000 5.5% 5.7% 5.8% 3
Idaho 42,000 4.8% 5.0% 4.6% 4
West Virginia 30,000 4.2% 3.9% 4.9% 5
Alabama 89,000 4.1% 3.7% 4.2% 8
Florida 404,000 4.1% 4.0% 4.2% 8
Maine 27,000 4.1% 4.4% 4.5% 8
Nevada 65,000 4.1% 4.8% 4.4% 8
North Dakota 18,000 4.1% 4.1% 4.1% 8
New York 299,000 3.0% 2.7% 2.7% 46
District of Columbia 22,000 2.9% 2.7% 3.1% 47
New Jersey 129,000 2.9% 2.8% 3.7% 47
Massachusetts 100,000 2.7% 3.0% 3.2% 49
Washington 99,000 2.7% 3.3% 3.8% 49
California 442,000 2.5% 2.8% 3.5% 51
United States 5,200,000 3.3% 3.5% 3.8%

Layoffs and Discharges

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Wyoming 7,000 2.4% 1.7% 1.7% 1
Alaska 7,000 2.1% 1.5% 1.8% 2
Montana 11,000 2.1% 1.7% 1.9% 2
Idaho 15,000 1.7% 1.4% 1.3% 4
Nevada 24,000 1.5% 1.7% 1.4% 5
Oregon 30,000 1.5% 1.2% 1.3% 5
Alabama 31,000 1.4% 1.2% 1.0% 8
New Mexico 12,000 1.4% 1.0% 1.3% 8
North Dakota 6,000 1.4% 1.1% 1.4% 8
Utah 25,000 1.4% 1.3% 1.1% 8
California 147,000 0.8% 0.8% 1.4% 45
District of Columbia 6,000 0.8% 0.6% 0.8% 45
Georgia 40,000 0.8% 1.1% 1.2% 45
Illinois 52,000 0.8% 0.9% 1.4% 45
Massachusetts 30,000 0.8% 1.1% 1.4% 45
Missouri 24,000 0.8% 0.8% 1.0% 45
North Carolina 34,000 0.7% 1.0% 1.1% 49
Texas 104,000 0.7% 1.3% 0.9% 49
New Jersey 28,000 0.6% 1.1% 1.4% 51
United States 1,526,000 1.0% 1.1% 1.2%

Quits

State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 15,000 4.5% 3.9% 3.4% 1
Wyoming 10,000 3.4% 3.8% 3.1% 2
Montana 16,000 3.0% 3.6% 3.3% 3
Idaho 25,000 2.9% 3.2% 3.0% 4
Florida 273,000 2.8% 3.0% 2.9% 5
West Virginia 20,000 2.8% 2.5% 3.4% 5
Tennessee 88,000 2.6% 2.6% 3.0% 7
New Jersey 89,000 2.0% 1.5% 2.1% 42
Connecticut 31,000 1.8% 1.9% 2.0% 46
District of Columbia 14,000 1.8% 1.8% 2.1% 46
Massachusetts 59,000 1.6% 1.5% 1.7% 48
California 262,000 1.5% 1.9% 2.0% 50
Pennsylvania 93,000 1.5% 1.9% 1.9% 50
Washington 55,000 1.5% 2.1% 2.3% 50
United States 3,329,000 2.1% 2.2% 2.5%


Relative Activity Comparison