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Data for New Jersey, May 2025

New Jersey Summary Tables

Levels

Table showing JOLTS labor statistics for NJ. Current Levels, 12 Month Averages, and historical highs and lows by month and year by measure.
Measure Level 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 157,000 138,250 287,000 June 2020 87,000 October 2012
Job openings 211,000 212,833 312,000 October 2021 61,000 August 2009
Layoffs and discharges 47,000 61,500 513,000 March 2020 23,000 September 2023
Quits 65,000 67,167 113,000 February 2022 28,000 August 2009
Total separations 121,000 137,833 605,000 March 2020 77,000 December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio NA NA NA NA NA NA

Rates

Table showing JOLTS labor statistics for NJ. Current Rates, 12 Month Averages, and historical highs and lows by month and year by measure.
Measure Rate National Rank 12 Month Average Series High High Date Series Low Low Date
Hires 3.6% 26 3.2% 8.0% June 2020 2.2% March 2013
Job openings 4.6% 30 4.6% 7.1% August 2021 1.6% October 2009
Layoffs and discharges 1.1% 20 1.4% 12.2% March 2020 0.5% September 2023
Quits 1.5% 51 1.5% 2.7% February 2022 0.7% August 2009
Total separations 2.8% 49 3.2% 14.4% March 2020 2.0% December 2011
Unemployed persons per job opening ratio 1.1% 8 1.1% 7.1% October 2009 0.6% October 2022

Hires

Table showing level statistics for Hires by top and bottom eight states based on the hire rate. New Jersey is always highlighted in dark blue. The measure has the level, rate, rate of the prior month and the rate of the prior year and finally the rank of the state compared to the rest of the U.S.
State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 23,000 6.8% 5.0% 4.8% 1
Wyoming 19,000 6.4% 4.7% 5.1% 2
Montana 31,000 5.9% 5.1% 5.5% 3
Idaho 51,000 5.8% 4.4% 4.8% 4
Arizona 157,000 4.8% 3.8% 3.6% 5
Oregon 93,000 4.6% 3.7% 3.7% 6
Utah 82,000 4.6% 3.8% 4.1% 6
Colorado 134,000 4.5% 4.0% 3.7% 8
Vermont 14,000 4.5% 3.8% 3.5% 8
New Jersey 157,000 3.6% 3.4% 3.1% 26
Maryland 85,000 3.0% 3.6% 3.4% 47
Pennsylvania 186,000 3.0% 2.3% 2.9% 47
Texas 436,000 3.0% 3.2% 3.6% 47
Iowa 46,000 2.9% 3.4% 3.2% 49
Massachusetts 98,000 2.6% 3.1% 2.9% 50
District of Columbia 17,000 2.2% 2.5% 2.7% 51
United States 5,465,000 3.4% 3.5% 3.5%
Map that ranges from deep purple to bright yellow based on the seasonal hires rate.

Job Openings

Table showing level statistics for job openings by top and bottom eight states based on the job openings rate. New Jersey is always highlighted in dark blue. The measure has the level, rate, rate of the prior month and the rate of the prior year and finally the rank of the state compared to the rest of the U.S.
State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Georgia 333,000 6.3% 5.3% 5.0% 1
West Virginia 48,000 6.3% 6.2% 6.4% 1
Minnesota 192,000 5.9% 5.5% 5.3% 3
Oklahoma 113,000 5.9% 5.3% 5.6% 3
Maine 40,000 5.7% 5.2% 6.0% 5
South Carolina 143,000 5.6% 4.9% 5.8% 6
New York 581,000 5.5% 4.8% 4.6% 8
North Carolina 298,000 5.5% 5.5% 5.4% 8
Virginia 251,000 5.5% 4.2% 5.7% 8
New Jersey 211,000 4.6% 5.3% 4.9% 30
Colorado 132,000 4.2% 4.6% 5.8% 44
District of Columbia 34,000 4.2% 3.6% 4.1% 44
Iowa 70,000 4.2% 4.0% 4.1% 44
Oregon 86,000 4.1% 4.2% 4.8% 46
Indiana 137,000 4.0% 4.1% 5.1% 47
Hawaii 26,000 3.8% 3.4% 4.2% 48
Utah 71,000 3.8% 4.1% 4.7% 48
Washington 141,000 3.7% 3.3% 4.0% 50
California 626,000 3.4% 3.6% 3.7% 51
United States 7,712,000 4.6% 4.4% 4.8%
Map that ranges from deep purple to bright yellow based on the seasonal job openings rate.

Total Separations

Table showing level statistics for Total Seperations by top and bottom eight states based on the total seperation rate. New Jersey is always highlighted in dark blue. The measure has the level, rate, rate of the prior month and the rate of the prior year and finally the rank of the state compared to the rest of the U.S.
State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 18,000 5.3% 4.8% 5.1% 1
Montana 26,000 4.9% 4.2% 6.3% 2
Wyoming 13,000 4.4% 4.0% 4.4% 3
Arizona 139,000 4.3% 3.7% 3.8% 4
Idaho 37,000 4.2% 3.9% 4.5% 5
Utah 73,000 4.1% 4.0% 4.3% 6
Colorado 120,000 4.0% 3.0% 3.7% 7
Maine 26,000 4.0% 3.6% 3.7% 7
Connecticut 51,000 3.0% 3.3% 3.3% 44
New York 302,000 3.0% 2.9% 2.8% 44
Pennsylvania 187,000 3.0% 2.6% 3.3% 44
Massachusetts 109,000 2.9% 2.7% 3.1% 46
Minnesota 90,000 2.9% 2.9% 2.9% 46
California 509,000 2.8% 3.4% 3.2% 49
Maryland 79,000 2.8% 3.1% 3.1% 49
New Jersey 121,000 2.8% 3.8% 3.2% 49
District of Columbia 19,000 2.5% 2.6% 2.5% 51
United States 5,213,000 3.3% 3.3% 3.4%
Map that ranges from deep purple to bright yellow based on the seasonal total seperations rate.

Layoffs and Discharges

Table showing level statistics for Layoffs and Discharges by top and bottom eight states based on the Layoff and discharge rate. New Jersey is always highlighted in dark blue. The measure has the level, rate, rate of the prior month and the rate of the prior year and finally the rank of the state compared to the rest of the U.S.
State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 6,000 1.8% 1.2% 1.8% 1
Maine 10,000 1.5% 1.2% 1.1% 2
Montana 8,000 1.5% 1.1% 3.0% 2
Colorado 41,000 1.4% 0.8% 1.4% 5
Idaho 12,000 1.4% 1.1% 1.6% 5
Rhode Island 7,000 1.4% 1.9% 1.4% 5
New Jersey 47,000 1.1% 2.0% 1.3% 20
Delaware 4,000 0.8% 1.2% 1.0% 48
Maryland 24,000 0.8% 1.2% 0.8% 48
Missouri 25,000 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 48
Virginia 36,000 0.8% 1.6% 1.0% 48
District of Columbia 5,000 0.7% 0.9% 0.6% 51
United States 1,611,000 1.0% 1.1% 1.1%
Map that ranges from deep purple to bright yellow based on the seasonal layoffs and discharges rate.

Quits

Table showing level statistics for quits by top and bottom eight states based on the quit rate. New Jersey is always highlighted in dark blue. The measure has the level, rate, rate of the prior month and the rate of the prior year and finally the rank of the state compared to the rest of the U.S.
State Level Rate Prior Month Prior Year Rank
Alaska 11,000 3.3% 3.0% 3.3% 1
Montana 16,000 3.0% 2.8% 3.0% 2
Arizona 87,000 2.7% 2.3% 2.3% 3
Wyoming 8,000 2.7% 2.4% 2.7% 3
Idaho 23,000 2.6% 2.5% 2.8% 5
Indiana 84,000 2.6% 2.6% 2.3% 5
Ohio 141,000 2.5% 2.5% 2.1% 8
Utah 44,000 2.5% 2.8% 2.5% 8
West Virginia 18,000 2.5% 2.2% 2.6% 8
California 300,000 1.7% 2.0% 1.8% 46
Maryland 48,000 1.7% 1.6% 2.0% 46
Connecticut 28,000 1.6% 1.9% 1.9% 49
District of Columbia 12,000 1.6% 1.4% 1.6% 49
Massachusetts 59,000 1.6% 1.6% 1.7% 49
New Jersey 65,000 1.5% 1.5% 1.7% 51
United States 3,270,000 2.0% 2.0% 2.1%
Map that ranges from deep purple to bright yellow based on the seasonal Quit rate.
Caption for Hires and Job Opening Levels: These graphs show monthly data and 12 month average for hires and job openings
Caption for quits, layoffs, and Total Seperation level: These graphs show monthly data and 12 month averages for layoffs and discharges, quits and total seperations.
Caption for quits, layoffs, and Total Seperation level: These graphs show monthly data and 12 month averages for layoffs and discharges, quits and total seperations.

Relative Activity Comparison

This graph compares the monthly percent ratio of quits out of total seperations United states in red to New Jersey in blue.
This graph compates the monthly percent ratio of hires to seperations, for United States in red to New Jersey in blue.