How many job openings are there in New Jersey?
Updated monthly
About 216,000, as of November 2025. The number of job openings increased by 21,000 from November 2024. A “job opening” is defined as a position open on the last business day of the month. To be considered “open,” a job must meet three conditions: (1) There’s work available for the position; (2) The job could start within 30 days; and (3) The employer is actively recruiting.
216K
job openings in New Jersey (November 2025)
21K
fewer unfilled jobs in New Jersey in November 2025 than in November 2024
The number of job openings is one measure of employer demand for workers and is a commonly referred-to economic indicator. An increase in the number of job openings often indicates the economy is growing, while a decline may indicate slowed growth.
The number of job openings in New Jersey has increased over the over the last year.
Monthly job openings (seasonally adjusted), December 2000–November 2025
Following the Great Recession, monthly job openings in New Jersey increased from 87,000 in January 2010 to 189,000 in February 2020. By April 2020, job openings had dropped to 146,000. Job openings in New Jersey then reached all-time highs during recovery from the COVID-19 recession. In November 2025, there were 216,000 job openings, up 10.8% from one year prior.
What is the job openings rate in New Jersey?
The job openings rate is another way to consider this data. It tells us what percentage of all jobs, filled and unfilled, were open during a given time period. This allows for better comparisons across time, industries, and places by adjusting for differences in the size of the working population.
A higher share of jobs were open in New Jersey than in the US overall in November.
Job openings rate (seasonally adjusted), November 2025
In November 2025, 4.7% of all jobs in New Jersey were unfilled. This was 0.4 percentage points higher than the job openings rate US-wide.
Job openings also differ across states and regions for many reasons, including differing economies and dominating industries. New Jersey’s November job openings rate was higher than 31 states.
In November 2025, New Jersey's job openings rate was higher than 31 states.
Seasonally adjusted job openings rate by state, November 2025
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