If you've been looking for a job in our area, New Jersey might not be the most promising place to be. According to figures released by Gallup this week, the Garden State ranks sixth from the bottom among the 50 states in its annual Job Creation Index, a ranking of state job markets.
The entire region was relatively weak: Connecticut ranked as having the worst hiring climate in the entire U.S., and New York was tenth from the bottom. The rankings are based on workers' reports of whether their employer is hiring and expanding the size of its workforce, or letting people go and reducing its workforce.
The best state for hiring in 2014? That's North Dakota, still enjoying the fruits of its oil boom. It's followed by Texas, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa, in that order.
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