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Job creation rate in Alabama

Job creation rate in Alabama was 12.414% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 2.11 pts from 2022. That is the 38th highest of 51 states in 2023.

202312.414%
Change on 2022-2.11 pts
Rank38th of 51US states ranked
Series high21.4841978
Series low10.3562009

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Job creation rate in Alabama, 1978 to 2023

1012.51517.52022.519781985199219992006201320231978: 21.484 %1979: 20.362 %1980: 15.535 %1981: 15.587 %1982: 14.825 %1983: 15.84 %1984: 20.389 %1985: 17.775 %1986: 19.267 %1987: 18.524 %1988: 17.731 %1989: 18.794 %1990: 16.965 %1991: 15.386 %1992: 15.622 %1993: 16.179 %1994: 15.336 %1995: 16.695 %1996: 15.171 %1997: 17.234 %1998: 15.509 %1999: 15.396 %2000: 15.365 %2001: 14.263 %2002: 16.087 %2003: 15.789 %2004: 15.548 %2005: 15.918 %2006: 15.927 %2007: 14.993 %2008: 13.733 %2009: 10.356 %2010: 11.198 %2011: 13.356 %2012: 12.919 %2013: 12.2 %2014: 11.906 %2015: 12.299 %2016: 12.055 %2017: 13.168 %2018: 12.185 %2019: 11.752 %2020: 11.499 %2021: 10.369 %2022: 14.52 %2023: 12.414 %
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-09-25.
All 46 values
Period%
202312.414
202214.52
202110.369
202011.499
201911.752
201812.185
201713.168
201612.055
201512.299
201411.906
201312.2
201212.919
201113.356
201011.198
200910.356
200813.733
200714.993
200615.927
200515.918
200415.548
200315.789
200216.087
200114.263
200015.365
199915.396
199815.509
199717.234
199615.171
199516.695
199415.336
199316.179
199215.622
199115.386
199016.965
198918.794
198817.731
198718.524
198619.267
198517.775
198420.389
198315.84
198214.825
198115.587
198015.535
197920.362
197821.484

Compared with United States

Place2023
Alabama12.414
United States13.592

Rankings

Definition

Jobs added at opening and expanding establishments during the year, as a percentage of average employment in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.

A gross flow: jobs lost elsewhere are not subtracted, so the net change is this rate minus job_destruction_rate. Not the same as payroll job growth from the monthly employment surveys. The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Job creation rate, Alabama, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Job creation rate, Alabama, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/alabama. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Job creation rate, Alabama, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/alabama.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Job creation rate, Alabama, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/alabama (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Job creation rate, Alabama, 1978 to 2023}},
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  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/alabama. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023\_st.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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What is the job creation rate in Alabama?

Job creation rate in Alabama was 12.414% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 2.11 pts from 2022. That is the 38th highest of 51 states in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest job creation rate in Alabama?

21.484% in 1978, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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