# Job creation rate in Alabama

Job creation rate in Alabama was 12.414% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-01`
- Unit: %
- 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.
- Note: 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/alabama
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us-state-01

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 12.414 |
| 2022 | 14.52 |
| 2021 | 10.369 |
| 2020 | 11.499 |
| 2019 | 11.752 |
| 2018 | 12.185 |
| 2017 | 13.168 |
| 2016 | 12.055 |
| 2015 | 12.299 |
| 2014 | 11.906 |
| 2013 | 12.2 |
| 2012 | 12.919 |
| 2011 | 13.356 |
| 2010 | 11.198 |
| 2009 | 10.356 |
| 2008 | 13.733 |
| 2007 | 14.993 |
| 2006 | 15.927 |
| 2005 | 15.918 |
| 2004 | 15.548 |
| 2003 | 15.789 |
| 2002 | 16.087 |
| 2001 | 14.263 |
| 2000 | 15.365 |
| 1999 | 15.396 |
| 1998 | 15.509 |
| 1997 | 17.234 |
| 1996 | 15.171 |
| 1995 | 16.695 |
| 1994 | 15.336 |
| 1993 | 16.179 |
| 1992 | 15.622 |
| 1991 | 15.386 |
| 1990 | 16.965 |
| 1989 | 18.794 |
| 1988 | 17.731 |
| 1987 | 18.524 |
| 1986 | 19.267 |
| 1985 | 17.775 |
| 1984 | 20.389 |
| 1983 | 15.84 |
| 1982 | 14.825 |
| 1981 | 15.587 |
| 1980 | 15.535 |
| 1979 | 20.362 |
| 1978 | 21.484 |