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Job creation rate in Arizona

Job creation rate in Arizona was 15.155% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 3.18 pts from 2022. That is the 5th highest of 51 states in 2023.

202315.155%
Change on 2022-3.18 pts
Rank5th of 51US states ranked
Series high29.1311978
Series low12.4642020

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Job creation rate in Arizona, 1978 to 2023

101520253019781985199219992006201320231978: 29.131 %1979: 25.904 %1980: 20.217 %1981: 19.358 %1982: 18.913 %1983: 20.528 %1984: 25.636 %1985: 26.99 %1986: 24.157 %1987: 22.765 %1988: 22.065 %1989: 21.139 %1990: 19.749 %1991: 18.779 %1992: 19.268 %1993: 19.167 %1994: 21.969 %1995: 20.073 %1996: 19.315 %1997: 22.568 %1998: 19.67 %1999: 19.562 %2000: 20.093 %2001: 18.441 %2002: 19.942 %2003: 19.85 %2004: 18.577 %2005: 19.615 %2006: 20.334 %2007: 18.915 %2008: 14.926 %2009: 12.558 %2010: 13.769 %2011: 15.471 %2012: 15.002 %2013: 14.347 %2014: 15.342 %2015: 14.587 %2016: 15.77 %2017: 14.855 %2018: 14.583 %2019: 13.805 %2020: 12.464 %2021: 13.705 %2022: 18.331 %2023: 15.155 %
%. 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%
202315.155
202218.331
202113.705
202012.464
201913.805
201814.583
201714.855
201615.77
201514.587
201415.342
201314.347
201215.002
201115.471
201013.769
200912.558
200814.926
200718.915
200620.334
200519.615
200418.577
200319.85
200219.942
200118.441
200020.093
199919.562
199819.67
199722.568
199619.315
199520.073
199421.969
199319.167
199219.268
199118.779
199019.749
198921.139
198822.065
198722.765
198624.157
198526.99
198425.636
198320.528
198218.913
198119.358
198020.217
197925.904
197829.131

Compared with United States

Place2023
Arizona15.155
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, Arizona, 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, Arizona, 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/arizona. 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, Arizona, 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/arizona.

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, Arizona, 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/arizona (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, Arizona, 1978 to 2023}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the job creation rate in Arizona?

Job creation rate in Arizona was 15.155% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 3.18 pts from 2022. That is the 5th 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 Arizona?

29.131% in 1978, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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