# Job creation rate in Arizona

Job creation rate in Arizona was 15.155% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-04`
- 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/arizona
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us-state-04

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 15.155 |
| 2022 | 18.331 |
| 2021 | 13.705 |
| 2020 | 12.464 |
| 2019 | 13.805 |
| 2018 | 14.583 |
| 2017 | 14.855 |
| 2016 | 15.77 |
| 2015 | 14.587 |
| 2014 | 15.342 |
| 2013 | 14.347 |
| 2012 | 15.002 |
| 2011 | 15.471 |
| 2010 | 13.769 |
| 2009 | 12.558 |
| 2008 | 14.926 |
| 2007 | 18.915 |
| 2006 | 20.334 |
| 2005 | 19.615 |
| 2004 | 18.577 |
| 2003 | 19.85 |
| 2002 | 19.942 |
| 2001 | 18.441 |
| 2000 | 20.093 |
| 1999 | 19.562 |
| 1998 | 19.67 |
| 1997 | 22.568 |
| 1996 | 19.315 |
| 1995 | 20.073 |
| 1994 | 21.969 |
| 1993 | 19.167 |
| 1992 | 19.268 |
| 1991 | 18.779 |
| 1990 | 19.749 |
| 1989 | 21.139 |
| 1988 | 22.065 |
| 1987 | 22.765 |
| 1986 | 24.157 |
| 1985 | 26.99 |
| 1984 | 25.636 |
| 1983 | 20.528 |
| 1982 | 18.913 |
| 1981 | 19.358 |
| 1980 | 20.217 |
| 1979 | 25.904 |
| 1978 | 29.131 |