# Job creation rate in California

Job creation rate in California was 13.493% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-06`
- 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/california
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us-state-06

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 13.493 |
| 2022 | 19.165 |
| 2021 | 12.658 |
| 2020 | 13.353 |
| 2019 | 13.392 |
| 2018 | 13.544 |
| 2017 | 14.918 |
| 2016 | 14.253 |
| 2015 | 14.645 |
| 2014 | 14.807 |
| 2013 | 15.125 |
| 2012 | 14.7 |
| 2011 | 13.943 |
| 2010 | 12.309 |
| 2009 | 11.766 |
| 2008 | 14.729 |
| 2007 | 15.885 |
| 2006 | 17.441 |
| 2005 | 15.956 |
| 2004 | 16.665 |
| 2003 | 17.631 |
| 2002 | 17.87 |
| 2001 | 17.565 |
| 2000 | 18.767 |
| 1999 | 18.064 |
| 1998 | 18.909 |
| 1997 | 20.033 |
| 1996 | 17.584 |
| 1995 | 17.48 |
| 1994 | 17.347 |
| 1993 | 17.129 |
| 1992 | 16.848 |
| 1991 | 16.342 |
| 1990 | 19.654 |
| 1989 | 20.262 |
| 1988 | 21.452 |
| 1987 | 22.084 |
| 1986 | 21.293 |
| 1985 | 21.286 |
| 1984 | 22.645 |
| 1983 | 18.907 |
| 1982 | 17.798 |
| 1981 | 18.919 |
| 1980 | 19.236 |
| 1979 | 22.851 |
| 1978 | 24.641 |