# Job creation rate in Colorado

Job creation rate in Colorado was 15.213% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-08`
- 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/colorado
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us-state-08

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 15.213 |
| 2022 | 17.979 |
| 2021 | 13.421 |
| 2020 | 13.624 |
| 2019 | 13.798 |
| 2018 | 13.992 |
| 2017 | 15.143 |
| 2016 | 14.357 |
| 2015 | 15.499 |
| 2014 | 15.209 |
| 2013 | 14.871 |
| 2012 | 14.948 |
| 2011 | 14.324 |
| 2010 | 13.531 |
| 2009 | 12.435 |
| 2008 | 15.966 |
| 2007 | 17.687 |
| 2006 | 17.741 |
| 2005 | 15.679 |
| 2004 | 16.155 |
| 2003 | 16.779 |
| 2002 | 17.601 |
| 2001 | 18.639 |
| 2000 | 19.345 |
| 1999 | 19.522 |
| 1998 | 20.049 |
| 1997 | 20.696 |
| 1996 | 19.026 |
| 1995 | 19.651 |
| 1994 | 18.619 |
| 1993 | 18.92 |
| 1992 | 19.051 |
| 1991 | 17.686 |
| 1990 | 18.751 |
| 1989 | 19.016 |
| 1988 | 18.968 |
| 1987 | 19.837 |
| 1986 | 20 |
| 1985 | 20.942 |
| 1984 | 22.115 |
| 1983 | 18.503 |
| 1982 | 20.707 |
| 1981 | 20.818 |
| 1980 | 19.703 |
| 1979 | 23.604 |
| 1978 | 26.888 |