# Job creation rate in Delaware

Job creation rate in Delaware was 17.764% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-10`
- 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/delaware
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us-state-10

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 17.764 |
| 2022 | 17.679 |
| 2021 | 13.819 |
| 2020 | 12.666 |
| 2019 | 13.32 |
| 2018 | 12.976 |
| 2017 | 13.769 |
| 2016 | 13.352 |
| 2015 | 13.554 |
| 2014 | 14.424 |
| 2013 | 14.396 |
| 2012 | 13.44 |
| 2011 | 11.899 |
| 2010 | 10.826 |
| 2009 | 11.931 |
| 2008 | 14.953 |
| 2007 | 16.861 |
| 2006 | 14.232 |
| 2005 | 14.342 |
| 2004 | 15.595 |
| 2003 | 13.409 |
| 2002 | 17.2 |
| 2001 | 16.769 |
| 2000 | 18.872 |
| 1999 | 16.164 |
| 1998 | 17.085 |
| 1997 | 17.994 |
| 1996 | 14.752 |
| 1995 | 17.349 |
| 1994 | 15.692 |
| 1993 | 15.027 |
| 1992 | 14.988 |
| 1991 | 14.904 |
| 1990 | 15.564 |
| 1989 | 17.521 |
| 1988 | 19.287 |
| 1987 | 19.049 |
| 1986 | 16.641 |
| 1985 | 26.551 |
| 1984 | 17.562 |
| 1983 | 15.534 |
| 1982 | 13.312 |
| 1981 | 13.586 |
| 1980 | 13.935 |
| 1979 | 14.576 |
| 1978 | 16.936 |