# Job creation rate in Hawaii

Job creation rate in Hawaii was 12.134% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-15`
- 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/hawaii
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us-state-15

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 12.134 |
| 2022 | 17.081 |
| 2021 | 7.446 |
| 2020 | 8.996 |
| 2019 | 10.036 |
| 2018 | 11.362 |
| 2017 | 13.394 |
| 2016 | 11.061 |
| 2015 | 10.565 |
| 2014 | 12.337 |
| 2013 | 12.415 |
| 2012 | 12.06 |
| 2011 | 12.1 |
| 2010 | 11.697 |
| 2009 | 9.948 |
| 2008 | 12.988 |
| 2007 | 14.865 |
| 2006 | 15.311 |
| 2005 | 15.02 |
| 2004 | 13.743 |
| 2003 | 15.748 |
| 2002 | 15.148 |
| 2001 | 13.345 |
| 2000 | 14.18 |
| 1999 | 14.271 |
| 1998 | 13.63 |
| 1997 | 14.271 |
| 1996 | 14.597 |
| 1995 | 12.874 |
| 1994 | 14.398 |
| 1993 | 14.025 |
| 1992 | 17.185 |
| 1991 | 17.312 |
| 1990 | 18.205 |
| 1989 | 18.958 |
| 1988 | 19.163 |
| 1987 | 22.374 |
| 1986 | 19.959 |
| 1985 | 16.888 |
| 1984 | 16.808 |
| 1983 | 16.659 |
| 1982 | 15.861 |
| 1981 | 18.015 |
| 1980 | 17.475 |
| 1979 | 19.642 |
| 1978 | 22.624 |