# Job creation rate in Iowa

Job creation rate in Iowa was 12.822% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-19`
- 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/iowa
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us-state-19

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 12.822 |
| 2022 | 13.28 |
| 2021 | 9.234 |
| 2020 | 9.813 |
| 2019 | 10.403 |
| 2018 | 10.685 |
| 2017 | 11.306 |
| 2016 | 10.221 |
| 2015 | 10.877 |
| 2014 | 9.564 |
| 2013 | 10.556 |
| 2012 | 11.714 |
| 2011 | 10.748 |
| 2010 | 9.716 |
| 2009 | 10.824 |
| 2008 | 12.338 |
| 2007 | 12.464 |
| 2006 | 13.081 |
| 2005 | 12.437 |
| 2004 | 12.881 |
| 2003 | 12.57 |
| 2002 | 13.02 |
| 2001 | 11.409 |
| 2000 | 13.298 |
| 1999 | 14.252 |
| 1998 | 14.189 |
| 1997 | 15.001 |
| 1996 | 13.636 |
| 1995 | 14.219 |
| 1994 | 13.611 |
| 1993 | 13.163 |
| 1992 | 14.849 |
| 1991 | 13.398 |
| 1990 | 14.378 |
| 1989 | 16.86 |
| 1988 | 17.082 |
| 1987 | 16.626 |
| 1986 | 15.973 |
| 1985 | 13.863 |
| 1984 | 15.658 |
| 1983 | 17.442 |
| 1982 | 12.072 |
| 1981 | 13.823 |
| 1980 | 13.125 |
| 1979 | 16.431 |
| 1978 | 18.929 |