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Job creation rate in Massachusetts

Job creation rate in Massachusetts was 12.388% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 3.98 pts from 2022. That is the 40th highest of 51 states in 2023.

202312.388%
Change on 2022-3.98 pts
Rank40th of 51US states ranked
Series high19.3621978
Series low9.6382021

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Job creation rate in Massachusetts, 1978 to 2023

810121416182019781985199219992006201320231978: 19.362 %1979: 17.473 %1980: 15.089 %1981: 15.672 %1982: 13.592 %1983: 15.647 %1984: 17.91 %1985: 17.689 %1986: 17.136 %1987: 17.687 %1988: 17.034 %1989: 17.062 %1990: 12.952 %1991: 11.955 %1992: 14.309 %1993: 15.401 %1994: 14.874 %1995: 15.212 %1996: 14.413 %1997: 16.425 %1998: 15.603 %1999: 15.283 %2000: 16.448 %2001: 15.465 %2002: 15.021 %2003: 14.16 %2004: 12.96 %2005: 12.668 %2006: 14.429 %2007: 13.55 %2008: 12.952 %2009: 10.637 %2010: 10.975 %2011: 11.314 %2012: 11.938 %2013: 11.383 %2014: 10.927 %2015: 11.933 %2016: 11.561 %2017: 12.4 %2018: 12.154 %2019: 11.026 %2020: 10.655 %2021: 9.638 %2022: 16.371 %2023: 12.388 %
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-09-25.
All 46 values
Period%
202312.388
202216.371
20219.638
202010.655
201911.026
201812.154
201712.4
201611.561
201511.933
201410.927
201311.383
201211.938
201111.314
201010.975
200910.637
200812.952
200713.55
200614.429
200512.668
200412.96
200314.16
200215.021
200115.465
200016.448
199915.283
199815.603
199716.425
199614.413
199515.212
199414.874
199315.401
199214.309
199111.955
199012.952
198917.062
198817.034
198717.687
198617.136
198517.689
198417.91
198315.647
198213.592
198115.672
198015.089
197917.473
197819.362

Compared with United States

Place2023
Massachusetts12.388
United States13.592

Rankings

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.

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.

How to cite

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.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Job creation rate, Massachusetts, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Job creation rate, Massachusetts, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/massachusetts. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Job creation rate, Massachusetts, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/massachusetts.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Job creation rate, Massachusetts, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/massachusetts (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Job creation rate, Massachusetts, 1978 to 2023}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/massachusetts. Publisher attribution: 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.},
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What is the job creation rate in Massachusetts?

Job creation rate in Massachusetts was 12.388% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 3.98 pts from 2022. That is the 40th highest of 51 states in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest job creation rate in Massachusetts?

19.362% in 1978, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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