# Job creation rate in Missouri

Job creation rate in Missouri was 13.065% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-29`
- 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/missouri
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us-state-29

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 13.065 |
| 2022 | 15.069 |
| 2021 | 10.82 |
| 2020 | 11.166 |
| 2019 | 10.939 |
| 2018 | 11.843 |
| 2017 | 12.929 |
| 2016 | 12.069 |
| 2015 | 12.841 |
| 2014 | 12.004 |
| 2013 | 11.955 |
| 2012 | 12.559 |
| 2011 | 11.042 |
| 2010 | 11.117 |
| 2009 | 10.981 |
| 2008 | 13.593 |
| 2007 | 13.737 |
| 2006 | 14.745 |
| 2005 | 12.908 |
| 2004 | 14.36 |
| 2003 | 14.526 |
| 2002 | 15.73 |
| 2001 | 13.957 |
| 2000 | 14.963 |
| 1999 | 14.801 |
| 1998 | 14.675 |
| 1997 | 16.707 |
| 1996 | 15.067 |
| 1995 | 16.122 |
| 1994 | 15.746 |
| 1993 | 14.739 |
| 1992 | 14.825 |
| 1991 | 14.284 |
| 1990 | 15.682 |
| 1989 | 17.445 |
| 1988 | 17.006 |
| 1987 | 18.842 |
| 1986 | 18.33 |
| 1985 | 16.99 |
| 1984 | 18.385 |
| 1983 | 15.274 |
| 1982 | 14.401 |
| 1981 | 14.468 |
| 1980 | 13.84 |
| 1979 | 16.919 |
| 1978 | 20.628 |