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Job creation rate in New Jersey

Job creation rate in New Jersey was 13.584% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 3.36 pts from 2022. That is the 17th highest of 51 states in 2023.

202313.584%
Change on 2022-3.36 pts
Rank17th of 51US states ranked
Series high20.5311987
Series low11.0672021

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Job creation rate in New Jersey, 1978 to 2023

1012141618202219781985199219992006201320231978: 19.148 %1979: 18.052 %1980: 15.031 %1981: 15.738 %1982: 15.29 %1983: 16.801 %1984: 19.029 %1985: 18.487 %1986: 17.793 %1987: 20.531 %1988: 17.688 %1989: 17.643 %1990: 15.938 %1991: 14.017 %1992: 15.007 %1993: 16.289 %1994: 15.038 %1995: 15.974 %1996: 15.745 %1997: 18.399 %1998: 17.697 %1999: 15.959 %2000: 16.902 %2001: 16.761 %2002: 16.817 %2003: 15.617 %2004: 15.555 %2005: 14.069 %2006: 15.568 %2007: 14.635 %2008: 13.842 %2009: 11.228 %2010: 11.691 %2011: 12.527 %2012: 13.492 %2013: 13.37 %2014: 12.551 %2015: 13.415 %2016: 13.287 %2017: 14.044 %2018: 12.889 %2019: 12.31 %2020: 11.748 %2021: 11.067 %2022: 16.947 %2023: 13.584 %
%. 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%
202313.584
202216.947
202111.067
202011.748
201912.31
201812.889
201714.044
201613.287
201513.415
201412.551
201313.37
201213.492
201112.527
201011.691
200911.228
200813.842
200714.635
200615.568
200514.069
200415.555
200315.617
200216.817
200116.761
200016.902
199915.959
199817.697
199718.399
199615.745
199515.974
199415.038
199316.289
199215.007
199114.017
199015.938
198917.643
198817.688
198720.531
198617.793
198518.487
198419.029
198316.801
198215.29
198115.738
198015.031
197918.052
197819.148

Compared with United States

Place2023
New Jersey13.584
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, New Jersey, 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, New Jersey, 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/new-jersey. 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, New Jersey, 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/new-jersey.

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, New Jersey, 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/new-jersey (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the job creation rate in New Jersey?

Job creation rate in New Jersey was 13.584% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 3.36 pts from 2022. That is the 17th 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 New Jersey?

20.531% in 1987, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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