# Job creation rate in New Jersey

Job creation rate in New Jersey was 13.584% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-34`
- 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/new-jersey
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us-state-34

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 13.584 |
| 2022 | 16.947 |
| 2021 | 11.067 |
| 2020 | 11.748 |
| 2019 | 12.31 |
| 2018 | 12.889 |
| 2017 | 14.044 |
| 2016 | 13.287 |
| 2015 | 13.415 |
| 2014 | 12.551 |
| 2013 | 13.37 |
| 2012 | 13.492 |
| 2011 | 12.527 |
| 2010 | 11.691 |
| 2009 | 11.228 |
| 2008 | 13.842 |
| 2007 | 14.635 |
| 2006 | 15.568 |
| 2005 | 14.069 |
| 2004 | 15.555 |
| 2003 | 15.617 |
| 2002 | 16.817 |
| 2001 | 16.761 |
| 2000 | 16.902 |
| 1999 | 15.959 |
| 1998 | 17.697 |
| 1997 | 18.399 |
| 1996 | 15.745 |
| 1995 | 15.974 |
| 1994 | 15.038 |
| 1993 | 16.289 |
| 1992 | 15.007 |
| 1991 | 14.017 |
| 1990 | 15.938 |
| 1989 | 17.643 |
| 1988 | 17.688 |
| 1987 | 20.531 |
| 1986 | 17.793 |
| 1985 | 18.487 |
| 1984 | 19.029 |
| 1983 | 16.801 |
| 1982 | 15.29 |
| 1981 | 15.738 |
| 1980 | 15.031 |
| 1979 | 18.052 |
| 1978 | 19.148 |