# Job creation rate in North Dakota

Job creation rate in North Dakota was 12.599% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-38`
- 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/north-dakota
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us-state-38

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 12.599 |
| 2022 | 14.283 |
| 2021 | 8.764 |
| 2020 | 10.943 |
| 2019 | 10.661 |
| 2018 | 12.487 |
| 2017 | 12.079 |
| 2016 | 9.663 |
| 2015 | 12.857 |
| 2014 | 15.259 |
| 2013 | 15.548 |
| 2012 | 17.255 |
| 2011 | 14 |
| 2010 | 11.811 |
| 2009 | 11.162 |
| 2008 | 16.524 |
| 2007 | 15.628 |
| 2006 | 14.12 |
| 2005 | 12.897 |
| 2004 | 12.669 |
| 2003 | 13.743 |
| 2002 | 14.221 |
| 2001 | 12.59 |
| 2000 | 13.012 |
| 1999 | 12.668 |
| 1998 | 15.185 |
| 1997 | 16.481 |
| 1996 | 13.961 |
| 1995 | 15.402 |
| 1994 | 14.477 |
| 1993 | 14.708 |
| 1992 | 15.107 |
| 1991 | 15.523 |
| 1990 | 14.36 |
| 1989 | 15.154 |
| 1988 | 16.399 |
| 1987 | 15.654 |
| 1986 | 15.044 |
| 1985 | 15.593 |
| 1984 | 17.493 |
| 1983 | 15.598 |
| 1982 | 17.321 |
| 1981 | 16.043 |
| 1980 | 17.36 |
| 1979 | 20.924 |
| 1978 | 21.995 |