# Job creation rate in Oklahoma

Job creation rate in Oklahoma was 12.905% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-40`
- 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/oklahoma
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us-state-40

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 12.905 |
| 2022 | 14.81 |
| 2021 | 11.557 |
| 2020 | 12.309 |
| 2019 | 12.283 |
| 2018 | 13.385 |
| 2017 | 12.941 |
| 2016 | 12.046 |
| 2015 | 12.73 |
| 2014 | 13.406 |
| 2013 | 13.422 |
| 2012 | 14.181 |
| 2011 | 13.124 |
| 2010 | 11.03 |
| 2009 | 12.143 |
| 2008 | 15.167 |
| 2007 | 16.618 |
| 2006 | 17.1 |
| 2005 | 15.06 |
| 2004 | 15.074 |
| 2003 | 14.876 |
| 2002 | 16.866 |
| 2001 | 15.679 |
| 2000 | 17.443 |
| 1999 | 16.058 |
| 1998 | 17.402 |
| 1997 | 18.43 |
| 1996 | 16.37 |
| 1995 | 15.794 |
| 1994 | 16.321 |
| 1993 | 16.066 |
| 1992 | 16.686 |
| 1991 | 16.57 |
| 1990 | 17.185 |
| 1989 | 18.149 |
| 1988 | 19.523 |
| 1987 | 16.77 |
| 1986 | 16.809 |
| 1985 | 22.417 |
| 1984 | 19.048 |
| 1983 | 16.916 |
| 1982 | 22.111 |
| 1981 | 20.877 |
| 1980 | 19.914 |
| 1979 | 21.876 |
| 1978 | 23.784 |