# Job creation rate in Pennsylvania

Job creation rate in Pennsylvania was 12.079% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-42`
- 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/pennsylvania
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us-state-42

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 12.079 |
| 2022 | 15.242 |
| 2021 | 10.596 |
| 2020 | 10.451 |
| 2019 | 10.706 |
| 2018 | 11.177 |
| 2017 | 12.19 |
| 2016 | 11.376 |
| 2015 | 11.545 |
| 2014 | 11.163 |
| 2013 | 11.398 |
| 2012 | 12.364 |
| 2011 | 12.225 |
| 2010 | 10.835 |
| 2009 | 10.3 |
| 2008 | 12.77 |
| 2007 | 13.233 |
| 2006 | 13.525 |
| 2005 | 12.694 |
| 2004 | 13.41 |
| 2003 | 13.869 |
| 2002 | 15.023 |
| 2001 | 13.851 |
| 2000 | 14.68 |
| 1999 | 13.93 |
| 1998 | 14.311 |
| 1997 | 15.661 |
| 1996 | 13.488 |
| 1995 | 13.96 |
| 1994 | 13.713 |
| 1993 | 13.775 |
| 1992 | 13.856 |
| 1991 | 13.087 |
| 1990 | 14.351 |
| 1989 | 15.674 |
| 1988 | 16.703 |
| 1987 | 17.18 |
| 1986 | 16.388 |
| 1985 | 15.303 |
| 1984 | 15.755 |
| 1983 | 14.158 |
| 1982 | 13.521 |
| 1981 | 12.574 |
| 1980 | 13.179 |
| 1979 | 15.734 |
| 1978 | 17.733 |