# Job creation rate in Rhode Island

Job creation rate in Rhode Island was 11.59% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-44`
- 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/rhode-island
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us-state-44

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 11.59 |
| 2022 | 15.31 |
| 2021 | 8.64 |
| 2020 | 11.066 |
| 2019 | 9.624 |
| 2018 | 12.376 |
| 2017 | 11.936 |
| 2016 | 11.722 |
| 2015 | 10.923 |
| 2014 | 12.32 |
| 2013 | 11.131 |
| 2012 | 11.551 |
| 2011 | 12.247 |
| 2010 | 10.517 |
| 2009 | 10.2 |
| 2008 | 11.555 |
| 2007 | 14.057 |
| 2006 | 13.926 |
| 2005 | 12.222 |
| 2004 | 14.497 |
| 2003 | 14.137 |
| 2002 | 15.716 |
| 2001 | 12.501 |
| 2000 | 14.857 |
| 1999 | 13.526 |
| 1998 | 15.059 |
| 1997 | 15.552 |
| 1996 | 13.22 |
| 1995 | 14.257 |
| 1994 | 15.255 |
| 1993 | 15.007 |
| 1992 | 15.297 |
| 1991 | 13.186 |
| 1990 | 13.414 |
| 1989 | 15.799 |
| 1988 | 16.907 |
| 1987 | 18.07 |
| 1986 | 16.933 |
| 1985 | 15.342 |
| 1984 | 17.272 |
| 1983 | 13.566 |
| 1982 | 13.483 |
| 1981 | 14.169 |
| 1980 | 13.147 |
| 1979 | 16.919 |
| 1978 | 19.651 |