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Job creation rate in South Carolina

Job creation rate in South Carolina was 13.441% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 2.47 pts from 2022. That is the 20th highest of 51 states in 2023.

202313.441%
Change on 2022-2.47 pts
Rank20th of 51US states ranked
Series high20.181988
Series low10.7762009

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Job creation rate in South Carolina, 1978 to 2023

1012141618202219781985199219992006201320231978: 18.86 %1979: 15.71 %1980: 14.373 %1981: 14.62 %1982: 14.222 %1983: 14.995 %1984: 18.585 %1985: 17.025 %1986: 18.79 %1987: 19.225 %1988: 20.18 %1989: 17.313 %1990: 17.19 %1991: 14.794 %1992: 15.602 %1993: 14.811 %1994: 15.867 %1995: 15.849 %1996: 15.408 %1997: 16.83 %1998: 17.351 %1999: 15.751 %2000: 15.781 %2001: 14.84 %2002: 14.423 %2003: 15.672 %2004: 14.375 %2005: 14.762 %2006: 16.074 %2007: 15.346 %2008: 14.048 %2009: 10.776 %2010: 11.616 %2011: 13.542 %2012: 13.257 %2013: 12.35 %2014: 12.582 %2015: 12.991 %2016: 13.377 %2017: 13.409 %2018: 13.653 %2019: 12.939 %2020: 11.843 %2021: 11.881 %2022: 15.913 %2023: 13.441 %1012.51517.52022.519781994201020231978: 18.86 %1979: 15.71 %1980: 14.373 %1981: 14.62 %1982: 14.222 %1983: 14.995 %1984: 18.585 %1985: 17.025 %1986: 18.79 %1987: 19.225 %1988: 20.18 %1989: 17.313 %1990: 17.19 %1991: 14.794 %1992: 15.602 %1993: 14.811 %1994: 15.867 %1995: 15.849 %1996: 15.408 %1997: 16.83 %1998: 17.351 %1999: 15.751 %2000: 15.781 %2001: 14.84 %2002: 14.423 %2003: 15.672 %2004: 14.375 %2005: 14.762 %2006: 16.074 %2007: 15.346 %2008: 14.048 %2009: 10.776 %2010: 11.616 %2011: 13.542 %2012: 13.257 %2013: 12.35 %2014: 12.582 %2015: 12.991 %2016: 13.377 %2017: 13.409 %2018: 13.653 %2019: 12.939 %2020: 11.843 %2021: 11.881 %2022: 15.913 %2023: 13.441 %
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-09-25.
All 46 values
Period%
202313.441
202215.913
202111.881
202011.843
201912.939
201813.653
201713.409
201613.377
201512.991
201412.582
201312.35
201213.257
201113.542
201011.616
200910.776
200814.048
200715.346
200616.074
200514.762
200414.375
200315.672
200214.423
200114.84
200015.781
199915.751
199817.351
199716.83
199615.408
199515.849
199415.867
199314.811
199215.602
199114.794
199017.19
198917.313
198820.18
198719.225
198618.79
198517.025
198418.585
198314.995
198214.222
198114.62
198014.373
197915.71
197818.86

Compared with United States

Place2023
South Carolina13.441
United States13.592

South Carolina compared with nearby places

Alabama: 12.414 %Alaska: 14.239 %Arizona: 15.155 %Arkansas: 11.798 %California: 13.493 %Colorado: 15.213 %Connecticut: 13.564 %Delaware: 17.764 %District of Columbia: 13.984 %Florida: 14.928 %Georgia: 14.24 %Hawaii: 12.134 %Idaho: 13.595 %Illinois: 12.927 %Indiana: 12.334 %Iowa: 12.822 %Kansas: 12.712 %Kentucky: 12.455 %Louisiana: 13.227 %Maine: 12.705 %Maryland: 12.407 %Massachusetts: 12.388 %Michigan: 13.019 %Minnesota: 12.105 %Mississippi: 12.228 %Missouri: 13.065 %Montana: 13.342 %Nebraska: 13.046 %Nevada: 15.227 %New Hampshire: 11.048 %New Jersey: 13.584 %New Mexico: 12.698 %New York: 13.982 %North Carolina: 13.59 %North Dakota: 12.599 %Ohio: 13.043 %Oklahoma: 12.905 %Oregon: 13.268 %Pennsylvania: 12.079 %Rhode Island: 11.59 %South Carolina: 13.441 %South Dakota: 13.025 %Tennessee: 14.717 %Texas: 15.24 %Utah: 14.58 %Vermont: 10.88 %Virginia: 13.375 %Washington: 14.602 %West Virginia: 12.388 %Wisconsin: 12.061 %Wyoming: 14.589 %
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Job creation rate, 2023, %. South Carolina is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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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.

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.

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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.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Job creation rate, South Carolina, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv

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Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Job creation rate, South Carolina, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/south-carolina. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Job creation rate, South Carolina, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/south-carolina.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Job creation rate, South Carolina, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/south-carolina (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the job creation rate in South Carolina?

Job creation rate in South Carolina was 13.441% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 2.47 pts from 2022. That is the 20th highest of 51 states in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest job creation rate in South Carolina?

20.18% in 1988, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

Job creation rate elsewhere in United States

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