# Job creation rate in South Carolina

Job creation rate in South Carolina was 13.441% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-45`
- 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/south-carolina
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us-state-45

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 13.441 |
| 2022 | 15.913 |
| 2021 | 11.881 |
| 2020 | 11.843 |
| 2019 | 12.939 |
| 2018 | 13.653 |
| 2017 | 13.409 |
| 2016 | 13.377 |
| 2015 | 12.991 |
| 2014 | 12.582 |
| 2013 | 12.35 |
| 2012 | 13.257 |
| 2011 | 13.542 |
| 2010 | 11.616 |
| 2009 | 10.776 |
| 2008 | 14.048 |
| 2007 | 15.346 |
| 2006 | 16.074 |
| 2005 | 14.762 |
| 2004 | 14.375 |
| 2003 | 15.672 |
| 2002 | 14.423 |
| 2001 | 14.84 |
| 2000 | 15.781 |
| 1999 | 15.751 |
| 1998 | 17.351 |
| 1997 | 16.83 |
| 1996 | 15.408 |
| 1995 | 15.849 |
| 1994 | 15.867 |
| 1993 | 14.811 |
| 1992 | 15.602 |
| 1991 | 14.794 |
| 1990 | 17.19 |
| 1989 | 17.313 |
| 1988 | 20.18 |
| 1987 | 19.225 |
| 1986 | 18.79 |
| 1985 | 17.025 |
| 1984 | 18.585 |
| 1983 | 14.995 |
| 1982 | 14.222 |
| 1981 | 14.62 |
| 1980 | 14.373 |
| 1979 | 15.71 |
| 1978 | 18.86 |