# Job creation rate in Tennessee

Job creation rate in Tennessee was 14.717% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-47`
- 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/tennessee
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us-state-47

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 14.717 |
| 2022 | 15.795 |
| 2021 | 12.744 |
| 2020 | 12.251 |
| 2019 | 11.857 |
| 2018 | 11.766 |
| 2017 | 13.148 |
| 2016 | 12.699 |
| 2015 | 12.511 |
| 2014 | 12.237 |
| 2013 | 13.146 |
| 2012 | 13.284 |
| 2011 | 12.716 |
| 2010 | 11.675 |
| 2009 | 10.753 |
| 2008 | 14.516 |
| 2007 | 15.632 |
| 2006 | 15.597 |
| 2005 | 14.163 |
| 2004 | 14.862 |
| 2003 | 15.25 |
| 2002 | 15.611 |
| 2001 | 14.873 |
| 2000 | 16.166 |
| 1999 | 15.53 |
| 1998 | 16.558 |
| 1997 | 17.282 |
| 1996 | 15.48 |
| 1995 | 17.035 |
| 1994 | 16.131 |
| 1993 | 16.005 |
| 1992 | 16.633 |
| 1991 | 14.89 |
| 1990 | 16.182 |
| 1989 | 17.838 |
| 1988 | 20.477 |
| 1987 | 19.415 |
| 1986 | 18.598 |
| 1985 | 17.549 |
| 1984 | 20.303 |
| 1983 | 15.858 |
| 1982 | 15.239 |
| 1981 | 14.477 |
| 1980 | 14.082 |
| 1979 | 17.349 |
| 1978 | 20.729 |