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Job creation rate in Texas

Job creation rate in Texas was 15.24% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 2.37 pts from 2022. That is the 2nd highest of 51 states in 2023.

202315.24%
Change on 2022-2.37 pts
Rank2nd of 51US states ranked
Series high25.5091978
Series low12.2822021

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Job creation rate in Texas, 1978 to 2023

101520253019781985199219992006201320231978: 25.509 %1979: 22.485 %1980: 20.222 %1981: 21.108 %1982: 22.065 %1983: 18.417 %1984: 22.246 %1985: 21.176 %1986: 19.283 %1987: 18.849 %1988: 20.651 %1989: 19.989 %1990: 19.745 %1991: 18.718 %1992: 18.7 %1993: 18.994 %1994: 17.958 %1995: 18.925 %1996: 18.331 %1997: 20.484 %1998: 19.595 %1999: 18.419 %2000: 18.647 %2001: 17.842 %2002: 18.39 %2003: 17.318 %2004: 16.807 %2005: 16.519 %2006: 18.165 %2007: 18.294 %2008: 16.645 %2009: 13.34 %2010: 13.585 %2011: 14.763 %2012: 15.882 %2013: 15.302 %2014: 14.874 %2015: 14.904 %2016: 14.003 %2017: 15.075 %2018: 14.036 %2019: 13.587 %2020: 13.302 %2021: 12.282 %2022: 17.615 %2023: 15.24 %
%. 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%
202315.24
202217.615
202112.282
202013.302
201913.587
201814.036
201715.075
201614.003
201514.904
201414.874
201315.302
201215.882
201114.763
201013.585
200913.34
200816.645
200718.294
200618.165
200516.519
200416.807
200317.318
200218.39
200117.842
200018.647
199918.419
199819.595
199720.484
199618.331
199518.925
199417.958
199318.994
199218.7
199118.718
199019.745
198919.989
198820.651
198718.849
198619.283
198521.176
198422.246
198318.417
198222.065
198121.108
198020.222
197922.485
197825.509

Compared with United States

Place2023
Texas15.24
United States13.592

Rankings

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.

How to cite

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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APA 7

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, Texas, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Job creation rate, Texas, 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/texas. 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, Texas, 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/texas.

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, Texas, 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/texas (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Job creation rate, Texas, 1978 to 2023}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/texas. Publisher attribution: 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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What is the job creation rate in Texas?

Job creation rate in Texas was 15.24% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 2.37 pts from 2022. That is the 2nd 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 Texas?

25.509% in 1978, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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