# Job creation rate in Texas

Job creation rate in Texas was 15.24% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-48`
- 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/texas
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us-state-48

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 15.24 |
| 2022 | 17.615 |
| 2021 | 12.282 |
| 2020 | 13.302 |
| 2019 | 13.587 |
| 2018 | 14.036 |
| 2017 | 15.075 |
| 2016 | 14.003 |
| 2015 | 14.904 |
| 2014 | 14.874 |
| 2013 | 15.302 |
| 2012 | 15.882 |
| 2011 | 14.763 |
| 2010 | 13.585 |
| 2009 | 13.34 |
| 2008 | 16.645 |
| 2007 | 18.294 |
| 2006 | 18.165 |
| 2005 | 16.519 |
| 2004 | 16.807 |
| 2003 | 17.318 |
| 2002 | 18.39 |
| 2001 | 17.842 |
| 2000 | 18.647 |
| 1999 | 18.419 |
| 1998 | 19.595 |
| 1997 | 20.484 |
| 1996 | 18.331 |
| 1995 | 18.925 |
| 1994 | 17.958 |
| 1993 | 18.994 |
| 1992 | 18.7 |
| 1991 | 18.718 |
| 1990 | 19.745 |
| 1989 | 19.989 |
| 1988 | 20.651 |
| 1987 | 18.849 |
| 1986 | 19.283 |
| 1985 | 21.176 |
| 1984 | 22.246 |
| 1983 | 18.417 |
| 1982 | 22.065 |
| 1981 | 21.108 |
| 1980 | 20.222 |
| 1979 | 22.485 |
| 1978 | 25.509 |