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Job creation rate in United States

Job creation rate in the United States was 13.592% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 2.99 pts from 2022.

202313.592%
Change on 2022-2.99 pts
Series high21.051978
Series low11.4592009

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Job creation rate in United States, 1978 to 2023

1012141618202219781985199219992006201320231978: 21.05 %1979: 18.863 %1980: 15.731 %1981: 16.088 %1982: 15.721 %1983: 16.337 %1984: 19.361 %1985: 18.592 %1986: 18.397 %1987: 19.186 %1988: 18.783 %1989: 18.097 %1990: 16.73 %1991: 15.092 %1992: 16.043 %1993: 16.164 %1994: 16.165 %1995: 16.473 %1996: 15.869 %1997: 17.867 %1998: 16.944 %1999: 16.238 %2000: 16.69 %2001: 15.625 %2002: 16.376 %2003: 15.763 %2004: 15.206 %2005: 14.806 %2006: 15.923 %2007: 15.291 %2008: 14.168 %2009: 11.459 %2010: 11.917 %2011: 13.142 %2012: 13.794 %2013: 13.33 %2014: 13.119 %2015: 13.385 %2016: 12.883 %2017: 13.528 %2018: 12.789 %2019: 12.094 %2020: 11.958 %2021: 11.592 %2022: 16.577 %2023: 13.592 %1012.51517.52022.519781994201020231978: 21.05 %1979: 18.863 %1980: 15.731 %1981: 16.088 %1982: 15.721 %1983: 16.337 %1984: 19.361 %1985: 18.592 %1986: 18.397 %1987: 19.186 %1988: 18.783 %1989: 18.097 %1990: 16.73 %1991: 15.092 %1992: 16.043 %1993: 16.164 %1994: 16.165 %1995: 16.473 %1996: 15.869 %1997: 17.867 %1998: 16.944 %1999: 16.238 %2000: 16.69 %2001: 15.625 %2002: 16.376 %2003: 15.763 %2004: 15.206 %2005: 14.806 %2006: 15.923 %2007: 15.291 %2008: 14.168 %2009: 11.459 %2010: 11.917 %2011: 13.142 %2012: 13.794 %2013: 13.33 %2014: 13.119 %2015: 13.385 %2016: 12.883 %2017: 13.528 %2018: 12.789 %2019: 12.094 %2020: 11.958 %2021: 11.592 %2022: 16.577 %2023: 13.592 %
%. 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%
202313.592
202216.577
202111.592
202011.958
201912.094
201812.789
201713.528
201612.883
201513.385
201413.119
201313.33
201213.794
201113.142
201011.917
200911.459
200814.168
200715.291
200615.923
200514.806
200415.206
200315.763
200216.376
200115.625
200016.69
199916.238
199816.944
199717.867
199615.869
199516.473
199416.165
199316.164
199216.043
199115.092
199016.73
198918.097
198818.783
198719.186
198618.397
198518.592
198419.361
198316.337
198215.721
198116.088
198015.731
197918.863
197821.05

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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.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, United States, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023.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, United States, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/united-states. 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, United States, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/united-states.

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, United States, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/united-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Job creation rate, United States, 1978 to 2023}},
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  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the job creation rate in United States?

Job creation rate in the United States was 13.592% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 2.99 pts from 2022.

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 United States?

21.05% in 1978, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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