# Job creation rate in United States

Job creation rate in United States was 13.592% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us`
- 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.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.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/united-states
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 13.592 |
| 2022 | 16.577 |
| 2021 | 11.592 |
| 2020 | 11.958 |
| 2019 | 12.094 |
| 2018 | 12.789 |
| 2017 | 13.528 |
| 2016 | 12.883 |
| 2015 | 13.385 |
| 2014 | 13.119 |
| 2013 | 13.33 |
| 2012 | 13.794 |
| 2011 | 13.142 |
| 2010 | 11.917 |
| 2009 | 11.459 |
| 2008 | 14.168 |
| 2007 | 15.291 |
| 2006 | 15.923 |
| 2005 | 14.806 |
| 2004 | 15.206 |
| 2003 | 15.763 |
| 2002 | 16.376 |
| 2001 | 15.625 |
| 2000 | 16.69 |
| 1999 | 16.238 |
| 1998 | 16.944 |
| 1997 | 17.867 |
| 1996 | 15.869 |
| 1995 | 16.473 |
| 1994 | 16.165 |
| 1993 | 16.164 |
| 1992 | 16.043 |
| 1991 | 15.092 |
| 1990 | 16.73 |
| 1989 | 18.097 |
| 1988 | 18.783 |
| 1987 | 19.186 |
| 1986 | 18.397 |
| 1985 | 18.592 |
| 1984 | 19.361 |
| 1983 | 16.337 |
| 1982 | 15.721 |
| 1981 | 16.088 |
| 1980 | 15.731 |
| 1979 | 18.863 |
| 1978 | 21.05 |