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Job creation rate in Virginia

Job creation rate in Virginia was 13.375% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 1.78 pts from 2022. That is the 21st highest of 51 states in 2023.

202313.375%
Change on 2022-1.78 pts
Rank21st of 51US states ranked
Series high21.0551978
Series low11.7372020

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Job creation rate in Virginia, 1978 to 2023

1012141618202219781985199219992006201320231978: 21.055 %1979: 18.741 %1980: 15.347 %1981: 15.652 %1982: 14.967 %1983: 15.699 %1984: 18.826 %1985: 18.558 %1986: 19.178 %1987: 20.05 %1988: 19.279 %1989: 17.807 %1990: 16.542 %1991: 14.265 %1992: 15.934 %1993: 15.82 %1994: 15.586 %1995: 16.306 %1996: 15.788 %1997: 18.393 %1998: 16.482 %1999: 16.223 %2000: 17.251 %2001: 16.16 %2002: 16.608 %2003: 15.074 %2004: 16.113 %2005: 14.676 %2006: 16.38 %2007: 15.5 %2008: 14.061 %2009: 11.929 %2010: 12.169 %2011: 13.157 %2012: 14.279 %2013: 13.263 %2014: 12.469 %2015: 12.893 %2016: 12.66 %2017: 12.803 %2018: 12.727 %2019: 12.009 %2020: 11.737 %2021: 11.798 %2022: 15.158 %2023: 13.375 %1012.51517.52022.519781994201020231978: 21.055 %1979: 18.741 %1980: 15.347 %1981: 15.652 %1982: 14.967 %1983: 15.699 %1984: 18.826 %1985: 18.558 %1986: 19.178 %1987: 20.05 %1988: 19.279 %1989: 17.807 %1990: 16.542 %1991: 14.265 %1992: 15.934 %1993: 15.82 %1994: 15.586 %1995: 16.306 %1996: 15.788 %1997: 18.393 %1998: 16.482 %1999: 16.223 %2000: 17.251 %2001: 16.16 %2002: 16.608 %2003: 15.074 %2004: 16.113 %2005: 14.676 %2006: 16.38 %2007: 15.5 %2008: 14.061 %2009: 11.929 %2010: 12.169 %2011: 13.157 %2012: 14.279 %2013: 13.263 %2014: 12.469 %2015: 12.893 %2016: 12.66 %2017: 12.803 %2018: 12.727 %2019: 12.009 %2020: 11.737 %2021: 11.798 %2022: 15.158 %2023: 13.375 %
%. 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%
202313.375
202215.158
202111.798
202011.737
201912.009
201812.727
201712.803
201612.66
201512.893
201412.469
201313.263
201214.279
201113.157
201012.169
200911.929
200814.061
200715.5
200616.38
200514.676
200416.113
200315.074
200216.608
200116.16
200017.251
199916.223
199816.482
199718.393
199615.788
199516.306
199415.586
199315.82
199215.934
199114.265
199016.542
198917.807
198819.279
198720.05
198619.178
198518.558
198418.826
198315.699
198214.967
198115.652
198015.347
197918.741
197821.055

Compared with United States

Place2023
Virginia13.375
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, Virginia, 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, Virginia, 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/virginia. 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, Virginia, 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/virginia.

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, Virginia, 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/virginia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the job creation rate in Virginia?

Job creation rate in Virginia was 13.375% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 1.78 pts from 2022. That is the 21st 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 Virginia?

21.055% in 1978, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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