# Job creation rate in Virginia

Job creation rate in Virginia was 13.375% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-51`
- 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/virginia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us-state-51

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 13.375 |
| 2022 | 15.158 |
| 2021 | 11.798 |
| 2020 | 11.737 |
| 2019 | 12.009 |
| 2018 | 12.727 |
| 2017 | 12.803 |
| 2016 | 12.66 |
| 2015 | 12.893 |
| 2014 | 12.469 |
| 2013 | 13.263 |
| 2012 | 14.279 |
| 2011 | 13.157 |
| 2010 | 12.169 |
| 2009 | 11.929 |
| 2008 | 14.061 |
| 2007 | 15.5 |
| 2006 | 16.38 |
| 2005 | 14.676 |
| 2004 | 16.113 |
| 2003 | 15.074 |
| 2002 | 16.608 |
| 2001 | 16.16 |
| 2000 | 17.251 |
| 1999 | 16.223 |
| 1998 | 16.482 |
| 1997 | 18.393 |
| 1996 | 15.788 |
| 1995 | 16.306 |
| 1994 | 15.586 |
| 1993 | 15.82 |
| 1992 | 15.934 |
| 1991 | 14.265 |
| 1990 | 16.542 |
| 1989 | 17.807 |
| 1988 | 19.279 |
| 1987 | 20.05 |
| 1986 | 19.178 |
| 1985 | 18.558 |
| 1984 | 18.826 |
| 1983 | 15.699 |
| 1982 | 14.967 |
| 1981 | 15.652 |
| 1980 | 15.347 |
| 1979 | 18.741 |
| 1978 | 21.055 |