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Job creation rate in Washington

Job creation rate in Washington was 14.602% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 2.24 pts from 2022. That is the 8th highest of 51 states in 2023.

202314.602%
Change on 2022-2.24 pts
Rank8th of 51US states ranked
Series high25.4431978
Series low11.9422021

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Job creation rate in Washington, 1978 to 2023

101520253019781985199219992006201320231978: 25.443 %1979: 23.106 %1980: 19.492 %1981: 17.81 %1982: 16.88 %1983: 17.624 %1984: 19.844 %1985: 18.516 %1986: 20.782 %1987: 21.422 %1988: 21.247 %1989: 21.172 %1990: 19.733 %1991: 17.789 %1992: 19.551 %1993: 16.811 %1994: 16.421 %1995: 16.503 %1996: 16.244 %1997: 19.458 %1998: 17.138 %1999: 17.262 %2000: 17.531 %2001: 15.985 %2002: 15.502 %2003: 16.131 %2004: 15.011 %2005: 15.953 %2006: 16.935 %2007: 16.322 %2008: 14.325 %2009: 12.36 %2010: 11.963 %2011: 13.506 %2012: 13.422 %2013: 14.691 %2014: 13.203 %2015: 13.765 %2016: 13.544 %2017: 14.15 %2018: 13.631 %2019: 12.454 %2020: 12.559 %2021: 11.942 %2022: 16.844 %2023: 14.602 %
%. 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%
202314.602
202216.844
202111.942
202012.559
201912.454
201813.631
201714.15
201613.544
201513.765
201413.203
201314.691
201213.422
201113.506
201011.963
200912.36
200814.325
200716.322
200616.935
200515.953
200415.011
200316.131
200215.502
200115.985
200017.531
199917.262
199817.138
199719.458
199616.244
199516.503
199416.421
199316.811
199219.551
199117.789
199019.733
198921.172
198821.247
198721.422
198620.782
198518.516
198419.844
198317.624
198216.88
198117.81
198019.492
197923.106
197825.443

Compared with United States

Place2023
Washington14.602
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, Washington, 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, Washington, 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/washington. 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, Washington, 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/washington.

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, Washington, 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/washington (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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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, Washington, 1978 to 2023}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the job creation rate in Washington?

Job creation rate in Washington was 14.602% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 2.24 pts from 2022. That is the 8th 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 Washington?

25.443% in 1978, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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