# Job creation rate in Washington County

Job creation rate in Washington County was 13.079% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us-county-41067`
- 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_cty.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_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/washington-county-oregon
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us-county-41067

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 13.079 |
| 2022 | 16.842 |
| 2021 | 9.58 |
| 2020 | 10.537 |
| 2019 | 12.172 |
| 2018 | 11.15 |
| 2017 | 14.518 |
| 2016 | 12.872 |
| 2015 | 14.783 |
| 2014 | 14.117 |
| 2013 | 13.441 |
| 2012 | 13.794 |
| 2011 | 14.816 |
| 2010 | 12.517 |