# Job creation rate in Washington

Job creation rate in Washington was 14.602% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-53`
- 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/washington
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us-state-53

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 14.602 |
| 2022 | 16.844 |
| 2021 | 11.942 |
| 2020 | 12.559 |
| 2019 | 12.454 |
| 2018 | 13.631 |
| 2017 | 14.15 |
| 2016 | 13.544 |
| 2015 | 13.765 |
| 2014 | 13.203 |
| 2013 | 14.691 |
| 2012 | 13.422 |
| 2011 | 13.506 |
| 2010 | 11.963 |
| 2009 | 12.36 |
| 2008 | 14.325 |
| 2007 | 16.322 |
| 2006 | 16.935 |
| 2005 | 15.953 |
| 2004 | 15.011 |
| 2003 | 16.131 |
| 2002 | 15.502 |
| 2001 | 15.985 |
| 2000 | 17.531 |
| 1999 | 17.262 |
| 1998 | 17.138 |
| 1997 | 19.458 |
| 1996 | 16.244 |
| 1995 | 16.503 |
| 1994 | 16.421 |
| 1993 | 16.811 |
| 1992 | 19.551 |
| 1991 | 17.789 |
| 1990 | 19.733 |
| 1989 | 21.172 |
| 1988 | 21.247 |
| 1987 | 21.422 |
| 1986 | 20.782 |
| 1985 | 18.516 |
| 1984 | 19.844 |
| 1983 | 17.624 |
| 1982 | 16.88 |
| 1981 | 17.81 |
| 1980 | 19.492 |
| 1979 | 23.106 |
| 1978 | 25.443 |