# Job creation rate in West Virginia

Job creation rate in West Virginia was 12.388% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-54`
- 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/west-virginia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us-state-54

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 12.388 |
| 2022 | 14.134 |
| 2021 | 9.991 |
| 2020 | 9.529 |
| 2019 | 10.599 |
| 2018 | 12.479 |
| 2017 | 10.981 |
| 2016 | 10.853 |
| 2015 | 10.835 |
| 2014 | 11.084 |
| 2013 | 11.351 |
| 2012 | 12.703 |
| 2011 | 12.175 |
| 2010 | 11.264 |
| 2009 | 11.568 |
| 2008 | 13.289 |
| 2007 | 13.683 |
| 2006 | 14.991 |
| 2005 | 13.214 |
| 2004 | 13.131 |
| 2003 | 13.996 |
| 2002 | 15.946 |
| 2001 | 13.324 |
| 2000 | 14.164 |
| 1999 | 13.519 |
| 1998 | 15.49 |
| 1997 | 16.001 |
| 1996 | 14.208 |
| 1995 | 15.633 |
| 1994 | 14.623 |
| 1993 | 15.579 |
| 1992 | 14.817 |
| 1991 | 14.414 |
| 1990 | 15.971 |
| 1989 | 15.829 |
| 1988 | 16.837 |
| 1987 | 17.223 |
| 1986 | 17.084 |
| 1985 | 14.998 |
| 1984 | 16.092 |
| 1983 | 12.713 |
| 1982 | 13.385 |
| 1981 | 13.796 |
| 1980 | 13.533 |
| 1979 | 20.316 |
| 1978 | 16.572 |