Job destruction rate
Jobs lost at closing and shrinking 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 added elsewhere are not subtracted, so the net change is job_creation_rate minus this rate. Not a layoff rate: it counts positions lost at establishments, not people who lost a job. The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.
Key facts
- Job destruction rate in the United States was 11.059% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Arizona had the highest job destruction rate of 51 states in 2023, at 12.448%, and Hawaii the lowest, at 9.388%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Published for 3,194 places, with figures from 1978 to 2023.
Rankings
- US states
- US counties
- Counties in Texas
- Counties in Georgia
- Counties in Virginia
- Counties in Kentucky
- Counties in Missouri
- Counties in Kansas
- Counties in Illinois
- Counties in North Carolina
- Counties in Iowa
- Counties in Tennessee
US states by job destruction rate, 2023
Places with data
Countries
Regions and states
- California
- Texas
- Florida
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Illinois
- Ohio
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- Michigan
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- Tennessee
- Indiana
- Vermont
Provinces and counties
- Los Angeles County
- Cook County
- Harris County
- Maricopa County
- San Diego County
- Orange County
- Miami-Dade County
- Dallas County
- Kings County
- Riverside County
- Fresno County
- Stanislaus County
- Kent County
- Genesee County
- Mohave County
- Brown County
Use this data in your AI agent
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Which places have the highest job destruction rate? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"job_destruction_rate","level":"region","within":"United States"}
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