# Job destruction rate in Alaska

Job destruction rate in Alaska was 10.78% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-02`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Note: 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.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction 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 destruction 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-destruction-rate/alaska
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-state-02

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 10.78 |
| 2022 | 13.463 |
| 2021 | 16.023 |
| 2020 | 11.341 |
| 2019 | 10.661 |
| 2018 | 12.43 |
| 2017 | 14.348 |
| 2016 | 13.722 |
| 2015 | 12.754 |
| 2014 | 13.797 |
| 2013 | 10.409 |
| 2012 | 13.474 |
| 2011 | 12.152 |
| 2010 | 12.482 |
| 2009 | 14.23 |
| 2008 | 13.362 |
| 2007 | 16.347 |
| 2006 | 12.67 |
| 2005 | 12.95 |
| 2004 | 13.338 |
| 2003 | 15.839 |
| 2002 | 17.853 |
| 2001 | 15.486 |
| 2000 | 13.85 |
| 1999 | 14.323 |
| 1998 | 14.595 |
| 1997 | 16.75 |
| 1996 | 15.86 |
| 1995 | 15.197 |
| 1994 | 16.314 |
| 1993 | 16.939 |
| 1992 | 18.105 |
| 1991 | 18.862 |
| 1990 | 15.044 |
| 1989 | 17.241 |
| 1988 | 23.868 |
| 1987 | 26.869 |
| 1986 | 27.905 |
| 1985 | 21.974 |
| 1984 | 20.841 |
| 1983 | 24.318 |
| 1982 | 22.519 |
| 1981 | 17.664 |
| 1980 | 23.806 |
| 1979 | 24.039 |
| 1978 | 32.951 |