# Job destruction rate in Arizona

Job destruction rate in Arizona was 12.448% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-04`
- 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/arizona
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-state-04

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 12.448 |
| 2022 | 11.71 |
| 2021 | 14.581 |
| 2020 | 11.622 |
| 2019 | 11.173 |
| 2018 | 11.018 |
| 2017 | 12.147 |
| 2016 | 12.167 |
| 2015 | 11.515 |
| 2014 | 12.964 |
| 2013 | 12.034 |
| 2012 | 14.073 |
| 2011 | 12.741 |
| 2010 | 16.899 |
| 2009 | 21.374 |
| 2008 | 18.185 |
| 2007 | 16.944 |
| 2006 | 12.544 |
| 2005 | 14.093 |
| 2004 | 15.018 |
| 2003 | 17.91 |
| 2002 | 20.669 |
| 2001 | 17.45 |
| 2000 | 15.053 |
| 1999 | 15.744 |
| 1998 | 15.626 |
| 1997 | 17.074 |
| 1996 | 13.975 |
| 1995 | 14.138 |
| 1994 | 14.826 |
| 1993 | 15.62 |
| 1992 | 17.895 |
| 1991 | 19.04 |
| 1990 | 17.7 |
| 1989 | 18.108 |
| 1988 | 19.163 |
| 1987 | 20.549 |
| 1986 | 18.316 |
| 1985 | 16.204 |
| 1984 | 13.938 |
| 1983 | 19.537 |
| 1982 | 18.604 |
| 1981 | 16.369 |
| 1980 | 17.377 |
| 1979 | 14.148 |
| 1978 | 15.615 |