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Job destruction rate in California

Job destruction rate in California was 12.053% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 0.66 pts from 2022. That is the 4th highest of 51 states in 2023.

202312.053%
Change on 2022+0.66 pts
Rank4th of 51US states ranked
Series high20.9312002
Series low11.182019

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Job destruction rate in California, 1978 to 2023

1012141618202219781985199219992006201320231978: 14.749 %1979: 14.208 %1980: 16.721 %1981: 16.762 %1982: 18.905 %1983: 19.214 %1984: 14.492 %1985: 17.134 %1986: 17.325 %1987: 18.866 %1988: 18.055 %1989: 16.368 %1990: 15.872 %1991: 20.318 %1992: 20.18 %1993: 17.829 %1994: 17.391 %1995: 14.833 %1996: 15.661 %1997: 16.735 %1998: 14.669 %1999: 15.942 %2000: 14.751 %2001: 15.744 %2002: 20.931 %2003: 16.516 %2004: 15.315 %2005: 14.668 %2006: 13.667 %2007: 16.082 %2008: 15.517 %2009: 18.496 %2010: 15.38 %2011: 12.396 %2012: 12.505 %2013: 11.826 %2014: 12.097 %2015: 11.237 %2016: 12.105 %2017: 12.621 %2018: 11.499 %2019: 11.18 %2020: 12.473 %2021: 18.31 %2022: 11.389 %2023: 12.053 %
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-09-25.
All 46 values
Period%
202312.053
202211.389
202118.31
202012.473
201911.18
201811.499
201712.621
201612.105
201511.237
201412.097
201311.826
201212.505
201112.396
201015.38
200918.496
200815.517
200716.082
200613.667
200514.668
200415.315
200316.516
200220.931
200115.744
200014.751
199915.942
199814.669
199716.735
199615.661
199514.833
199417.391
199317.829
199220.18
199120.318
199015.872
198916.368
198818.055
198718.866
198617.325
198517.134
198414.492
198319.214
198218.905
198116.762
198016.721
197914.208
197814.749

Compared with United States

Place2023
California12.053
United States11.059

Rankings

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.

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.

How to cite

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.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Job destruction rate, California, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Job destruction rate, California, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-destruction-rate/california. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Job destruction rate, California, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-destruction-rate/california.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Job destruction rate, California, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/job-destruction-rate/california (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Job destruction rate, California, 1978 to 2023}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the job destruction rate in California?

Job destruction rate in California was 12.053% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 0.66 pts from 2022. That is the 4th highest of 51 states in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest job destruction rate in California?

20.931% in 2002, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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