# Job destruction rate in California

Job destruction rate in California was 12.053% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-06`
- 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/california
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-state-06

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 12.053 |
| 2022 | 11.389 |
| 2021 | 18.31 |
| 2020 | 12.473 |
| 2019 | 11.18 |
| 2018 | 11.499 |
| 2017 | 12.621 |
| 2016 | 12.105 |
| 2015 | 11.237 |
| 2014 | 12.097 |
| 2013 | 11.826 |
| 2012 | 12.505 |
| 2011 | 12.396 |
| 2010 | 15.38 |
| 2009 | 18.496 |
| 2008 | 15.517 |
| 2007 | 16.082 |
| 2006 | 13.667 |
| 2005 | 14.668 |
| 2004 | 15.315 |
| 2003 | 16.516 |
| 2002 | 20.931 |
| 2001 | 15.744 |
| 2000 | 14.751 |
| 1999 | 15.942 |
| 1998 | 14.669 |
| 1997 | 16.735 |
| 1996 | 15.661 |
| 1995 | 14.833 |
| 1994 | 17.391 |
| 1993 | 17.829 |
| 1992 | 20.18 |
| 1991 | 20.318 |
| 1990 | 15.872 |
| 1989 | 16.368 |
| 1988 | 18.055 |
| 1987 | 18.866 |
| 1986 | 17.325 |
| 1985 | 17.134 |
| 1984 | 14.492 |
| 1983 | 19.214 |
| 1982 | 18.905 |
| 1981 | 16.762 |
| 1980 | 16.721 |
| 1979 | 14.208 |
| 1978 | 14.749 |