# Job destruction rate in Georgia

Job destruction rate in Georgia was 11.659% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-13`
- 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/georgia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-state-13

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 11.659 |
| 2022 | 11.67 |
| 2021 | 14.824 |
| 2020 | 11.302 |
| 2019 | 11.36 |
| 2018 | 11.719 |
| 2017 | 12.082 |
| 2016 | 10.534 |
| 2015 | 11.098 |
| 2014 | 11.438 |
| 2013 | 11.612 |
| 2012 | 12.785 |
| 2011 | 13.031 |
| 2010 | 14.52 |
| 2009 | 18.919 |
| 2008 | 15.733 |
| 2007 | 15.616 |
| 2006 | 13.463 |
| 2005 | 14.495 |
| 2004 | 14.536 |
| 2003 | 16.152 |
| 2002 | 19.202 |
| 2001 | 16.864 |
| 2000 | 14.793 |
| 1999 | 14.656 |
| 1998 | 15.159 |
| 1997 | 16.619 |
| 1996 | 14.666 |
| 1995 | 13.157 |
| 1994 | 13.735 |
| 1993 | 14.021 |
| 1992 | 16.2 |
| 1991 | 19.773 |
| 1990 | 15.714 |
| 1989 | 16.645 |
| 1988 | 16.345 |
| 1987 | 17.045 |
| 1986 | 14.712 |
| 1985 | 13.489 |
| 1984 | 11.778 |
| 1983 | 16.471 |
| 1982 | 16.416 |
| 1981 | 14.704 |
| 1980 | 14.7 |
| 1979 | 14.055 |
| 1978 | 13.063 |