# Job destruction rate in Kansas

Job destruction rate in Kansas was 11.132% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-20`
- 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/kansas
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-state-20

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 11.132 |
| 2022 | 11.571 |
| 2021 | 13.038 |
| 2020 | 11.549 |
| 2019 | 10.092 |
| 2018 | 11.568 |
| 2017 | 11.556 |
| 2016 | 11.22 |
| 2015 | 11.482 |
| 2014 | 10.869 |
| 2013 | 10.749 |
| 2012 | 10.893 |
| 2011 | 11.865 |
| 2010 | 13.391 |
| 2009 | 13.891 |
| 2008 | 12.14 |
| 2007 | 13.144 |
| 2006 | 11.875 |
| 2005 | 12.902 |
| 2004 | 12.61 |
| 2003 | 13.858 |
| 2002 | 17.141 |
| 2001 | 14.685 |
| 2000 | 13.131 |
| 1999 | 13.794 |
| 1998 | 13.014 |
| 1997 | 13.812 |
| 1996 | 12.413 |
| 1995 | 11.497 |
| 1994 | 12.341 |
| 1993 | 12.73 |
| 1992 | 14.475 |
| 1991 | 15.591 |
| 1990 | 12.878 |
| 1989 | 13.809 |
| 1988 | 14.918 |
| 1987 | 18.637 |
| 1986 | 14.545 |
| 1985 | 14.977 |
| 1984 | 13.024 |
| 1983 | 19.548 |
| 1982 | 16.633 |
| 1981 | 14.918 |
| 1980 | 14.391 |
| 1979 | 12.26 |
| 1978 | 14.146 |