# Job destruction rate in Maryland

Job destruction rate in Maryland was 11.617% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-24`
- 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/maryland
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-state-24

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 11.617 |
| 2022 | 11.208 |
| 2021 | 16.11 |
| 2020 | 10.619 |
| 2019 | 10.159 |
| 2018 | 10.84 |
| 2017 | 11.608 |
| 2016 | 10 |
| 2015 | 10.94 |
| 2014 | 10.74 |
| 2013 | 11.625 |
| 2012 | 11.753 |
| 2011 | 11.427 |
| 2010 | 14.043 |
| 2009 | 16.542 |
| 2008 | 13.948 |
| 2007 | 14.973 |
| 2006 | 12.747 |
| 2005 | 13.544 |
| 2004 | 12.448 |
| 2003 | 14.337 |
| 2002 | 17.58 |
| 2001 | 14.988 |
| 2000 | 13.531 |
| 1999 | 15.103 |
| 1998 | 13.965 |
| 1997 | 15.67 |
| 1996 | 14.749 |
| 1995 | 12.75 |
| 1994 | 14.81 |
| 1993 | 15.462 |
| 1992 | 17.235 |
| 1991 | 19.774 |
| 1990 | 14.908 |
| 1989 | 15.507 |
| 1988 | 16.167 |
| 1987 | 16.007 |
| 1986 | 14.933 |
| 1985 | 14.049 |
| 1984 | 11.963 |
| 1983 | 15.032 |
| 1982 | 16.193 |
| 1981 | 14.527 |
| 1980 | 14.48 |
| 1979 | 12.511 |
| 1978 | 13.4 |