# Job destruction rate in Massachusetts

Job destruction rate in Massachusetts was 9.85% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-25`
- 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/massachusetts
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-state-25

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 9.85 |
| 2022 | 9.887 |
| 2021 | 16.215 |
| 2020 | 10.346 |
| 2019 | 8.944 |
| 2018 | 10.562 |
| 2017 | 10.448 |
| 2016 | 9.635 |
| 2015 | 9.313 |
| 2014 | 10.411 |
| 2013 | 9.817 |
| 2012 | 9.82 |
| 2011 | 10.089 |
| 2010 | 12.16 |
| 2009 | 14.135 |
| 2008 | 12.799 |
| 2007 | 13.236 |
| 2006 | 12.198 |
| 2005 | 12.169 |
| 2004 | 12.682 |
| 2003 | 14.965 |
| 2002 | 18.671 |
| 2001 | 14.526 |
| 2000 | 12.896 |
| 1999 | 13.611 |
| 1998 | 12.986 |
| 1997 | 14.278 |
| 1996 | 12.839 |
| 1995 | 12.464 |
| 1994 | 13.606 |
| 1993 | 13.946 |
| 1992 | 15.243 |
| 1991 | 19.38 |
| 1990 | 16.77 |
| 1989 | 15.277 |
| 1988 | 15.144 |
| 1987 | 15.93 |
| 1986 | 14.393 |
| 1985 | 13.314 |
| 1984 | 10.948 |
| 1983 | 14.429 |
| 1982 | 14.268 |
| 1981 | 13.799 |
| 1980 | 12.714 |
| 1979 | 11.119 |
| 1978 | 11.725 |