# Job destruction rate in Montana

Job destruction rate in Montana was 11.043% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-30`
- 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/montana
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-state-30

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 11.043 |
| 2022 | 11.57 |
| 2021 | 12.179 |
| 2020 | 11.071 |
| 2019 | 10.392 |
| 2018 | 13.938 |
| 2017 | 12.521 |
| 2016 | 10.771 |
| 2015 | 10.587 |
| 2014 | 10.981 |
| 2013 | 10.916 |
| 2012 | 11.363 |
| 2011 | 12.792 |
| 2010 | 13.666 |
| 2009 | 16.496 |
| 2008 | 13.199 |
| 2007 | 13.258 |
| 2006 | 13.396 |
| 2005 | 12.675 |
| 2004 | 12.298 |
| 2003 | 14.137 |
| 2002 | 17.643 |
| 2001 | 14.223 |
| 2000 | 12.898 |
| 1999 | 12.948 |
| 1998 | 15.061 |
| 1997 | 15.509 |
| 1996 | 13.803 |
| 1995 | 12.309 |
| 1994 | 13.898 |
| 1993 | 14.195 |
| 1992 | 13.787 |
| 1991 | 15.323 |
| 1990 | 12.85 |
| 1989 | 14.628 |
| 1988 | 18.829 |
| 1987 | 19.311 |
| 1986 | 18.469 |
| 1985 | 18.177 |
| 1984 | 15.869 |
| 1983 | 19.845 |
| 1982 | 20.132 |
| 1981 | 18.218 |
| 1980 | 19.543 |
| 1979 | 15.299 |
| 1978 | 15.093 |