# Job destruction rate in Nebraska

Job destruction rate in Nebraska was 9.759% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-31`
- 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/nebraska
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-state-31

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 9.759 |
| 2022 | 10.75 |
| 2021 | 12.314 |
| 2020 | 9.906 |
| 2019 | 9.556 |
| 2018 | 10.477 |
| 2017 | 10.951 |
| 2016 | 9.158 |
| 2015 | 9.496 |
| 2014 | 9.057 |
| 2013 | 10.918 |
| 2012 | 10.222 |
| 2011 | 10.79 |
| 2010 | 11.592 |
| 2009 | 13.177 |
| 2008 | 12.717 |
| 2007 | 12.339 |
| 2006 | 11.356 |
| 2005 | 11.951 |
| 2004 | 12.535 |
| 2003 | 13.271 |
| 2002 | 15.574 |
| 2001 | 14.635 |
| 2000 | 11.85 |
| 1999 | 12.991 |
| 1998 | 11.554 |
| 1997 | 14.453 |
| 1996 | 11.193 |
| 1995 | 10.754 |
| 1994 | 11.682 |
| 1993 | 11.169 |
| 1992 | 12.71 |
| 1991 | 13.713 |
| 1990 | 11.135 |
| 1989 | 12.902 |
| 1988 | 13.051 |
| 1987 | 14.837 |
| 1986 | 14.81 |
| 1985 | 15.028 |
| 1984 | 12.838 |
| 1983 | 16.256 |
| 1982 | 16.919 |
| 1981 | 14.189 |
| 1980 | 15.304 |
| 1979 | 11.762 |
| 1978 | 13.741 |