# Job destruction rate in New Jersey

Job destruction rate in New Jersey was 11.204% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-34`
- 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/new-jersey
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-state-34

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 11.204 |
| 2022 | 10.097 |
| 2021 | 17.646 |
| 2020 | 11.716 |
| 2019 | 10.44 |
| 2018 | 11.615 |
| 2017 | 12.337 |
| 2016 | 11.206 |
| 2015 | 12.014 |
| 2014 | 11.717 |
| 2013 | 12.246 |
| 2012 | 11.926 |
| 2011 | 12.049 |
| 2010 | 13.671 |
| 2009 | 16.463 |
| 2008 | 15.162 |
| 2007 | 15.229 |
| 2006 | 13.392 |
| 2005 | 14.912 |
| 2004 | 14.946 |
| 2003 | 15.944 |
| 2002 | 18.06 |
| 2001 | 14.942 |
| 2000 | 14.164 |
| 1999 | 14.518 |
| 1998 | 14.482 |
| 1997 | 16.053 |
| 1996 | 15.025 |
| 1995 | 13.09 |
| 1994 | 14.501 |
| 1993 | 14.979 |
| 1992 | 16.323 |
| 1991 | 19.17 |
| 1990 | 15.644 |
| 1989 | 15.692 |
| 1988 | 16.478 |
| 1987 | 16.649 |
| 1986 | 15.432 |
| 1985 | 14.853 |
| 1984 | 12.778 |
| 1983 | 15.827 |
| 1982 | 15.441 |
| 1981 | 14.03 |
| 1980 | 14.222 |
| 1979 | 12.664 |
| 1978 | 14.07 |