# Job destruction rate in Ohio

Job destruction rate in Ohio was 10.696% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-39`
- 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/ohio
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-state-39

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 10.696 |
| 2022 | 12.26 |
| 2021 | 14.41 |
| 2020 | 10.963 |
| 2019 | 9.842 |
| 2018 | 10.76 |
| 2017 | 11.747 |
| 2016 | 9.913 |
| 2015 | 10.522 |
| 2014 | 10.238 |
| 2013 | 11.335 |
| 2012 | 10.958 |
| 2011 | 10.696 |
| 2010 | 13.031 |
| 2009 | 16.101 |
| 2008 | 13.801 |
| 2007 | 14.167 |
| 2006 | 12.58 |
| 2005 | 13.516 |
| 2004 | 13.342 |
| 2003 | 13.982 |
| 2002 | 18.326 |
| 2001 | 15.118 |
| 2000 | 12.624 |
| 1999 | 13.595 |
| 1998 | 12.322 |
| 1997 | 14.14 |
| 1996 | 12.804 |
| 1995 | 11.185 |
| 1994 | 11.893 |
| 1993 | 12.87 |
| 1992 | 14.104 |
| 1991 | 16.062 |
| 1990 | 12.578 |
| 1989 | 13.327 |
| 1988 | 14.311 |
| 1987 | 15.002 |
| 1986 | 13.064 |
| 1985 | 12.801 |
| 1984 | 11.309 |
| 1983 | 16.05 |
| 1982 | 15.839 |
| 1981 | 14.808 |
| 1980 | 14.68 |
| 1979 | 11.44 |
| 1978 | 12.113 |