# Job destruction rate in South Carolina

Job destruction rate in South Carolina was 10.969% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-45`
- 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/south-carolina
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-state-45

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 10.969 |
| 2022 | 11.646 |
| 2021 | 14.472 |
| 2020 | 11.32 |
| 2019 | 10.738 |
| 2018 | 11.288 |
| 2017 | 11.259 |
| 2016 | 10.134 |
| 2015 | 9.902 |
| 2014 | 10.039 |
| 2013 | 10.75 |
| 2012 | 11.24 |
| 2011 | 11.722 |
| 2010 | 14.657 |
| 2009 | 17.943 |
| 2008 | 13.902 |
| 2007 | 14.788 |
| 2006 | 12.787 |
| 2005 | 13.226 |
| 2004 | 13.478 |
| 2003 | 15.1 |
| 2002 | 18.66 |
| 2001 | 15.757 |
| 2000 | 13.708 |
| 1999 | 13.892 |
| 1998 | 13.052 |
| 1997 | 14.598 |
| 1996 | 13.496 |
| 1995 | 12.094 |
| 1994 | 12.546 |
| 1993 | 12.918 |
| 1992 | 14.306 |
| 1991 | 17.291 |
| 1990 | 13.137 |
| 1989 | 13.402 |
| 1988 | 14.458 |
| 1987 | 15.279 |
| 1986 | 14.493 |
| 1985 | 13.705 |
| 1984 | 11.698 |
| 1983 | 16.489 |
| 1982 | 16.124 |
| 1981 | 13.984 |
| 1980 | 12.82 |
| 1979 | 11.695 |
| 1978 | 11.133 |