# Job destruction rate in Utah

Job destruction rate in Utah was 11.268% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-49`
- 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/utah
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-state-49

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 11.268 |
| 2022 | 11.877 |
| 2021 | 12.227 |
| 2020 | 11.384 |
| 2019 | 10.019 |
| 2018 | 10.252 |
| 2017 | 11.21 |
| 2016 | 10.511 |
| 2015 | 11.008 |
| 2014 | 11.107 |
| 2013 | 12.056 |
| 2012 | 11.362 |
| 2011 | 12.56 |
| 2010 | 16.351 |
| 2009 | 18.197 |
| 2008 | 15.61 |
| 2007 | 13.688 |
| 2006 | 12.094 |
| 2005 | 13.948 |
| 2004 | 16.503 |
| 2003 | 17.388 |
| 2002 | 18.958 |
| 2001 | 18.148 |
| 2000 | 14.381 |
| 1999 | 15.195 |
| 1998 | 16.595 |
| 1997 | 15.325 |
| 1996 | 13.365 |
| 1995 | 12.858 |
| 1994 | 12.698 |
| 1993 | 12.81 |
| 1992 | 14.859 |
| 1991 | 15.957 |
| 1990 | 14.046 |
| 1989 | 16.28 |
| 1988 | 18.4 |
| 1987 | 18.245 |
| 1986 | 18.261 |
| 1985 | 15.161 |
| 1984 | 14.14 |
| 1983 | 20.112 |
| 1982 | 17.828 |
| 1981 | 20.369 |
| 1980 | 16.423 |
| 1979 | 15.996 |
| 1978 | 14.884 |