# Job destruction rate in Vermont

Job destruction rate in Vermont was 9.874% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-50`
- 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/vermont
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-state-50

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 9.874 |
| 2022 | 9.362 |
| 2021 | 16.781 |
| 2020 | 10.739 |
| 2019 | 9.549 |
| 2018 | 9.421 |
| 2017 | 11.743 |
| 2016 | 9.534 |
| 2015 | 8.632 |
| 2014 | 9.568 |
| 2013 | 13.76 |
| 2012 | 10.062 |
| 2011 | 10.338 |
| 2010 | 10.787 |
| 2009 | 13.865 |
| 2008 | 11.847 |
| 2007 | 12.497 |
| 2006 | 10.421 |
| 2005 | 10.939 |
| 2004 | 11.124 |
| 2003 | 14.159 |
| 2002 | 15.651 |
| 2001 | 11.463 |
| 2000 | 11.179 |
| 1999 | 11.38 |
| 1998 | 11.127 |
| 1997 | 13.149 |
| 1996 | 12.543 |
| 1995 | 13.572 |
| 1994 | 12.467 |
| 1993 | 12.955 |
| 1992 | 14.53 |
| 1991 | 17.748 |
| 1990 | 15.813 |
| 1989 | 12.049 |
| 1988 | 15.799 |
| 1987 | 13.177 |
| 1986 | 13.339 |
| 1985 | 13.707 |
| 1984 | 11.081 |
| 1983 | 14.306 |
| 1982 | 14.435 |
| 1981 | 12.715 |
| 1980 | 14.111 |
| 1979 | 12.265 |
| 1978 | 14.002 |