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Job destruction rate in Washington

Job destruction rate in Washington was 12.338% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 0.39 pts from 2022. That is the 3rd highest of 51 states in 2023.

202312.338%
Change on 2022+0.39 pts
Rank3rd of 51US states ranked
Series high20.1212002
Series low10.2422016

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Job destruction rate in Washington, 1978 to 2023

1012141618202219781985199219992006201320231978: 13.236 %1979: 14.44 %1980: 16.485 %1981: 16.802 %1982: 19.418 %1983: 18.595 %1984: 15.217 %1985: 16.207 %1986: 16.1 %1987: 16.386 %1988: 17.021 %1989: 14.296 %1990: 14.412 %1991: 16.785 %1992: 16.291 %1993: 15.533 %1994: 14.463 %1995: 13.631 %1996: 14.078 %1997: 16.017 %1998: 14.057 %1999: 14.449 %2000: 14.438 %2001: 15.476 %2002: 20.121 %2003: 15.207 %2004: 12.77 %2005: 13.248 %2006: 13.075 %2007: 13.049 %2008: 13.542 %2009: 18.149 %2010: 14.525 %2011: 12.353 %2012: 11.971 %2013: 11.691 %2014: 10.346 %2015: 10.564 %2016: 10.242 %2017: 11.243 %2018: 10.861 %2019: 10.356 %2020: 10.77 %2021: 16.278 %2022: 11.943 %2023: 12.338 %
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-09-25.
All 46 values
Period%
202312.338
202211.943
202116.278
202010.77
201910.356
201810.861
201711.243
201610.242
201510.564
201410.346
201311.691
201211.971
201112.353
201014.525
200918.149
200813.542
200713.049
200613.075
200513.248
200412.77
200315.207
200220.121
200115.476
200014.438
199914.449
199814.057
199716.017
199614.078
199513.631
199414.463
199315.533
199216.291
199116.785
199014.412
198914.296
198817.021
198716.386
198616.1
198516.207
198415.217
198318.595
198219.418
198116.802
198016.485
197914.44
197813.236

Compared with United States

Place2023
Washington12.338
United States11.059

Rankings

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.

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.

How to cite

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.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Job destruction rate, Washington, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Job destruction rate, Washington, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-destruction-rate/washington. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Job destruction rate, Washington, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-destruction-rate/washington.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Job destruction rate, Washington, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/job-destruction-rate/washington (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Job destruction rate, Washington, 1978 to 2023}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the job destruction rate in Washington?

Job destruction rate in Washington was 12.338% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 0.39 pts from 2022. That is the 3rd highest of 51 states in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest job destruction rate in Washington?

20.121% in 2002, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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