# Job destruction rate in Wayne County

Job destruction rate in Wayne County was 6.894% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Place id: `us-county-29223`
- 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_cty.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_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/job-destruction-rate/wayne-county-missouri
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-county-29223

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 6.894 |
| 2022 | 20.146 |
| 2021 | 20.174 |
| 2020 | 20.383 |
| 2019 | 24.102 |
| 2018 | 9.414 |
| 2017 | 18.322 |
| 2016 | 9.732 |
| 2015 | 16.538 |
| 2014 | 10.111 |
| 2013 | 11.104 |
| 2012 | 26.651 |
| 2011 | 11.302 |
| 2010 | 13.974 |