Job destruction rate in Wyoming

Job destruction rate in Wyoming was 12.01% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.61 pts from 2022. That is the 5th highest of 51 states in 2023.

202312.01%

Change on 2022-0.61 pts

Rank5th of 51US states ranked

Series high30.3381983

Series low10.5222019

Next release: Sunday, 26 September 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Job destruction rate in Wyoming, 1978 to 2023

%. 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	%
2023	12.01
2022	12.621
2021	16.681
2020	11.962
2019	10.522
2018	11.812
2017	15.845
2016	16.373
2015	12.686
2014	11.4
2013	13.131
2012	12.593
2011	12.983
2010	16.027
2009	16.696
2008	14.906
2007	13.823
2006	12.812
2005	13.931
2004	12.876
2003	15.174
2002	18.897
2001	14.38
2000	13.525
1999	14.579
1998	15.417
1997	16.489
1996	14.65
1995	20.828
1994	13.288
1993	15.48
1992	16.12
1991	15.109
1990	14.051
1989	16.075
1988	19.116
1987	23.757
1986	21.153
1985	19.045
1984	20.163
1983	30.338
1982	21.148
1981	17.336
1980	17.383
1979	17.181
1978	16.027

Compared with United States

Place	2023
Wyoming	12.01
United States	11.059

Rankings

US states by job destruction rate 51 places

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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

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, Wyoming, 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, Wyoming, 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/wyoming. 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, Wyoming, 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/wyoming.

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, Wyoming, 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/wyoming (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{census_job_destruction_rate_wyoming_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Job destruction rate, Wyoming, 1978 to 2023}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-destruction-rate/wyoming. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}

RIS

TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Job destruction rate, Wyoming, 1978 to 2023
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/09/25
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/job-destruction-rate/wyoming
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-destruction-rate/wyoming.
N1  - Publisher attribution: 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.
ER  -

Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Embed code

<iframe src="https://invokely.ai/embed/job-destruction-rate/wyoming" width="760" height="440" title="Job destruction rate, Wyoming, chart from Invokely" loading="lazy" style="border:0;width:100%;max-width:760px" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin"></iframe>

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest job destruction rate in Wyoming? Cite the source.

get_value {"indicator":"job_destruction_rate","place":"us-state-56"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=job_destruction_rate&place=us-state-56

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the job destruction rate in Wyoming?

Job destruction rate in Wyoming was 12.01% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.61 pts from 2022. That is the 5th 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 Wyoming?

30.338% in 1983, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

Job destruction rate elsewhere in United States

Related statistics for Wyoming

All statistics for Wyoming | Wyoming in figures