US states by job creation rate, 2023

Delaware had the highest job creation rate of 51 states in 2023, at 17.764%. Vermont had the lowest, at 10.88%. The median was 13.046% and the figure for the United States was 13.592%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest17.764Delaware

Lowest10.88Vermont

Median13.04651 states

United States13.592History

Map of states, 2023

Under 12
12 to 13
13 to 14
14 to 15
15 and over

%, 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2023

%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2023 (%)	Change on 2022
1	Delaware	17.764	+0.09 pts
2	Texas	15.24	-2.37 pts
3	Nevada	15.227	-5.37 pts
4	Colorado	15.213	-2.77 pts
5	Arizona	15.155	-3.18 pts
6	Florida	14.928	-2.88 pts
7	Tennessee	14.717	-1.08 pts
8	Washington	14.602	-2.24 pts
9	Wyoming	14.589	-2.19 pts
10	Utah	14.58	-2.2 pts
11	Georgia	14.24	-2.58 pts
12	Alaska	14.239	-1.83 pts
13	District of Columbia	13.984	-4.64 pts
14	New York	13.982	-3.19 pts
15	Idaho	13.595	-3.24 pts
16	North Carolina	13.59	-2.17 pts
17	New Jersey	13.584	-3.36 pts
18	Connecticut	13.564	-0.85 pts
19	California	13.493	-5.67 pts
20	South Carolina	13.441	-2.47 pts
21	Virginia	13.375	-1.78 pts
22	Montana	13.342	-2.87 pts
23	Oregon	13.268	-3.88 pts
24	Louisiana	13.227	-1.45 pts
25	Missouri	13.065	-2 pts
26	Nebraska	13.046	-2.56 pts
27	Ohio	13.043	-2.35 pts
28	South Dakota	13.025	-0.55 pts
29	Michigan	13.019	-2 pts
30	Illinois	12.927	-3.25 pts
31	Oklahoma	12.905	-1.91 pts
32	Iowa	12.822	-0.46 pts
33	Kansas	12.712	-1.45 pts
34	Maine	12.705	-3.04 pts
35	New Mexico	12.698	-4.02 pts
36	North Dakota	12.599	-1.68 pts
37	Kentucky	12.455	-2.2 pts
38	Alabama	12.414	-2.11 pts
39	Maryland	12.407	-3.84 pts
40	Massachusetts	12.388	-3.98 pts
40	West Virginia	12.388	-1.75 pts
42	Indiana	12.334	-2.81 pts
43	Mississippi	12.228	-0.99 pts
44	Hawaii	12.134	-4.95 pts
45	Minnesota	12.105	-2.78 pts
46	Pennsylvania	12.079	-3.16 pts
47	Wisconsin	12.061	-2.03 pts
48	Arkansas	11.798	-4.79 pts
49	Rhode Island	11.59	-3.72 pts
50	New Hampshire	11.048	-3.88 pts
51	Vermont	10.88	-4.07 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Jobs added at opening and expanding 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 lost elsewhere are not subtracted, so the net change is this rate minus job_destruction_rate. Not the same as payroll job growth from the monthly employment surveys. The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation 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 creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (US states by job creation rate, 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 creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, US states by job creation rate, 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/rankings/job-creation-rate/us-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. US states by job creation rate, 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/rankings/job-creation-rate/us-states.

Harvard

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

BibTeX

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Which state has the highest job creation rate?

Delaware, with 17.764% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest job creation rate?

Vermont, with 10.88% in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.