# US states by job creation rate, 2023

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/us-states

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Delaware | 17.764 |
| 2 | Texas | 15.24 |
| 3 | Nevada | 15.227 |
| 4 | Colorado | 15.213 |
| 5 | Arizona | 15.155 |
| 6 | Florida | 14.928 |
| 7 | Tennessee | 14.717 |
| 8 | Washington | 14.602 |
| 9 | Wyoming | 14.589 |
| 10 | Utah | 14.58 |
| 11 | Georgia | 14.24 |
| 12 | Alaska | 14.239 |
| 13 | District of Columbia | 13.984 |
| 14 | New York | 13.982 |
| 15 | Idaho | 13.595 |
| 16 | North Carolina | 13.59 |
| 17 | New Jersey | 13.584 |
| 18 | Connecticut | 13.564 |
| 19 | California | 13.493 |
| 20 | South Carolina | 13.441 |
| 21 | Virginia | 13.375 |
| 22 | Montana | 13.342 |
| 23 | Oregon | 13.268 |
| 24 | Louisiana | 13.227 |
| 25 | Missouri | 13.065 |
| 26 | Nebraska | 13.046 |
| 27 | Ohio | 13.043 |
| 28 | South Dakota | 13.025 |
| 29 | Michigan | 13.019 |
| 30 | Illinois | 12.927 |
| 31 | Oklahoma | 12.905 |
| 32 | Iowa | 12.822 |
| 33 | Kansas | 12.712 |
| 34 | Maine | 12.705 |
| 35 | New Mexico | 12.698 |
| 36 | North Dakota | 12.599 |
| 37 | Kentucky | 12.455 |
| 38 | Alabama | 12.414 |
| 39 | Maryland | 12.407 |
| 40 | Massachusetts | 12.388 |
| 40 | West Virginia | 12.388 |
| 42 | Indiana | 12.334 |
| 43 | Mississippi | 12.228 |
| 44 | Hawaii | 12.134 |
| 45 | Minnesota | 12.105 |
| 46 | Pennsylvania | 12.079 |
| 47 | Wisconsin | 12.061 |
| 48 | Arkansas | 11.798 |
| 49 | Rhode Island | 11.59 |
| 50 | New Hampshire | 11.048 |
| 51 | Vermont | 10.88 |