Small Business Hiring and Wage Growth Strength Continues; Growth Rates Moderate Slightly from Previous Month
July 05, 2022
Small businesses continued to add jobs in June and worker wages continued to grow at a strong rate, but the pace of growth moderated slightly from previous month. These insights are according to the latest Paychex | IHS Markit Small Business Employment Watch. The Small Business Jobs Index for June was 100.81, up 2.32 percent from over a year ago and -0.06 percent from the previous month. Average hourly earnings growth for the month stood at 5.10 percent, compared to 5.16 percent from May 2022. '
Read the full news release on the Small Business Employment Watch site.