Small Business Hiring Growth Improves for Third Consecutive Month
March 03, 2020
The latest Paychex | IHS Markit Small Business Employment Watch shows an upturn in the pace of small business job growth for the third straight month, a trend last seen in early 2017. Though down 0.61 percent from last year, employment growth increased 0.15 percent from the previous month, and 0.22 percent in the past quarter, to 98.32. Hourly earnings growth dipped to 2.74 percent in February. Weekly hours worked also fell for the second consecutive month but remain up 0.41 percent from a year ago.
Read the full news release on the Small Business Employment Watch site.