ASA Staffing Index Monthly Report, June 2025
Steady Week-to-Week Change, Gradual Increase in four-Week Moving Average
Staffing employment held steady during the week of June 9-15, with the ASA Staffing Index holding at a rounded value of 85. Staffing companies cited no primary factor that hindered further growth. Staffing jobs were 5.6% lower relative to the same period last year, widening the year-to-year gap observed the previous week by nearly a point.
New starts edged down in the 24th week of the year, decreasing 4.5% from the prior week. Over four in 10 staffing companies (42%) reported gains in new assignments week-to-week, equal to the average so far in 2025.
The ASA Staffing Index four-week moving average edged up from the previous week to hold at a rounded value of 84. Temporary and contract staffing employment for the four weeks ending June 15 was 5.4% below the same period in 2024.
“Staffing employment is inching ahead despite a broader freeze in labor market conditions,” said Noah Yosif, chief economist at ASA. “A gradual incline within the Index’s four-week moving average suggests increased preference temporary workers to fulfill necessary gaps amid broader uncertainties about future business conditions.”
This week will be used in the June monthly employment situation report scheduled to be issued by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on July 3.
The ASA Staffing Index is reported nine days after each workweek, making it a near real-time measure of staffing employment trends. ASA Staffing Starts are the number of temporary and contract employees placed in new assignments during the reporting week. ASA research shows that staffing employment has historically been a coincident economic indicator.
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