ASA Staffing Index Monthly Report, November 2025
Staffing employment increased during the week of Nov. 10–16, with the ASA Staffing Index growing by 1.1% to a rounded value of 93. Staffing companies cited no one primary factor that hindered growth. Staffing jobs were 4.7% higher compared with the same period last year, up slightly from 3.3% recorded the previous week.
New starts also increased in the 46th week of the year, up by 9.4% from the prior week. Almost half of staffing companies (49%) reported gains in new assignments week to week, above the average of 42% so far in 2025.
The ASA Staffing Index four-week moving average increased from the previous week to a rounded value of 92. Temporary and contract staffing employment for the four weeks ending Nov. 16 was 2.8% higher than during the same period in 2024.
“With 10 straight weeks of year-to-year growth in the weekly Staffing Index, we may be seeing more than just seasonal tailwinds.” Said Noah Yosif, chief economist at ASA. “Employers have plenty of reason to be optimistic about 2026. From lower borrowing costs to favorable tax standards, employers’ optimism about 2026 is leading them to cautiously test the waters of the labor market by adding temporary employees. Though grossly delayed, the long-anticipated recovery in staffing employment may not have been denied in 2025 after all.”
This week will be used in the November monthly employment situation report scheduled to be issued by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Dec. 16—later than originally planned due to the federal government shutdown.
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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