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  • New Data From Quarterly ASA Staffing Employment and Sales Survey U.S. staffing companies employed an average of 3.2 million temporary and contract workers per week in the second quarter of 2018, according to data released today by the American Staffing Association—the greatest number for any second quarter since 2000. Staffing employment increased 2.3% in the… More ›

  • New Data From Quarterly ASA Staffing Employment and Sales Survey U.S. staffing companies employed an average of 3.10 million temporary and contract workers per week in the first quarter of 2018, according to data released today by the American Staffing Association—the greatest number for any first quarter since reporting for the ASA Staffing Employment and… More ›

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    Staffing Employment Steady in 2017

    New Data From Quarterly ASA Staffing Employment and Sales Survey U.S. staffing companies employed an average of 3.19 million temporary and contract workers per week in 2017, down slightly (-0.6%) from 2016, according to data released today by the American Staffing Association. This is the third-highest number of staffing employees since 2006, just before the… More ›

  • New Data From Quarterly ASA Staffing Employment and Sales Survey U.S. staffing companies employed an average of 3.22 million temporary and contract workers per week in the third quarter of 2017, according to data released today by the American Staffing Association, remaining above three million for the 14th consecutive quarter. On a year-to-year basis, staffing… More ›

  • New Data From Quarterly ASA Staffing Employment and Sales Survey U.S. staffing companies employed an average of 3.13 million temporary and contract workers per week in the second quarter of 2017, according to data released today by the American Staffing Association. On a quarter-to-quarter basis, staffing employment was up 1.9% from the first quarter to… More ›

  • New Data From Quarterly ASA Staffing Employment and Sales Survey U.S. staffing companies employed an average of 3.07 million temporary and contract workers per week in the first quarter of 2017. Staffing employment growth eased (-0.5%) compared with the same period in 2016, according to data released today by the American Staffing Association. Average weekly… More ›

  • New Data From Quarterly ASA Staffing Employment and Sales Survey U.S. staffing companies employed an average of 3.21 million temporary and contract workers per week in 2016, essentially unchanged (-0.3%) from 2015, according to data released today by the American Staffing Association. This was the second-highest number of staffing employees for any year since the… More ›

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