News: Staffing Index

Index up 0.3% Week-to-Week and 3.0% Year-to-Year ASA Staffing Index Monthly Report, February 2026 Staffing employment edged up during the week of Feb. 9–15, with the ASA Staffing Index increasing by 0.3% to a rounded value of 85. Some staffing companies continued to cite inclement weather as a primary factor that hindered growth. Staffing jobs… More ›

Index Up 2.0% Compared With Same Week in 2025 ASA Staffing Index Monthly Report, January 2026 Staffing employment continued to rebound during the week of Jan. 12–18, with the ASA Staffing Index increasing by 2.6% to a rounded value of 84. Staffing companies cited no one primary factor that hindered growth. Staffing jobs were 2.0%… More ›

From 2Q25 to 3Q25: Employment Up 0.3%, Sales Down 1.3% The American Staffing Association’s quarterly Staffing Employment and Sales Survey found that U.S. staffing companies employed an average of just under two million temporary and contract workers per week in the third quarter of 2025—an increase of 6,400 workers from the second quarter. Year-to-year quarterly… More ›

Index Up 4.2% Compared With Same Week in 2024 ASA Staffing Index Monthly Report, December 2025 Staffing employment increased during the week of Dec. 8–14, with the ASA Staffing Index growing by 0.9% to a rounded value of 92. Staffing companies cited no one primary factor that hindered growth. Staffing jobs were 4.2% higher compared… More ›

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… More ›

ASA Staffing Index Monthly Report, October 2025 Index Building Modest Gains, Surpassing 2024 Staffing employment increased during the week of Oct. 13–19, with the ASA Staffing Index growing by 1.1% to a rounded value of 92. Staffing companies cited no one primary factor that hindered growth. Staffing jobs were 2.2% higher compared with the same… More ›

ASA Staffing Index Monthly Report, September 2025 Staffing employment grew during the week of Sept. 8–14, with the ASA Staffing Index increasing to a rounded value of 90—the highest value so far for 2025. Some staffing companies cited the recent Labor Day holiday as a primary factor that hindered further growth. For the first time… More ›

From 1Q25 to 2Q25: Employment Down 0.4%, Sales Up 1.5% U.S. staffing companies employed an average of just under two million temporary and contract workers per week in the second quarter of 2025, according to data released today by the American Staffing Association—down by 8,300 from the first quarter. On a quarter-to-quarter basis, temporary and… More ›

ASA Staffing Index Monthly Report, August 2025 Four-Week Average Increased Despite Week-to-Week Decrease Staffing employment edged down during the week of Aug. 11-17, with the ASA Staffing Index holding at a rounded value of 88. Staffing companies cited no one primary factor that hindered further growth. Staffing jobs were 1.9% lower compared with the same… More ›

ASA Staffing Index Monthly Report, July 2025 Index Sees Quick Seasonal Recovery Staffing employment experienced a healthy rebound in the week after Independence Day, with the ASA Staffing Index rising to a rounded value of 85. The Index returned to its pre-July-Fourth level almost immediately—in a stark contrast to last year, when the recovery took… More ›