About the Scorecard

The SurePayroll Scorecard is a nationally recognized economic indicator that tracks the health of the U.S. small business economy. Each month, SurePayroll analyzes payroll data for 25,000 small businesses across the country, and provides:

• National hiring and salary indices
• Regional hiring and salary indices
• State-based hiring and salary indices

An expert in small business issues, SurePayroll President Michael Alter regularly discusses the trends revealed by the Scorecard in various media outlets.  He has been a featured guest on dozens of top-rated news shows and his comments often appear in newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal, USA Today and the Chicago Tribune.