SurePayroll Scorecard - 2005 - April - Regional Small Business Trends

Regional Small Business Trends

On a regional basis, small business size is trending down in the Midwest and the South year to date. The West is down slightly, but essentially is flat.

The Northeast is on track to be the regional success story for 2005. Hiring there is up 3.4% year to date.

Regionally, April trends were identical to March trends. Average small business paychecks are up in the Midwest and the South year to date, and down in the Northeast and West.

Below is the monthly SurePayroll Scorecard data for each Region for 2005.

Midwest Results
	SurePayroll Hiring Index	SurePayroll Pay Index
April '05	9,894	961
March '05	9,894	970
February '05	10,017	956
January '05	10,063	956

Northeast Results

SurePayroll Hiring Index SurePayroll Pay Index

April '05 10,019 1,028

March '05 9,983 1,034

February '05 9,751 1,043

January '05 9,716 1,043

South Results

SurePayroll Hiring Index SurePayroll Pay Index

April '05 10,111 1,021

March '05 10,085 1,023

February '05 10,191 1,016

January '05 10,197 1,015

West Results

SurePayroll Hiring Index SurePayroll Pay Index

April '05 10,630 900

March '05 10,639 906

February '05 10,601 916

January '05 10,626 916

About the Scorecard
The SurePayroll Hiring Index and the SurePayroll Pay Index are generated as part of SurePayroll’s Small Business Scorecard, an economic indicator that tracks the health of the U.S. small business economy. The Small Business Scorecard is generated from actual payroll data – paychecks issued to contractors and employees – for over 15,000 small businesses nationwide.

Questions regarding the SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard can be directed to Michael Alter. Michael can be reached at malter@surepayroll.com or by phone at (847) 676-8420 ext. 7229.

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