June National Small Business Trends

The national SurePayroll Hiring Index, which measures the number of employees within small businesses, ended June at 10,435, five points down from where the index stood at the end of May.

That’s our tenth straight month of negative or flat hiring in the small business economy.

Small business salaries, in contrast, are still on the rise. Small business paychecks were up in June, for the ninth month in a row. The SurePayroll Pay Index clocked in at 983 at the end of June, a one point increase from May.

The monthly SurePayroll Scorecard data for June 2006 can be found in the table below.

  SurePayroll Hiring Index SurePayroll Pay Index
June '06 10,439 987
May '06 10,435 983
April '06 10,440 982
March '06 10,453 973
February '06 10,461 970
January '06 10,466 966
December '05 10,466 948
November '05 10,466 940
October '05 10,470 937
September '05 10,480 932
August '05 10,494 930
July '05 10,477 935

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 tens of thousands of 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.


Questions regarding the SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard can be directed to Marissa Hermo. Marissa can be reached at mhermo@kruppnyc.com or by phone at 212.886.6711.

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