National Small Business Trends
Hiring increased in July, marking our eighth straight month of increased hiring in the small business economy.
The national SurePayroll Hiring Index, which measures the number of employees within small businesses, ended July at 10,716, up 40 points from where the index stood at the end of June.
Small business paychecks were stagnant in July, after twenty-two straight months of rising salaries. The SurePayroll Pay Index clocked in at 1,048 at the end of July, exactly where it was at the end of June.
The monthly SurePayroll Scorecard data for July 2007 can be found in the table below.
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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 18,000 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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