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Staffing employment at 15-year high for Q3, ASA reports

December 09, 2015

Average weekly employment for temporary and contract workers in the third quarter was the highest for any third quarter since 2000 and was the second-highest number of staffing employees since the inception of the American Staffing Association’s Staffing Employment and Sales Survey in 1992, according to data released today by the ASA.

US staffing companies employed an average of 3.32 million temporary and contract workers per week in the third quarter of 2015, up 1.8% from the same period in 2014.

“Staffing employment continues to grow as the demand for talent increases,” said ASA President and CEO Richard Wahlquist. “And, with 5.4 million job openings in the US, there are lots of opportunities for job seekers looking for flexible or permanent positions.”

Temporary and contract staffing sales totaled $30.69 billion in the third quarter of 2015, up 4.2% from the same period last year. On a quarter-to-quarter basis, staffing employment and sales were up 2.5% from the second to third quarter.

The ASA staffing employment and sales survey is conducted on a quarterly basis and covers approximately 10,000 establishments — about a third of the industry.