The size of the US temporary staffing market for industrial occupations has grown from a recession low of $17.9 billion in 2009 to a record $33.6 billion last year, an 88% expansion according to our estimates, driven by cyclical growth in the US economy.

From a global perspective, we estimate that the US market accounted for 23% of the $149 billion industrial temporary staffing market in 2017, which points to the considerable volume of industrial temporary staffing in countries around the world. We estimate that Europe comprised a $73 billion industrial temporary staffing market last year—more than twice the size of the corresponding market in the US. (More details on the European market can be found in this report for our corporate members with access to our European publications.) The Asia Pacific region included a $32 billion market last year, just slightly smaller of a market than found in the US.

We estimate that the industrial temporary staffing market in Canada was CAD 2.5 billion last year, driven by demand related to the manufacturing, energy and construction industries. (More details on the Canada market are discussed in this report). Excluding the US and Canada, we estimate the remaining countries in the Americas contain $5.5 billion.

The latest look at global temporary staffing markets and growth forecasts can be found here.