Industrial Staffing Report

Sept. 16, 2021

Light industrial staffing firms are finding themselves scrambling to assist their clients in the face of surging demand for workers, record levels of orders, and a scarcity of candidates. 


June 17, 2021

An ongoing shortage of candidates for those jobs has been a cause of great angst for staffing firms and their end clients. 


March 18, 2021

Many staffing firms are gearing up for a big year — and also investing in technology to maintain and enhance their competitive positioning. This includes staffing platform technology that allows candidates... More


Dec. 17, 2020

As a tumultuous year comes to an end, what is the current state of play for the industrial staffing market?


Sept. 17, 2020

Based on positive volume growth, as well as rising pay rates, SIA now forecasts that US industrial staffing firm revenue will decline only 20% this year. 


June 18, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 has brought a tumultuous spring for nearly all business owners and executives, with industrial staffing among the most impacted sectors of the economy. April revenue was down... More


March 19, 2020

Merger and acquisition activity in the US staffing industry remained robust last year, with 110 publicly announced transactions in 2019 that involved a staffing firm target, according to SIA’s M&A... More


Dec. 19, 2019

SIA recently published the findings from its 2019 survey of US staffing companies. 


Sept. 19, 2019

SIA has lowered its forecast for the US industrial staffing segment to 1% expansion in 2019, down from the 4% growth rate projected in April, which implies a market size of $35.3 billion. 


June 20, 2019

Manufacturing clients account for as much as 40% of the US industrial temporary staffing segment, a $34.9 billion market in 2018, according to Staffing Industry Analysts' estimates. We look briefly at... More