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Staffing hours down week of New Year’s Day: SIA | Bullhorn Staffing Indicator

Staffing hours down week of New Year’s Day: SIA | Bullhorn Staffing Indicator

SIA Editorial Staff
| January 14, 2025
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US temporary staffing hours were down 13% year over year and down 7.3% from the preceding week in the week ended Jan. 4, according to the SIA | Bullhorn Staffing Indicator - January 14, 2025, report.

“With the US economy continuing to show a GDP growth rate of more than 2% and the US elections now behind us, we are keeping our eyes open for signs of an eventual uptick in demand for temporary staffing,” according to the report.

SIA | Bullhorn Staffing Indicator

Week ending Jan. 4, 2025

Indexed value

Year over year

Week over week

US staffing

58

-13%

-7.3%

Commercial staffing

50

-12%

-8.0%

Professional staffing

81

-16%

-3.1%