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U.S. Small Business Employment Holds Steady Through First Half of 2025

July 01, 2025
 

The Paychex Small Business Employment Watch has shown modest month-to-month employment growth since January.
Hourly earnings growth continues to trend below three percent in June

The small business labor market has remained stable with minimal changes observed through the first half of 2025, according to the Paychex Small Business Employment Watch. The pace of job growth in U.S. businesses with fewer than 50 employees has fluctuated less than half a percentage point over the last six months, reporting a 99.65 index level for June. At the same time, hourly earnings growth for small business workers continued to trend below three percent at 2.79%.

Read the full news release on the Small Business Employment Watch site.

Tracy Volkmann

Tracy Volkmann

Tracy Volkmann began working at Paychex in July 2014 and currently manages public relations for the company. In this role, she is responsible leading the PR function, protecting the company's reputation, and driving positive earned media coverage for Paychex. Tracy is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University and started her career in collegiate athletic communications, having spent seven years at West Point.

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