Employment data recently released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that staffing firms added 22,300 new jobs—a one percent increase—from October to November. A year-to-year comparison shows temporary help employment for November was nearly eight percent higher than last year at the same time.
U.S. nonfarm payroll employment tacked on 120,000 jobs in October, which was driven by employment increases in the private sector. There were 50,000 new jobs in retail trade, 22,000 in leisure and hospitality and 33,000 in professional and business services.
The overall unemployment rate is down to 8.6 percent, a 0.4 percent decrease.
Non-seasonally adjusted BLS data, which predicts the actual number of jobs in the economy, indicated an increase in staffing jobs. Temporary help firms employed approximately 22,200 people from October to November. There were 7.3 percent more staffing employees in November compared to the same month in 2010.