According to new data released by the American Staffing Association, U.S Staffing companies set a record high for 2018. Increasing 1.4% from 2017 to 2018, the average number of temporary and contract workers employed per week in 2018 was 3.23 million. Since the beginning of the ASA Staffing Employment and Sales Survey in 1990, this has been the highest average per week of staffing employees for any previous year. A total of 16.8 million temporary and contract employees were hired during 2018, with a length of employment at 10 weeks.
To learn more about the quarterly ASA Staffing Employment and Sales Survey, visit americanstaffing.net/quarterly-survey.