{"id":507629,"date":"2021-06-29T08:33:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T12:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/small-business-employment-gains-continue-especially-in-leisure-and-hospitality\/"},"modified":"2021-06-29T08:33:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T12:33:46","slug":"small-business-employment-gains-continue-especially-in-leisure-and-hospitality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/small-business-employment-gains-continue-especially-in-leisure-and-hospitality\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Business Employment Gains Continue, Especially in Leisure and Hospitality"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<h2 class=\"xn-hedline\">Job growth in the leisure and hospitality sector rebounded to pre-pandemic levels in June<\/h2>\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">PR Newswire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"xn-location\">ROCHESTER, N.Y.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 29, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Despite the competitive hiring environment, small business employment growth grew 0.26 percent in June, according to aggregated payroll data of approximately 350,000 clients provided by Paychex. The data released in the latest report of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3212167-1&amp;h=2315581145&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paychex.com%2Femployment-watch%2F%3Futm_source%3Dnews%2520release%26utm_medium%3Dpress%2520release%26utm_campaign%3Dsbew%26utm_term%3Ddata-driven-sbew%26utm_content%3DJune2021%23!%2F&amp;a=Paychex+%7C+IHS+Markit+Small+Business+Employment+Watch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Paychex | IHS Markit Small Business Employment Watch<\/a> shows momentum in job growth with the Small Business Jobs Index gaining 4.53 percent during the second quarter of 2021 (in part driven by the 2020 comparison period). Hiring is particularly strong in the leisure and hospitality sector, which gained 12.65 percent in the past quarter. Hourly earnings growth increased slightly, from 2.82 percent in May to 2.84 percent in June.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder1\">\n<p>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1553612\/badge.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1553612\/badge.jpg\" title=\"Despite the competitive hiring environment, small business employment growth grew 0.26 percent in June, according to aggregated payroll data of approximately 350,000 clients provided by Paychex.\" alt=\"Despite the competitive hiring environment, small business employment growth grew 0.26 percent in June, according to aggregated payroll data of approximately 350,000 clients provided by Paychex.\" \/><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;With re-openings across the country, the leisure and hospitality jobs index regained its pre-pandemic level,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">James Diffley<\/span>, chief regional economist at IHS Markit. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Following a year marked by lower employment rates, there was a notable uptick in small business jobs growth in June and throughout the second quarter. In fact, all four regions of the country experienced an increase in employment last month,&#8221; said <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3212167-1&amp;h=3635306754&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paychex.com%2Fnewsroom%2Fexecutive-bios%2Fmartin-mucci%3Futm_source%3Dnews%2520release%26utm_medium%3Dpress%2520release%26utm_campaign%3Dsbew%26utm_term%3Ddata-driven-sbew%26utm_content%3DJune2021&amp;a=Martin+Mucci\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span class=\"xn-person\">Martin Mucci<\/span><\/a>, Paychex president and CEO. <\/p>\n<p>In further detail, the June report showed: <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>The national index gained 0.26 percent to 98.52 in June and 4.53 percent during the second quarter of 2021. <\/li>\n<li>Employment growth in the leisure and hospitality sector increased 1.22 percent in June and 12.65 percent during the second quarter of 2021. <\/li>\n<li>Wages are also on the rise in leisure and hospitality. The sector ranks highest in hourly earnings and hours worked growth, with weekly earnings growth up double digits. <\/li>\n<li>The South continues to lead all regions in small business job growth. <\/li>\n<li>Job growth in <span class=\"xn-location\">North Carolina<\/span> spiked 6.36 percent during the second quarter. <\/li>\n<li>\n          <span class=\"xn-location\">Tampa<\/span> once again leads all metros job growth. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3212167-1&amp;h=1662466458&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paychex.com%2Fbusiness-solutions%3Futm_source%3Dnews%2520release%26utm_medium%3Dpress%2520release%26utm_campaign%3Dsbew%26utm_term%3Ddata-driven-sbew%26utm_content%3DJune2021&amp;a=Paychex+business+solutions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Paychex business solutions<\/a>\u00a0reach 1 in 12 American private-sector employees, making the Small Business Jobs Index report an industry benchmark. The national jobs index uses a 12-month same-store methodology to gauge small business employment trends on a national, regional, state, metro, and industry basis.<\/p>\n<p>The complete results for June, including interactive charts detailing all data, are available at <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3212167-1&amp;h=1353696745&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paychex.com%2Fwatch%3Futm_source%3Dnews%2520release%26utm_medium%3Dpress%2520release%26utm_campaign%3Dsbew%26utm_term%3Ddata-driven-sbew%26utm_content%3DJune2021&amp;a=www.paychex.com%2Fwatch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.paychex.com\/watch<\/a><\/u>. Highlights are available below.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>National Jobs Index<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>The national index gained 0.26 percent to 98.52 in June and 4.53 percent during the second quarter of 2021. <\/li>\n<li>At 98.52, the jobs index has trended above 98 since April when the lower prior year employee average comparison created a base effect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n        <b>National Wage Report <\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Hourly earnings growth ticked up slightly, from 2.82 percent in May to 2.84 percent in June. <\/li>\n<li>Weekly earnings growth has slowed more than one percent during the past two months due to a reduction in weekly hours worked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n        <b>Regional Jobs Index <\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>All four regions saw employment growth gains in June. The top-ranked region, the South, gained the least (0.05 percent). The lowest-ranked region, the Northeast, gained the most (0.45 percent). <\/li>\n<li>At 99.43, the South remained the strongest region for small business job growth, more than one point above the next highest region, the West (98.25).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n        <b>Regional Wage Report<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Hourly earnings growth in the West was 3.18 percent, strongest among regions. <\/li>\n<li>Hourly earnings growth in the Northeast slowed to 2.93 percent in June.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n        <b>State Jobs Index <\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>\n          <span class=\"xn-location\">North Carolina<\/span> has spiked 6.36 percent during the second quarter of 2021, best among states, improving its rank from 10th to 3rd. <\/li>\n<li>The bottom two states last month, <span class=\"xn-location\">Washington<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Virginia<\/span>, had two of the top three largest increases this month. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n        <i>Note: Analysis is provided for the 20 largest states based on U.S. population.<br \/><\/i>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>State Wage Report <\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>\n          <span class=\"xn-location\">Missouri<\/span> (4.09 percent), led states in hourly earnings growth again in June, followed by <span class=\"xn-location\">Massachusetts<\/span> (3.57 percent) and <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> (3.54 percent). <\/li>\n<li>\n          <span class=\"xn-location\">Illinois<\/span> ranks last among states in hourly earnings growth (1.70 percent) and weekly earnings growth (0.85 percent). <\/li>\n<li>\n          <span class=\"xn-location\">Georgia<\/span> remains the top state for weekly earnings growth (3.96 percent).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n        <i>Note: Analysis is provided for the 20 largest states based on U.S. population. <\/i>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>Metropolitan Jobs Index\u00a0 <\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>\n          <span class=\"xn-location\">Tampa<\/span> continues to lead all metros at 101.60, despite a 0.61 percent decrease in May and 0.52 percent decrease in June. <\/li>\n<li>Three of the four lowest ranked metros, <span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Washington, DC<\/span>., and <span class=\"xn-location\">Seattle<\/span>, saw the largest increases in June.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n        <i>Note: Analysis is provided for the 20 largest metro areas based on U.S. population.<\/i>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>Metropolitan Wage Report <\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Two <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> metros, <span class=\"xn-location\">Riverside<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span>, lead earnings growth among metros. <\/li>\n<li>Thirteen metros have hourly earnings growth below three percent. <\/li>\n<li>\n          <span class=\"xn-location\">Seattle<\/span> ranks first among metros in weekly hours worked growth, 1.44 percent. <\/li>\n<li>Due to a reduction in hours worked year-over-year, three metros have weekly earnings growth below one percent (<span class=\"xn-location\">Minneapolis<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Detroit<\/span>, and <span class=\"xn-location\">Baltimore<\/span>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n        <i>Note: Analysis is provided for the 20 largest metro areas based on U.S. population.<\/i>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>Industry Jobs Index <\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Leisure and hospitality gained 12.65 percent during the second quarter of 2021. Its index now ranks third among sectors. <\/li>\n<li>Construction had the largest decrease among sectors again in June (0.63 percent). This follows a decline in May of 1.78 percent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n        <i>Note: Analysis is provided for seven major industry sectors. Definitions of each industry sector can be found <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3212167-1&amp;h=1446060497&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bls.gov%2Fiag%2Ftgs%2Fiag_index_naics.htm&amp;a=here\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a><\/u>. The other services (except public administration) industry category includes religious, civic, and social organizations, as well as personal services, including automotive and household repair, salons, drycleaners, and other businesses. <br \/><\/i>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>Industry Wage Report\u00a0 <\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Leisure and hospitality ranked first among sectors for earnings and hours worked growth, with weekly earnings growth up double digits. <\/li>\n<li>Other services continues to lead in employment growth; due to an influx of part-time employees. However, the sector is lowest both in hourly earnings and hours worked growth. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n        <i>Note: Analysis is provided for seven major industry sectors. Definitions of each industry sector can be found <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3212167-1&amp;h=1446060497&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bls.gov%2Fiag%2Ftgs%2Fiag_index_naics.htm&amp;a=here\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a><\/u>. The other services (except public administration) industry category includes religious, civic, and social organizations, as well as personal services, including automotive and household repair, salons, drycleaners, and other businesses. <br \/><\/i>\n      <\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Paychex | IHS Markit Small Business Employment Watch, visit <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3212167-1&amp;h=1353696745&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paychex.com%2Fwatch%3Futm_source%3Dnews%2520release%26utm_medium%3Dpress%2520release%26utm_campaign%3Dsbew%26utm_term%3Ddata-driven-sbew%26utm_content%3DJune2021&amp;a=www.paychex.com%2Fwatch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.paychex.com\/watch<\/a><\/u> and <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3212167-1&amp;h=516107039&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paychex.com%2Femployment-watch%2Fsubscribe%3Futm_source%3Dnews%2520release%26utm_medium%3Dpress%2520release%26utm_campaign%3Dsbew%26utm_term%3Ddata-driven-sbew%26utm_content%3DJune2021%23!%2F&amp;a=sign+up\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sign up<\/a><\/u> to receive monthly Employment Watch alerts.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <i>*Information regarding the professions included in the industry data can be found at the <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3212167-1&amp;h=2641438596&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bls.gov%2Fiag%2Ftgs%2Fiag_index_naics.htm&amp;a=Bureau+of+Labor+Statistics+website\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bureau of Labor Statistics website<\/a><\/u>.<\/i>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>About the Paychex | IHS Markit Small Business Employment Watch<br \/><\/b>The Paychex | IHS Markit Small Business Employment Watch is released each month by Paychex, Inc., a leading provider of payroll, human resource, insurance, and benefits outsourcing solutions for small-to medium-sized businesses, and IHS Markit, a world leader in critical information, analytics, and expertise. Focused exclusively on small business, the monthly report offers analysis of national employment and wage trends, as well as examines regional, state, metro, and industry sector activity. Drawing from the payroll data of approximately 350,000 Paychex clients, this powerful tool delivers real-time insights into the small business trends driving the U.S. economy.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>About Paychex<br \/><\/b>Paychex, Inc. (Nasdaq:PAYX) is a leading provider of integrated human capital management solutions for payroll, benefits, human resources, and insurance services. By combining its innovative software-as-a-service technology and mobility platform with dedicated, personal service, Paychex empowers small- and medium-sized business owners to focus on the growth and management of their business. Backed by 50 years of industry expertise, Paychex serves more than 710,000 payroll clients as of <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 31, 2021<\/span> across more than 100 locations in the U.S. and <span class=\"xn-location\">Europe<\/span>, and pays one out of every 12 American private sector employees. 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The data released in the latest report of the Paychex | IHS Markit Small Business Employment Watch shows momentum in job growth with the Small Business Jobs Index gaining 4.53 percent during the second quarter of 2021 (in part driven by the 2020 comparison period). Hiring is particularly strong in the leisure and hospitality sector, which gained 12.65 percent in the past quarter. Hourly earnings growth increased slightly, from 2.82 percent in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/small-business-employment-gains-continue-especially-in-leisure-and-hospitality\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Small Business Employment Gains Continue, Especially in Leisure and Hospitality&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-507629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Small Business Employment Gains Continue, Especially in Leisure and Hospitality - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/small-business-employment-gains-continue-especially-in-leisure-and-hospitality\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Small Business Employment Gains Continue, Especially in Leisure and Hospitality - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Job growth in the leisure and hospitality sector rebounded to pre-pandemic levels in June PR Newswire ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 29, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Despite the competitive hiring environment, small business employment growth grew 0.26 percent in June, according to aggregated payroll data of approximately 350,000 clients provided by Paychex. The data released in the latest report of the Paychex | IHS Markit Small Business Employment Watch shows momentum in job growth with the Small Business Jobs Index gaining 4.53 percent during the second quarter of 2021 (in part driven by the 2020 comparison period). Hiring is particularly strong in the leisure and hospitality sector, which gained 12.65 percent in the past quarter. 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