{"id":924214,"date":"2026-01-06T12:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T12:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:52:16","slug":"u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Small Business Employment Remains Consistent Throughout 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <!--.bwalignc { text-align: center; list-style-position: inside }\n.bwlistdisc { list-style-type: disc }body {font:normal small Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;background-color:#fff;padding:24px;margin:0;} a img {border:0;} h3 {font-size:medium;color:#000;margin:0 0 1em 0; text-align:center;}-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><b>U.S. Small Business Employment Remains Consistent Throughout 2025<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><i>Hourly earnings growth below three percent for the 17th consecutive month<\/i><\/p>\n<p>ROCHESTER, N.Y.&#8211;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\">BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)&#8211;<br \/>\nAccording to the <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paychex.com%2Femployment-watch%2F%23%21%2F&amp;esheet=54388773&amp;newsitemid=20260106907262&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Paychex+Small+Business+Employment+Watch&amp;index=1&amp;md5=1d9fc37b38dc4b6a2f2c6ad5980c2b92\">Paychex Small Business Employment Watch<\/a>, 2025 marked a year of consistency for U.S. small business job and wage growth trends. The monthly report\u2019s Small Business Jobs Index, which reflects the payroll data of Paychex\u2019s customers with fewer than 50 employees, experienced minimal change throughout the year and averaged 99.67 in 2025. Meanwhile, hourly earnings growth (2.71%) closed the year below three percent for the 17th consecutive month.<\/p>\n<p id=\"news-body-cta\">This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260106907262\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260106907262\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"bwbodyimg\" style=\"width: 480px;float:left;padding-left:0px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260106907262\/en\/2682114\/4\/sbew-monthly-details-december.jpg\" alt=\"The Paychex Small Business Employment Watch showed little change in the pace of job growth in 2025, while hourly earnings growth remained below three percent all year.\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:85%\">The Paychex Small Business Employment Watch showed little change in the pace of job growth in 2025, while hourly earnings growth remained below three percent all year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\u201cThe latest read on our data reveals a continued moderation in wage inflation and little change in the rate of job growth among America&#8217;s small businesses in 2025, with certain regions like the Midwest and sectors such as healthcare demonstrating strength throughout the year,\u201d said <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paychex.com%2Fnewsroom%2Fexecutive-bios%2Fjohn-gibson&amp;esheet=54388773&amp;newsitemid=20260106907262&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=John+Gibson&amp;index=2&amp;md5=58c76c55056b5c4429338a6f1ca64369\">John Gibson<\/a>, Paychex president and CEO. \u201cLooking more broadly across our client base, the pace of job growth among our U.S. customers with more than 50 employees was stronger to close the year and resulted in flat employment levels overall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Jobs Index and Wage Data Highlights<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"bwlistdisc\">\n<li>\nThe national small business jobs index averaged 99.67 in 2025 and ended the year at 99.26 in December.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nHourly earnings growth has reported below three percent since August 2024 and increased slightly to 2.71% in December, just below the 2025 average (2.74%).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nWeekly hours worked growth closed the year up 0.25%, marking the highest level since May 2021.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nThe Midwest was the top region for small business employment growth for all of 2025, though the region tied with the Northeast with a 99.65 jobs index in December.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nAveraging an index level of 100.52 in 2025, Indiana (101.50) started and ended the year ranked first among states for small business employment growth.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nEducation and Health Services (100.49) led industry sectors for small business job growth every month in 2025 and has reported positive growth for nearly five consecutive years.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>More Information<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nSince 2014, the Paychex Small Business Employment Watch has been a trusted source of employment trends for U.S. small businesses with fewer than 50 employees. The <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paychex.com%2Femployment-watch%2F%23%21%2F&amp;esheet=54388773&amp;newsitemid=20260106907262&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Employment+Watch+website&amp;index=3&amp;md5=df7545b2e543261fb84abcaa78416a4d\">Employment Watch website<\/a> offers interactive charts and historical data across the report\u2019s two key components \u2013 the <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paychex.com%2Femployment-watch%2F%23%21%2Fjobs-index%2Fabout%2F&amp;esheet=54388773&amp;newsitemid=20260106907262&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=jobs+index&amp;index=4&amp;md5=4177e0998e828aa9b2edbdedb825b842\">jobs index<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paychex.com%2Femployment-watch%2F%23%21%2Fwage-data%2Fabout%2F&amp;esheet=54388773&amp;newsitemid=20260106907262&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=wage+data&amp;index=5&amp;md5=db9029289a375453528cef0fa637140c\">wage data<\/a>. Visit the Bloomberg Terminals or <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paychex.com%2Femployment-watch%2F%23%21%2Fsubscribe%2F&amp;esheet=54388773&amp;newsitemid=20260106907262&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=subscribe+to+receive+monthly+alerts+with+the+latest+data&amp;index=6&amp;md5=cba2ac5d2ba50f24068b33122c88f47a\">subscribe to receive monthly alerts with the latest data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>About the Paychex Small Business Employment Watch<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nThe Paychex Small Business Employment Watch is released each month by Paychex, Inc. Only focused exclusively on businesses with fewer than 50 workers, the monthly report offers analysis of national employment and wage trends and examines regional, state, metro, and industry sector* activity. Drawing from the payroll data of approximately 350,000 Paychex clients, this industry benchmark delivers real-time insights into the small business trends driving the U.S. economy.<\/p>\n<p><i>*Information regarding the professions included in the industry data can be found at the Bureau of Labor Statistics website.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>About Paychex<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nPaychex, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAYX) is the digitally driven HR leader that is reimagining how companies address the needs of today\u2019s workforce with the most comprehensive, flexible, and innovative HCM solutions for organizations of all sizes. Offering a full spectrum of HR advisory and employee solutions, Paychex pays 1 out of every 11 American private sector workers and is raising the bar in HCM for approximately 800,000 customers in the U.S. and Europe. Every member of the Paychex team is committed to fulfilling the company\u2019s purpose of helping businesses succeed. Visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paychex.com%2F&amp;esheet=54388773&amp;newsitemid=20260106907262&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=paychex.com&amp;index=7&amp;md5=0303cbdbf9973911768064681627eda2\">paychex.com<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&amp;sty=20260106907262r1&amp;sid=flmnd&amp;distro=nx&amp;lang=en\" style=\"width:0;height:0\" \/><span class=\"bwct31415\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"mmgallerylink\"><span id=\"mmgallerylink-phrase\">View source version on businesswire.com: <\/span><span id=\"mmgallerylink-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260106907262\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260106907262\/en\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Media Contacts<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>Tracy Volkmann<br \/>\n<br \/>Paychex, Inc.<br \/>\n<br \/>Manager, Public Relations<br \/>\n<br \/>(585) 387-6705<br \/>\n<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:tvolkmann@paychex.com\">tvolkmann@paychex.com<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FPaychex&amp;esheet=54388773&amp;newsitemid=20260106907262&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=%40Paychex&amp;index=8&amp;md5=a2e48c1370c41347ef962dd7d23888a1\">@Paychex<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nErin McAward<br \/>\n<br \/>ICR, Inc.<br \/>\n<br \/>Account Director<br \/>\n<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:paychexpr@icrinc.com\">paychexpr@icrinc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>KEYWORDS:<\/b> United States North America New York<\/p>\n<p><b>INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:<\/b> Accounting Technology Professional Services Payments Business Small Business Other Technology Other Professional Services Fintech Human Resources Finance<\/p>\n<p><b>MEDIA:<\/b><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"3\">\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><b>Photo<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260106907262\/en\/2682114\/3\/sbew-monthly-details-december.jpg\" alt=\"Photo\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">The Paychex Small Business Employment Watch showed little change in the pace of job growth in 2025, while hourly earnings growth remained below three percent all year.<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><b>Logo<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260106907262\/en\/1071091\/3\/PAYXlogo19-0912.jpg\" alt=\"Logo\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Small Business Employment Remains Consistent Throughout 2025 Hourly earnings growth below three percent for the 17th consecutive month ROCHESTER, N.Y.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; According to the Paychex Small Business Employment Watch, 2025 marked a year of consistency for U.S. small business job and wage growth trends. The monthly report\u2019s Small Business Jobs Index, which reflects the payroll data of Paychex\u2019s customers with fewer than 50 employees, experienced minimal change throughout the year and averaged 99.67 in 2025. Meanwhile, hourly earnings growth (2.71%) closed the year below three percent for the 17th consecutive month. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260106907262\/en\/ The Paychex Small Business Employment Watch showed little change in the pace of job growth in 2025, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;U.S. Small Business Employment Remains Consistent Throughout 2025&#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-924214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>U.S. Small Business Employment Remains Consistent Throughout 2025 - 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\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"U.S. Small Business Employment Remains Consistent Throughout 2025 - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"U.S. Small Business Employment Remains Consistent Throughout 2025 Hourly earnings growth below three percent for the 17th consecutive month ROCHESTER, N.Y.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; According to the Paychex Small Business Employment Watch, 2025 marked a year of consistency for U.S. small business job and wage growth trends. The monthly report\u2019s Small Business Jobs Index, which reflects the payroll data of Paychex\u2019s customers with fewer than 50 employees, experienced minimal change throughout the year and averaged 99.67 in 2025. Meanwhile, hourly earnings growth (2.71%) closed the year below three percent for the 17th consecutive month. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260106907262\/en\/ The Paychex Small Business Employment Watch showed little change in the pace of job growth in 2025, &hellip; Continue reading &quot;U.S. Small Business Employment Remains Consistent Throughout 2025&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-06T17:52:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260106907262\/en\/2682114\/4\/sbew-monthly-details-december.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Newsdesk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Newsdesk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979\"},\"headline\":\"U.S. Small Business Employment Remains Consistent Throughout 2025\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-06T17:52:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":701,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mms.businesswire.com\\\/media\\\/20260106907262\\\/en\\\/2682114\\\/4\\\/sbew-monthly-details-december.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\\\/\",\"name\":\"U.S. Small Business Employment Remains Consistent Throughout 2025 - Market Newsdesk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mms.businesswire.com\\\/media\\\/20260106907262\\\/en\\\/2682114\\\/4\\\/sbew-monthly-details-december.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-06T17:52:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mms.businesswire.com\\\/media\\\/20260106907262\\\/en\\\/2682114\\\/4\\\/sbew-monthly-details-december.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mms.businesswire.com\\\/media\\\/20260106907262\\\/en\\\/2682114\\\/4\\\/sbew-monthly-details-december.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"U.S. Small Business Employment Remains Consistent Throughout 2025\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Market Newsdesk\",\"description\":\"Latest Business News in Real Time\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979\",\"name\":\"Newsdesk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Newsdesk\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/newsdesk\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"U.S. Small Business Employment Remains Consistent Throughout 2025 - Market Newsdesk","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"U.S. Small Business Employment Remains Consistent Throughout 2025 - Market Newsdesk","og_description":"U.S. Small Business Employment Remains Consistent Throughout 2025 Hourly earnings growth below three percent for the 17th consecutive month ROCHESTER, N.Y.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; According to the Paychex Small Business Employment Watch, 2025 marked a year of consistency for U.S. small business job and wage growth trends. The monthly report\u2019s Small Business Jobs Index, which reflects the payroll data of Paychex\u2019s customers with fewer than 50 employees, experienced minimal change throughout the year and averaged 99.67 in 2025. Meanwhile, hourly earnings growth (2.71%) closed the year below three percent for the 17th consecutive month. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260106907262\/en\/ The Paychex Small Business Employment Watch showed little change in the pace of job growth in 2025, &hellip; Continue reading \"U.S. Small Business Employment Remains Consistent Throughout 2025\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\/","og_site_name":"Market Newsdesk","article_published_time":"2026-01-06T17:52:16+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260106907262\/en\/2682114\/4\/sbew-monthly-details-december.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Newsdesk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Newsdesk","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\/"},"author":{"name":"Newsdesk","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979"},"headline":"U.S. Small Business Employment Remains Consistent Throughout 2025","datePublished":"2026-01-06T17:52:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\/"},"wordCount":701,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260106907262\/en\/2682114\/4\/sbew-monthly-details-december.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\/","url":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\/","name":"U.S. Small Business Employment Remains Consistent Throughout 2025 - Market Newsdesk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260106907262\/en\/2682114\/4\/sbew-monthly-details-december.jpg","datePublished":"2026-01-06T17:52:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260106907262\/en\/2682114\/4\/sbew-monthly-details-december.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260106907262\/en\/2682114\/4\/sbew-monthly-details-december.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/u-s-small-business-employment-remains-consistent-throughout-2025\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"U.S. Small Business Employment Remains Consistent Throughout 2025"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/","name":"Market Newsdesk","description":"Latest Business News in Real Time","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979","name":"Newsdesk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Newsdesk"},"url":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/author\/newsdesk\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=924214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}