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September 6, 2024
NFIB Issues its Latest Jobs Report
- Overall, 62% of small business owners reported hiring or trying to hire in August, up five points from July. Fifty-six percent (90% of those hiring or trying to hire) of owners reported few or no qualified applicants for the positions they were trying to fill.
- Thirty-six percent have openings for skilled workers (up four points) and 15% have openings for unskilled labor (down one point).
- Job openings in construction were up five points from July and over half of them (60%) have a job opening they can’t fill. Job openings were the highest in the transportation, construction, and manufacturing sectors, and the lowest in the agriculture and finance sectors.
- A seasonally adjusted net 13% of owners plan to create new jobs in the next three months, down two points from July.

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