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Arizona Comment on Latest NFIB Jobs Report

Arizona Comment on Latest NFIB Jobs Report

May 2, 2025

Legislature urged to pass two more small-business-beneficial bills

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Contact: Chad Heinrich, Arizona State Director, ch@chadheinrich.com 
or Tony Malandra, Senior Media Manager, anthony.malandra@nfib.org 

PHOENIX, Ariz., May 2, 2025—No surprises in yesterday’s release of the latest Jobs Report from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), with 34% (seasonally adjusted) of small business owners reporting positions they could not find employees to fill in April, but the state director for the association had a couple of suggestions for the Arizona State Legislature. 

Arizona’s small businesses are the foundation of our economy, and our state has a chance to lead the way in empowering them,” said Chad Heinrich, state director for NFIB in Arizona. “Lawmakers have already done good work keeping taxes and regulations in check. Now, I urge them to pass Senate Bills 1069 and 1215. These two measures will lift a significant recordkeeping burden from Arizona’s smallest businesses and safeguard legal proceedings from foreign entity involvement.” 

NFIB’s Jobs Report is released the first Thursday of every month. It is a national survey of NFIB-member small-business owners, not broken down by state. The typical NFIB member employs between one and nine people and reports gross sales of about $500,000 a year. 

From NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg 

“Small business owners remained open to hire and grow their workforce in April. While the percent of open positions decreased a bit, Main Street firms are still struggling to find qualified applicants for their plentiful open positions.” 

Highlights from the Latest Jobs Report 

  • Job openings were the highest in the construction, transportation, and manufacturing sectors. Job openings in the wholesale industry rose 16 points from the prior month to 36%.
  • A seasonally adjusted net 13% of owners plan to create new jobs in the next three months, up one point from March.
  • Seasonally adjusted, a net 33% of small business owners reported raising compensation in April, down five points from March. 
  • A net 17% (seasonally adjusted) plan to raise compensation in the next three months, down two points from March and the lowest since March 2021. 

 

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Keep up with the latest Arizona small-business news at www.nfib.com. Follow us on X @NFIB_AZ. 

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For more than 80 years, NFIB has been advocating on behalf of America’s small and independent business owners, both in Washington, D.C., and in all 50 state capitals. NFIB is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, and member-driven association. Since our founding in 1943, NFIB has been exclusively dedicated to small and independent businesses and remains so today. For more information, please visit nfib.com. 

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