FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Contact: Suzanne Budge, Idaho State Director, sbs@sbsidaho.com 
or Tony Malandra, Senior Media Manager, anthony.malandra@nfib.org 

BOISE, Idaho, May 1, 2025—In spite of a slight reduction in the percentage, today’s release of the latest Jobs Report from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) showed little change in the difficulties small businesses are having in finding help, with 34% (seasonally adjusted) reporting positions they could not find employees for in April. 

“It is so very vital that states do what they can to fortify their small businesses against the national headwinds battering them, so I’m grateful to our Legislature and governor for providing additional tax relief that will help Main Street entrepreneurs immensely,” said Suzanne Budge, state director for NFIB in Idaho. “All issues are inter-related in economies good and bad, so they all have an effect on hiring.” 

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. 

Keep up with the latest Idaho small-business news at www.nfib.com or by following NFIB on X @NFIB_ID.

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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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