FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tray Abney, Nevada State Director, 775-443-5561, tray@abneytauchen.com
or Tony Malandra, Senior Media Manager, 415-640-5156, anthony.malandra@nfib.org

CARSON CITY, Nev., Dec. 5, 2024— NFIB’s final monthly Jobs Report of the year, released today, showed no reason for small business owners to be in any merrier mood than at other times in a difficult 2024, although the effect of Small Business Saturday and holiday sales will be better accounted for in the January 2025 survey.

“Small business job creators continue to struggle to find qualified employees to fill open positions,” said Tray Abney, state director for NFIB in Nevada. “We urge our newly-elected federal leaders to ‘do no harm’ and hope that our 2025 Legislature does the same. Any new taxes, fees, regulations or cost increases will enhance an already precarious situation for small business owners.”

From NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg on the Latest Jobs Report

“As the overall job market softens, hiring among small businesses remains a struggle. Main Street owners continue to feel pressure to raise compensation at historically high levels to attract and retain workers.”

Highlights from the Latest Jobs Report

• NFIB’s November jobs report found that 36% (seasonally adjusted) of small business owners reported job openings they could not fill in November, up one point from October.
• Labor costs reported as the single most important problem for business owners rose three points to 11%, only two points below the highest reading of 13% reached in December 2021.
• A seasonally adjusted net 18% of owners plan to create new jobs in the next three months, up three points from October.
• Job openings were the highest in the transportation, construction, and professional services sectors, and the lowest in the agriculture and finance sectors. Job openings in construction were up five points from last month and over half (54%) have an open position they can’t fill.

Keep up with the latest Nevada small-business news at www.nfib.com/nevada, where this news release can also be found, or by following NFIB on Twitter @NFIB_NV.

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For 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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