FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tray Abney, Nevada State Director, tray@abneygr.com
or Tony Malandra, Senior Media Manager, anthony.malandra@nfib.org

CARSON CITY, Nev., May 2, 2025— Release yesterday of the latest Jobs Report from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), showing 34% (seasonally adjusted) of small business owners reporting job openings they could not fill in April, drew a suggestion from the association’s Nevada state director for the state Legislature to consider. 

“So much of the economic headwinds blowing at small businesses are national in scope, but state legislatures can either add to the force of them or be a bulwark against them,” said Tray Abney, state director for NFIB in Nevada. “A paid family and medical leave proposal is an example of a proposed law that would increase the cost and compliance worries of small businesses. Employers are expected to pay for it all with no help from employees or the state. We need our state leaders to help our job creators succeed, not sink them and their employees.”

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 Nevada small business news at www.nfib.com or by following NFIB on X @NFIB_NV.

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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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