The Paychex | IHS Small Business Jobs Index maintained its strong start to 2016, moderating slightly from February’s level. During the first quarter, the pace of small business job growth improved 0.36 percent, marking the best three-month stretch in two years.

1. 1-MonthPerformance
Highlightingthebestandworstshort-term performance,below isaone-month
analysisoftheindexpercentchangeforallnineU.S.regions,the20largeststates
andmetroareasbasedonU.S.population,andeightmajorindustrysectors.
12-MonthTrend
Callingoutthebestandworstlong-term trends,below isa12-Monthanalysisof
theindexpercentchangeforallnineU.S.regions,the20largeststatesandmetro
areasbasedonU.S.population,andeightmajorindustrysectors.
SmallbusinessesplayapivotalroleintheU.S.
economy,accountingfornearly95percentof
employers.Theyareavitalsourceofentrepreneurship
andinnovation.ThePaychex|IHSSmallBusiness
JobsIndextrackssmallbusinessemploymenttrends
bymeasuringaggregatedpayrolldatafrom the
Paychexclientbase,andprovidestimely,accurate
insightintonational,regional,state,metroandinsightintonational,regional,state,metroand
industryemploymentactivity.
100.74-0.05%
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+1.70%
NEWYORKCITY
+1.21%
PHOENIX
+1.00%
RIVERSIDE,CA
+1.90%
NEWJERSEY
+1.38%
ARIZONA
+1.31%
WISCONSIN
+0.73%
MIDDLE
ATLANTIC
-3.26%
ST.LOUIS
-2.54%
HOUSTON
-2.14%
ATLANTA
-2.69%
MISSOURI
-2.26%
GEORGIA
-1.57%
ILLINOIS
-2.71%
WESTNORTH
CENTRAL
-1.85%
ST.LOUIS
-1.80%
DALLAS
-0.56%
CHICAGO
-0.99%
MISSOURI
-0.73%
ILLINOIS
-0.67%
TEXAS
-0.62%
WESTSOUTH
CENTRAL
+0.65%
BALTIMORE
+0.42%
SEATTLE
+0.34%
RIVERSIDE,CA
+0.45%
VIRGINIA
+0.40%
MARYLAND
+0.39%
WASHINGTON
+0.28%
NEW
ENGLAND
0.36%
3-MonthNationalTrend
TheThePaychex|IHSSmallBusinessJobs
Indexmaintaineditsstrongstartto
2016,moderatingslightlyfrom
February’slevel.Duringthefirstquarter,
thepaceofsmallbusinessjobgrowth
improved0.36percent,markingthebest
three-monthincreaseintwoyears.
12-MONTHCHANGE
BYINDUSTRYBYINDUSTRY
-0.58%
LEISUREAND
HOSPITALITY
BYINDUSTRYBYINDUSTRY
+0.24%
OTHERSERVICES
(EXCEPTPUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION)
BYINDUSTRYBYINDUSTRY
+1.37%
OTHERSERVICES
(EXCEPTPUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION)
BYINDUSTRYBYINDUSTRY
-0.97%
MANUFACTURING