Intuit Small Business Indexes Show Strong Employment Growth, Decrease in Revenue

Small business in the United States are showing noteworthy gains in employment rates, average compensation and hours worked, while revenue figures are down. Employment increased by 0.3 percent in June, for an annualized rate of 4.1 percent – the...


Small Business Employment by U.S. Census Division continues to grow in all parts of the country. The data reflects employment from approximately 80,000 small business employers, a subset of small businesses that use Intuit Online Payroll. The month-to-month changes are seasonally-adjusted and informative about the overall economy.

State

Percent Change in Employment

Arizona

+0.6%

California

+0.4%

Colorado

+0.6%

Florida

+0.4%

Georgia

+0.3%

Illinois

+0.3%

Maryland

+0.6%

Massachusetts

+0.4%

Michigan

+0.3%

New Jersey

+0.09%

New York

+0.07%

North Carolina

+0.4%

Oregon

+0.3%

Pennsylvania

+0.0%

Texas

+0.4%

Virginia

+0.5%

Washington

+0.5%

Small Business Employment by State is up for most states in which Intuit Online Payroll has more than 1,000 small business firms represented. The month-to-month changes are seasonally adjusted and informative about the overall economy.
 
About The Intuit Small Business Indexes
The Intuit Small Business Indexes provide unique, near real-time information each month on the activity of the smallest businesses in the U.S. in terms of revenue, hiring and compensation trends. The revenue index is based on anonymized, aggregated data from 150,000 small businesses, a subset of users that use Intuit’s QuickBooks Online financial management offering. The employment index is based on anonymized, aggregated data from 80,000 small business employers, a subset of users that use Intuit Online Payroll. Together, the indexes provide a more complete picture of the economic health of the nation’s small businesses. More information on the Intuit Small Business Indexes is available at index.intuit.com.