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Payroll firm SurePayroll’s monthly Business Scorecard finds continued modest hiring gains among small businesses, but with pay little changed.
Small businesses hiring in July continued at the same pace as in June, up 0.2 percent, for the second consecutive month of 0.2 percent hiring growth, SurePayroll says. The average paycheck was down 0.1 percent after a 0.6 percent decline in June.
Year-to-date, small business hiring is up 4.1 percent, while payrolls are down 0.4 percent, it says.
Regionally, small business hiring so far this year is up the most in the Midwest, at 4.5 percent. Wages are up the most in the West, rising 1.4 percent this year.
In the South, which includes the Washington area, hiring by small businesses is up 4 percent, while salaries are up 0.3 percent, according to its report.
SurePayroll’s results are based on payroll data from small businesses across the country.
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