Compared to 3 months ago, is it currently easier or harder to retain skilled workers?

Responses from small businesses in the US (use buttons below for Canada, the UK, or Australia).

US   CANADA   UK   AUSTRALIA  

US sample for this question: Apr 2023 n=1,500 | Jul 2023 n=1,500 | Oct 2023 n=1,578 | Jan 2024 n=1,500 | Apr 2024 n=1,509 | Jul 2024 n=1,507 | Oct 2024 n=1,514 | Jan 2025 n=1,521 | Apr 2025 n=656 | Jul 2025 n=662 | Oct 2025 n=676 | Jan 2026 n=715
Source: Intuit QuickBooks Small Business Insights — a quarterly online survey of ~5,000 small businesses in the US, Canada, the UK, and AustraliaGet the data