Net change values are rounded to the nearest hundred, so values below 50 are shown as zero.

Monthly employment growth for small businesses with 1-9 employees (seasonally adjusted), showing the monthly change in the number of people employed in each sector by businesses of this size. National sample: almost 333,000 small businesses that run payroll with QuickBooks. Note: the Index uses QuickBooks anonymized data to create aggregated data outputs which are normalized against official statistics to reflect the general population of small businesses, rather than the QuickBooks customer base. It is not a reflection of Intuit’s business. Sectors are defined by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).