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Intuit Monthly Small Business Index Shows Increase in Wages and Hours After Being Flat Since Fall 2008 Small business employment grew by 0.33 percent in April, equating to a 4 percent annual growth rate, according to the latest Intuit Inc. (@intuit) Small Business Employment Index (#SMBindex). This translates to approximately 66,000 new jobs in April [...]

Employees of state and local government earn an average of 11% and 12% less, respectively, than comparable private sector employees. An analysis spanning two decades shows the pay gap between public and private sector employees has widened in recent years.

Small businesses are showing signs of an economic rebound. This is the main finding of the just-released Intuit Small Business Employment Index, a new, monthly report that provides unique, near real-time insight into employment trends of the smallest of small businesses. Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU), the nation’s leading small business payroll provider, based its report [...]

One common hurdle many job seekers regularly face is not having a four year college degree. If you are a part of this widespread demographic, you may have had a difficult time breaking into the $20-$25/hour pay bracket. Many people are increasingly finding their entry level salaries hard to live on, especially those who are [...]

ob demand increases sharply by 382,000 in January, following a large 362,000 rise in November and December 2009 and reflects the recent strength seen in Q4 GDP numbers January online advertised vacancies rise to over 4 million for the first time since November 2008 Gains have been widespread across most of the States

The Holiday season is almost here, and although they say the recession is over, Americans as a whole are not seeing jobs return as quickly as we need them.  At a time of year where “extra” money is spent on gifts and festivities, some families are feeling hopeless as the realization dawns that they cannot [...]

Online advertised vacancies inched up by 700 to 3,295,500 in July, according to The Conference Board Help-Wanted Online Data Series (HWOL)(TM) released today. Nationally, online job demand has been relatively flat over the last several months after sharp declines in December 2008 and January 2009. Nationally, there were over four unemployed looking for work for every online advertised vacancy, as the number of unemployed increased even as the number of advertised vacancies held steady.

While about 70 percent of workers in private industry had access to employer provided medical care benefits in March 2009, only 25 percent of the lowest wage earners – those with average hourly wages in the lowest 10 percent of all private industry wages – had such access, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.

Unemployment for people with disabilities reached its highest rate in nine months, according to a quarterly study by Allsup. At the same time, the Allsup Disability Study: Income at Risk shows the number of people applying for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits continues to climb, and the backlog of SSDI claims continues to slow [...]

As job demand continues to stabilize we see that nationally, labor demand shows a modest growth of 35,000 since March. The lastest results also show that States show a mixed picture in June – 24 States posting gains and 26 States posting declines. Modest growth in job demand is evident in Florida and Georgia over [...]