Survey Results:
3Q 2008 |
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U.S. staffing firms employed an average of 2.69 million temporary and contract workers per day in the third quarter of 2008—down 11.8% from the same period last year and 2.2% lower than the second quarter of this year.
Temporary help sales in the second quarter totaled $18.0 billion, 4.7% lower than the same period last year.
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Staffing Employment and Sales Survey
The ASA quarterly survey of temporary and contract staffing collects information on sales, payroll, and employment. ASA has been conducting this survey on a quarterly basis since 1992.
It is the only survey-based estimate of U.S. temporary and contract staffing sales. The survey also tracks employment and payroll, with results that parallel the establishment surveys of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, the ASA survey covers more than 10,000 of the estimated 20,000 U.S. staffing firm establishments, a sample that is at least five times greater than the BLS sample.
Survey Details
- Methodology developed for ASA by Standard & Poor's DRI in 1992, revalidated in 2006
- Contracted to ASA corporate partner Inavero Institute for Service Research, a market research firm, to administer the survey and ensure confidentiality of participant data; ASA does not have access to individual company information and reports only aggregate results
- Secure Web-based survey questionnaire
- Participants are issued unique login names and passwords by the Inavero Institute for Service Research
Participation Information
ASA invites all U.S. staffing firms to participate. There are no fees for participation, and those who fill out the questionnaire receive an exclusive report on the survey results, which includes payroll data available nowhere else.
Survey Schedule
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4Q 2008 |
| Survey Opens |
Now Open |
| Data Due |
Feb. 9, 2009 |
| Results Released |
Feb. 23, 2009 |
Contact
Jessica Lautz
Director of Research
703-253-2048
jlautz@americanstaffing.net
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