Compared with the August monthly report, staffing employment grew by 0.5%. Staffing employment declined during the week of Sept. 7–13, with the ASA Staffing Index decreasing by 1.4% to a rounded value of 93. Many staffing companies cited the Labor Day holiday as a barrier to growth that week. Staffing jobs were 3.3% higher compared with the same period last year, down from 7.2% recorded the previous week.
New starts also decreased during the 37th week of the year, down 5.6% from the prior week. A little over four in 10 staffing companies (42%) reported gains in new assignments week to week, close to the average of 41% so far in 2026.
