Employment services firm ManpowerGroup asked more than 11,000 employers in the 100 largest US metropolitan areas about their hiring plans for the three-month period ending in December and found that employers in all 50 states plan to increase their payrolls during the fourth quarter of 2015.
Of the surveyed employers, 21% expect to increase their payrolls and 6% say they’ll decrease their staffing levels. This yields a net increase of 15% that plan to hire — or 18% when seasonally adjusted, which is up 2% from last quarter, and up 3% from last year at this time.
Those are the strongest predictions in eight years.
"The US labor market continues to show broad-based, stable growth, with significant milestones over time such as hiring prospects at a seven-year high, unemployment at 5.1% and weekly jobless claims recently reaching a 40-year low," said Jonas Prising, CEO of ManpowerGroup, in a press release. "But as the labor market tightens, employers are increasingly telling us they are having difficulty finding skilled candidates — a situation not helped by the low labor participation rate.”
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas
Percent planning to increase staff levels: 35
Percent planning to decrease staff levels: 1
Net: 34%
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina
Percent planning to increase staff levels: 31
Percent planning to decrease staff levels: 4
Net: 27%
Stockton-Lodi, California
Percent planning to increase staff levels: 33
Percent planning to decrease staff levels: 6
Net: 27%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
Percent planning to increase staff levels: 28
Percent planning to decrease staff levels: 2
Net: 26%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida
Percent planning to increase staff levels: 25
Percent planning to decrease staff levels: 0
Net: 25%
Dayton, Ohio
Percent planning to increase staff levels: 32
Percent planning to decrease staff levels: 8
Net: 24%
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
Percent planning to increase staff levels: 30
Percent planning to decrease staff levels: 6
Net: 24%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minnesota-Wisconsin
Percent planning to increase staff levels: 26
Percent planning to decrease staff levels: 3
Net: 23%
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Arizona
Percent planning to increase staff levels: 27
Percent planning to decrease staff levels: 4
Net: 23%
Richmond, Virginia
Percent planning to increase staff levels: 30
Percent planning to decrease staff levels: 7
Net: 23%
El Paso, Texas
Percent planning to increase staff levels: 25
Percent planning to decrease staff levels: 3
Net: 22%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
Percent planning to increase staff levels: 26
Percent planning to decrease staff levels: 4
Net: 22%
Austin-Round Rock, Texas
Percent planning to increase staff levels: 26
Percent planning to decrease staff levels: 5
Net: 21%
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina
Percent planning to increase staff levels: 25
Percent planning to decrease staff levels: 4
Net: 21%
Columbus, Ohio
Percent planning to increase staff levels: 25
Percent planning to decrease staff levels: 4
Net: 21%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan
Percent planning to increase staff levels: 24
Percent planning to decrease staff levels: 3
Net: 21%
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska-Iowa
Percent planning to increase staff levels: 26
Percent planning to decrease staff levels: 5
Net: 21%
Salt Lake City, Utah
Percent planning to increase staff levels: 26
Percent planning to decrease staff levels: 5
Net: 21%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
Percent planning to increase staff levels: 24
Percent planning to decrease staff levels: 3
Net: 21%
Tucson, Arizona
Percent planning to increase staff levels: 25
Percent planning to decrease staff levels: 4
Net: 21%
