Temp employment

Employment in temporary help services as a share of total employment, 1990–2018

Date Temporary help services
Jan-1990 1.0590%
Feb-1990 1.0629%
Mar-1990 1.0660%
Apr-1990 1.0597%
May-1990 1.0575%
Jun-1990 1.0590%
Jul-1990 1.0606%
Aug-1990 1.0572%
Sep-1990 1.0623%
Oct-1990 1.0435%
Nov-1990 1.0397%
Dec-1990 1.0339%
Jan-1991 1.0463%
Feb-1991 1.0346%
Mar-1991 1.0274%
Apr-1991 1.0260%
May-1991 1.0249%
Jun-1991 1.0273%
Jul-1991 1.0249%
Aug-1991 1.0348%
Sep-1991 1.0428%
Oct-1991 1.0454%
Nov-1991 1.0466%
Dec-1991 1.0540%
Jan-1992 1.0617%
Feb-1992 1.0684%
Mar-1992 1.0796%
Apr-1992 1.0902%
May-1992 1.1031%
Jun-1992 1.1109%
Jul-1992 1.1145%
Aug-1992 1.1226%
Sep-1992 1.1291%
Oct-1992 1.1443%
Nov-1992 1.1563%
Dec-1992 1.1739%
Jan-1993 1.1801%
Feb-1993 1.1855%
Mar-1993 1.1984%
Apr-1993 1.2164%
May-1993 1.2334%
Jun-1993 1.2449%
Jul-1993 1.2596%
Aug-1993 1.2693%
Sep-1993 1.2809%
Oct-1993 1.3095%
Nov-1993 1.3098%
Dec-1993 1.3206%
Jan-1994 1.3322%
Feb-1994 1.3546%
Mar-1994 1.3833%
Apr-1994 1.4033%
May-1994 1.4053%
Jun-1994 1.4256%
Jul-1994 1.4423%
Aug-1994 1.4487%
Sep-1994 1.4623%
Oct-1994 1.4690%
Nov-1994 1.4809%
Dec-1994 1.4803%
Jan-1995 1.4896%
Feb-1995 1.4944%
Mar-1995 1.4853%
Apr-1995 1.4762%
May-1995 1.4690%
Jun-1995 1.4637%
Jul-1995 1.4618%
Aug-1995 1.4788%
Sep-1995 1.5062%
Oct-1995 1.5021%
Nov-1995 1.5006%
Dec-1995 1.5032%
Jan-1996 1.4751%
Feb-1996 1.5076%
Mar-1996 1.5082%
Apr-1996 1.5201%
May-1996 1.5310%
Jun-1996 1.5443%
Jul-1996 1.5545%
Aug-1996 1.5675%
Sep-1996 1.5700%
Oct-1996 1.5567%
Nov-1996 1.5793%
Dec-1996 1.5913%
Jan-1997 1.6059%
Feb-1997 1.6224%
Mar-1997 1.6428%
Apr-1997 1.6569%
May-1997 1.6693%
Jun-1997 1.6749%
Jul-1997 1.6931%
Aug-1997 1.6786%
Sep-1997 1.6850%
Oct-1997 1.6997%
Nov-1997 1.7213%
Dec-1997 1.7381%
Jan-1998 1.7448%
Feb-1998 1.7526%
Mar-1998 1.7521%
Apr-1998 1.7559%
May-1998 1.7659%
Jun-1998 1.7833%
Jul-1998 1.7809%
Aug-1998 1.7908%
Sep-1998 1.7693%
Oct-1998 1.7962%
Nov-1998 1.8133%
Dec-1998 1.8297%
Jan-1999 1.8454%
Feb-1999 1.8632%
Mar-1999 1.8744%
Apr-1999 1.8838%
May-1999 1.8931%
Jun-1999 1.8985%
Jul-1999 1.9155%
Aug-1999 1.9150%
Sep-1999 1.9063%
Oct-1999 1.9588%
Nov-1999 1.9720%
Dec-1999 1.9921%
Jan-2000 1.9991%
Feb-2000 2.0003%
Mar-2000 2.0087%
Apr-2000 2.0288%
May-2000 2.0052%
Jun-2000 2.0046%
Jul-2000 2.0069%
Aug-2000 1.9962%
Sep-2000 1.9983%
Oct-2000 1.9866%
Nov-2000 1.9894%
Dec-2000 1.9497%
Jan-2001 1.9321%
Feb-2001 1.9035%
Mar-2001 1.8700%
Apr-2001 1.8099%
May-2001 1.7971%
Jun-2001 1.7663%
Jul-2001 1.7577%
Aug-2001 1.7393%
Sep-2001 1.7087%
Oct-2001 1.6847%
Nov-2001 1.6450%
Dec-2001 1.6373%
Jan-2002 1.6419%
Feb-2002 1.6531%
Mar-2002 1.6745%
Apr-2002 1.6939%
May-2002 1.6979%
Jun-2002 1.6993%
Jul-2002 1.6860%
Aug-2002 1.7091%
Sep-2002 1.6855%
Oct-2002 1.6811%
Nov-2002 1.6710%
Dec-2002 1.6660%
Jan-2003 1.6784%
Feb-2003 1.6692%
Mar-2003 1.6647%
Apr-2003 1.6437%
May-2003 1.6758%
Jun-2003 1.6986%
Jul-2003 1.7376%
Aug-2003 1.7273%
Sep-2003 1.7319%
Oct-2003 1.7367%
Nov-2003 1.7446%
Dec-2003 1.7607%
Jan-2004 1.7515%
Feb-2004 1.7599%
Mar-2004 1.7642%
Apr-2004 1.7853%
May-2004 1.8058%
Jun-2004 1.8033%
Jul-2004 1.8164%
Aug-2004 1.8254%
Sep-2004 1.8303%
Oct-2004 1.8673%
Nov-2004 1.8532%
Dec-2004 1.8433%
Jan-2005 1.8514%
Feb-2005 1.8637%
Mar-2005 1.8712%
Apr-2005 1.8773%
May-2005 1.8737%
Jun-2005 1.8891%
Jul-2005 1.8986%
Aug-2005 1.9084%
Sep-2005 1.9348%
Oct-2005 1.9396%
Nov-2005 1.9528%
Dec-2005 1.9487%
Jan-2006 1.9353%
Feb-2006 1.9380%
Mar-2006 1.9351%
Apr-2006 1.9337%
May-2006 1.9445%
Jun-2006 1.9428%
Jul-2006 1.9392%
Aug-2006 1.9437%
Sep-2006 1.9348%
Oct-2006 1.9278%
Nov-2006 1.9232%
Dec-2006 1.9256%
Jan-2007 1.9253%
Feb-2007 1.9202%
Mar-2007 1.9133%
Apr-2007 1.9061%
May-2007 1.8903%
Jun-2007 1.8868%
Jul-2007 1.8805%
Aug-2007 1.8735%
Sep-2007 1.8582%
Oct-2007 1.8619%
Nov-2007 1.8559%
Dec-2007 1.8441%
Jan-2008 1.8371%
Feb-2008 1.8110%
Mar-2008 1.7934%
Apr-2008 1.7863%
May-2008 1.7655%
Jun-2008 1.7445%
Jul-2008 1.7251%
Aug-2008 1.7038%
Sep-2008 1.6908%
Oct-2008 1.6427%
Nov-2008 1.5636%
Dec-2008 1.5170%
Jan-2009 1.4628%
Feb-2009 1.4352%
Mar-2009 1.3999%
Apr-2009 1.3621%
May-2009 1.3487%
Jun-2009 1.3370%
Jul-2009 1.3385%
Aug-2009 1.3392%
Sep-2009 1.3579%
Oct-2009 1.3776%
Nov-2009 1.4223%
Dec-2009 1.4595%
Jan-2010 1.5042%
Feb-2010 1.5224%
Mar-2010 1.5414%
Apr-2010 1.5613%
May-2010 1.5799%
Jun-2010 1.6032%
Jul-2010 1.5939%
Aug-2010 1.6236%
Sep-2010 1.6405%
Oct-2010 1.6654%
Nov-2010 1.6835%
Dec-2010 1.7176%
Jan-2011 1.7114%
Feb-2011 1.7246%
Mar-2011 1.7467%
Apr-2011 1.7466%
May-2011 1.7405%
Jun-2011 1.7320%
Jul-2011 1.7259%
Aug-2011 1.7529%
Sep-2011 1.7705%
Oct-2011 1.7843%
Nov-2011 1.7921%
Dec-2011 1.7987%
Jan-2012 1.8197%
Feb-2012 1.8462%
Mar-2012 1.8370%
Apr-2012 1.8431%
May-2012 1.8544%
Jun-2012 1.8718%
Jul-2012 1.8805%
Aug-2012 1.8782%
Sep-2012 1.8624%
Oct-2012 1.8723%
Nov-2012 1.8758%
Dec-2012 1.8749%
Jan-2013 1.8807%
Feb-2013 1.8904%
Mar-2013 1.9028%
Apr-2013 1.9118%
May-2013 1.9214%
Jun-2013 1.9265%
Jul-2013 1.9314%
Aug-2013 1.9330%
Sep-2013 1.9411%
Oct-2013 1.9308%
Nov-2013 1.9274%
Dec-2013 1.9428%
Jan-2014 1.9469%
Feb-2014 1.9618%
Mar-2014 1.9679%
Apr-2014 1.9719%
May-2014 1.9777%
Jun-2014 1.9828%
Jul-2014 1.9893%
Aug-2014 2.0015%
Sep-2014 2.0086%
Oct-2014 2.0043%
Nov-2014 2.0128%
Dec-2014 2.0196%
Jan-2015 2.0160%
Feb-2015 2.0112%
Mar-2015 2.0155%
Apr-2015 2.0194%
May-2015 2.0260%
Jun-2015 2.0370%
Jul-2015 2.0295%
Aug-2015 2.0293%
Sep-2015 2.0232%
Oct-2015 2.0316%
Nov-2015 2.0331%
Dec-2015 2.0507%
Jan-2016 2.0133%
Feb-2016 2.0067%
Mar-2016 2.0062%
Apr-2016 2.0054%
May-2016 1.9844%
Jun-2016 1.9897%
Jul-2016 1.9911%
Aug-2016 1.9844%
Sep-2016 2.0052%
Oct-2016 2.0015%
Nov-2016 2.0106%
Dec-2016 1.9952%
Jan-2017 1.9917%
Feb-2017 1.9885%
Mar-2017 1.9918%
Apr-2017 1.9932%
May-2017 2.0028%
Jun-2017 2.0086%
Jul-2017 2.0149%
Aug-2017 2.0155%
Sep-2017 2.0224%
Oct-2017 2.0321%
Nov-2017 2.0340%
Dec-2017 2.0309%
Jan-2018 2.0273%
Feb-2018 2.0379%
Mar-2018 2.0337%
Apr-2018 2.0377%
May-2018 2.0294%
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