Chart: According to data supplied by workers, temporary help agency workers are only about 1 percent of total employment: Percent of workforce employed by a temporary help agency at main job, 1995–2017

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Note: Workers who are paid by a temporary help agency, whether or not their job is temporary.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Contingent Worker Supplement, Current Population Survey.

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