Staffing hours worked for the week ended July 24 were up 35% year over year and were up 8.6% from the previous week, according to the latest SIA | Bullhorn Staffing Indicator, released today.
| Week ending July 24, 2021 | Indexed value | Year over year | Week over week |
| US staffing | 103 | +35% | +8.6% |
| Commercial staffing | 91 | +31% | +9.6% |
| Professional staffing | 125 | +37% | +6.1% |
The SIA | Bullhorn Staffing Indicator measures hours worked. It comprises two sets of analyses: a year-over-year comparison showing how the most recent week compared to the same week 12 months previously and an indexed value that has been benchmarked against data from the week ended Jan. 19, 2019.
In the week ended July 24, the index value was 103, up from the previous two weeks’ readings of 95 and 98.
The full report on the SIA | Bullhorn Staffing Indicator is available here.