The document analyzes one-month and twelve-month employment trends across U.S. regions, states, and industry sectors, emphasizing the pivotal role of small businesses in the economy. It highlights the Paychex|IHS Small Business Jobs Index, which tracks small business employment trends based on payroll data. Paychex, a leading human capital management provider, and IHS, a source of analytics and insight, are both mentioned as key players in this analysis.

1. 1-MonthPerformance
Highlightingthebestandworstshort-term performance,below isaone-month
analysisoftheindexpercentchangeforallnineU.S.regions,the20largeststates
andmetroareasbasedonU.S.population,andeightmajorindustrysectors.
12-MonthTrend
Callingoutthebestandworstlong-term trends,below isa12-Monthanalysisof
theindexpercentchangeforallnineU.S.regions,the20largeststatesandmetro
areasbasedonU.S.population,andeightmajorindustrysectors.
SmallbusinessesplayapivotalroleintheU.S.
economy,accountingfornearly95percentof
employers.Theyareavitalsourceofentrepreneurship
andinnovation.ThePaychex|IHSSmallBusiness
JobsIndextrackssmallbusinessemploymenttrends
bymeasuringaggregatedpayrolldatafrom the
Paychexclientbase,andprovidestimely,accurate
insightintonational,regional,state,metroandinsightintonational,regional,state,metroand
industryemploymentactivity.
100.650.00%
Paychex,Inc.(NASDAQ:PAYX)isaleadingproviderofintegrated
humancapitalmanagementsolutionsforpayroll,HR,retirement,
andinsuranceservices.Bycombiningitsinnovative
software-as-a-servicetechnologyandmobilityplatformwith
dedicated,personalservice,Paychexempowerssmall-and
medium-sizedbusinessownerstofocusonthegrowthand
managementoftheirbusiness.Backedbymorethan40yearsof
industryexpertise,Paychexservesapproximately590,000payrollindustryexpertise,Paychexservesapproximately590,000payroll
clientsacross100locationsandpaysoneoutofevery15American
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IHS(NYSE:IHS)istheleadingsourceofinsight,analyticsandexpertise
incriticalareasthatshapetoday’sbusinesslandscape.Businessesand
governmentsinmorethan140countriesaroundthegloberelyonthe
comprehensivecontent,expertindependentanalysisandflexible
deliverymethodsofIHStomakehigh-impactdecisionsanddevelop
strategieswithspeedandconfidence.IHShasbeeninbusinesssince
1959andbecameapubliclytradedcompanyontheNewYorkStock
Exchangein2005.HeadquarteredinEnglewood,Colorado,USA,IHSisExchangein2005.HeadquarteredinEnglewood,Colorado,USA,IHSis
committedtosustainable,profitablegrowthandemploysapproximately
8,600peoplein32countriesaroundtheworld.
2016Paychex,Inc.AllRightsReserved.
+3.50%
DALLAS
+1.48%
ST.LOUIS
+1.16%
MIAMI
+2.25%
NEWJERSEY
+1.06%
WISCONSIN
+0.90%
MASSACHUSETTS
+0.48%
MOUNTAIN
-4.21%
MINNEAPOLIS
-3.03%
HOUSTON
-1.72%
ATLANTA
-1.37%
GEORGIA
-1.34%
MARYLAND
-1.16%
VIRGINIA
-2.21%
WESTNORTH
CENTRAL
-0.45%
MIAMI
-0.44%
TAMPABAY
-0.43%
PHILADELPHIA
-0.76%
WASHINGTON
-0.57%
NEWJERSEY
-0.51%
ARIZONA
-0.14%
PACIFIC
+0.47%
DALLAS
+0.47%
MINNEAPOLIS
+0.39%
ATLANTA
+1.23%
TENNESSEE
+0.34%
MASSACHUSETTS
+0.32%
GEORGIA
+0.58%
EASTSOUTH
CENTRAL
0.31%
3-MonthNationalTrend
FFollowingasmallone-monthgainin
November,jobgrowthwasdownslightly
inDecember,0.05percent.Thenational
indexhasnothadconsecutiveincreases
sincethebeginningof2015.
12-MONTHCHANGE
BYINDUSTRYBYINDUSTRY
-0.37%
FINANCIAL
ACTIVITIES
BYINDUSTRYBYINDUSTRY
+0.26%
LEISUREAND
HOSPITALITY
BYINDUSTRYBYINDUSTRY
+1.72%
OTHERSERVICES
(EXCEPTPUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION)
BYINDUSTRYBYINDUSTRY
-1.16%
MANUFACTURING