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Contact: Anthony Smith, state director of Nfib Oregon, anthony.smith@nfib.org
or Tony Malandra, Senior Media Manager, Anthony.malandra@nfib.org
Salem, Oregon, May 1, 2025—Is the problem from month to month that the owners of small businesses are having to fill their work open the new normality? Launch today of the Last job report Of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), which shows 34% (seasonally adjusted) of the owners of small businesses that report the work openings that could not be completed in April, it is additional evidence that this difficulty, which dates back to the pandemic, seems to have no end.
“One thing that Oregon’s legislature could do to relieve, not exacerbate, the situation would stop entertaining the idea of tax increases and new regulations,” said Anthony Smith, state director of NFIB in Oregon. “It is important to remember that everything is interrelated. Contract or not to hire is first related to the solvency of small businesses, which is helped or harmed by fiscal and regulatory policies.”
The NFIB job report is published on the first Thursday of each month. It is a national survey of the owners of small members of NFIB, not broken down by the State. The typical NFIB member uses between one and nine people and reports gross sales of around $ 500,000 per year.
From the chief economist of Nfib Bill Dunkelberg
“With the workers qualified in supply scarcity, the work openings remained solid in Main Street in March. As spring progresses, less small companies plan to create new positions, but they are looking to fill the current vacancies.”
Outstanding of the latest job report
- Work openings were the highest in the construction, transport and manufacturing sectors. Work openings in the wholesale industry increased 16 points from the previous month to 36%.
- 13% net seasonally adjusted from the owners plans to create new jobs in the next three months, a higher point from March.
- Seasonally adjusted, 33% net of small businesses reported having raised compensation in April, below five points from March.
- A net plan of 17% (seasonally adjusted) to increase compensation in the next three months, two points from March and the lowest since March 2021.
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For more than 80 years, NFIB has advocated on behalf of the owners of small and independent business in the United States, both in Washington, DC and in the 50 state capitals. NFIB is a non -profit association, not partisan and promoted by members. Since its foundation in 1943, NFIB has dedicated itself exclusively to small and independent companies and remains today. For more information, visit nfib.com.
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