Mountain View, California, June 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA), the global research and advisory firm focused on staffing and workforce solutions, today announced the launch of the SIA Staffing Confidence Index, a new forward-looking benchmark that measures executive sentiment and signals directional shifts in the staffing industry.
The SIA Staffing Confidence Index provides a structured measure of how staffing leaders are experiencing current business conditions and how they expect the market to change in the months ahead. Similar in concept to widely followed measures such as the Consumer Confidence Index, it translates executive sentiment into a consistent signal that can be tracked over time.
“The staffing industry has never had a recurring benchmark dedicated specifically to measuring executive confidence,” said SIA President Ursula Williams. “In a market where conditions can shift quickly, leaders need signals to help them identify changes in direction early. SIA is uniquely positioned to introduce and lead that benchmark. The SIA Staffing Confidence Index reflects our commitment to providing forward-looking insight that helps leaders anticipate change rather than simply react to it.”
The Staffing Confidence Index is built from SIA’s recurring Pulse survey of US staffing firms, which tracks recent performance, market conditions, and operating trends, with a focus on:
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Gross margin
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Bill rate
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New orders
It incorporates both net changes over the past three months and expectations for the next six months, combining responses into a single directional index. Unlike a traditional revenue forecast, the SIA Staffing Confidence Index is designed to detect shifts in confidence rather than predict exact revenue outcomes.
SIA has collected the underlying data since February 2020. In back-testing, the SIA Staffing Confidence Index demonstrated a strong statistical relationship with year-over-year staffing revenue performance six months later, reinforcing its role as a leading market signal.
The SIA Staffing Confidence Index complements SIA’s other industry measurement tools:
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The SIA | Bullhorn Staffing Indicator, which tracks current revenue performance
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SIA’s Staffing Industry Forecasts, which project future revenue levels
By focusing specifically on executive expectations and psychology, the SIA Staffing Confidence Index adds a new forward-looking dimension to SIA’s market analysis.
SIA will publish the Staffing Confidence Index every other month as a recurring industry benchmark.