ALT Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) and global provider of staffing software Bullhorn bring you the SIA | Bullhorn Staffing Indicator for the week ending October 10, 2026: 🟦 Staffing hours were up 11% compared to a year ago in the week ending October 10 and reached another year-to-date high. 🟦 Commercial hours were up 12% y/y and also reached a new year-to-date high. Professional hours were up 9% compared to a year ago and remained close to their year-to-date highest level reached the previous week. 🟦 On a skill segment level, Industrial occupation hours were up 17% y/y and reached the benchmarked Indicator value of 100 (a level last seen in December 2022). 🟦 IT occupation hours were up 6% y/y, and Office/Clerical hours were down 7% y/y.

ALT Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) and global provider of staffing software Bullhorn bring you the SIA | Bullhorn Staffing Indicator for the week ending October 3, 2026: 🟦 US Staffing hours were up 11% compared to a year ago in the week ending October 3rd and reached another year-to-date high. Commercial and Professional hours also reached year-to-date highs, up 13% and 9% y/y, respectively. 🟦 Looking at the month-to-month trend so far this year, both Commercial and Professional staffing hours have displayed a positive sequential growth trend. 🟦 On a skill segment level, Industrial occupation hours were up 17% y/y, IT occupation hours were up 8% y/y, and Office/Clerical hours were down 7% y/y. 🟦 Industrial staffing hours have shown an impressive ramp starting in late April and continuing through September, as demand has returned from clients in manufacturing and logistics, as well as areas related to data centers.

ALT Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) and global provider of staffing software Bullhorn bring you the SIA | Bullhorn Staffing Indicator for the week ending September 26, 2026: 🟦 US Staffing hours were up 9% compared to a year ago in the week ending September 26th and reached another year-to-date high. Commercial and Professional hours also reached year-to-date highs, up 11% and 8% y/y, respectively. 🟦 Looking at the month-to-month trend so far this year, both Commercial and Professional staffing hours have displayed a positive sequential growth trend. 🟦 On a skill segment level, Industrial occupation hours were up 15% y/y, IT occupation hours were up 6% y/y, and Office/Clerical hours were down 8% y/y. 🟦 The Industrial Indicator levels are now higher than they were one, two, and three years ago at this time of year.

ALT “While a major theme of 2026 remains a substantial improvement in demand for temporary staffing, today’s soft numbers from the BLS are a reminder that employers are facing uncertainty from inflation, policy changes, AI disruption, and other factors that delay spending on staffing services,” said Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) Senior Vice President of Research Timothy Landhuis. Analysts: Michael Schultz and Timothy Landhuis