NFIB’s new Small Business Employment Index unifies several jobs-related metrics into one single measure of the small business labor market—essentially, the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index but for jobs. This new index is constructed from questions on planned and actual changes in employment and employee compensation, featuring data from the past 40 years. Podcast host Holly Wade, NFIB Research Center Executive Director, explores the numbers behind the NFIB Small Business Employment Index and analyzes the trends beyond the data.  

Learn more about the new Small Business Employment Index and the greater economic trends in the latest Small Business Economic Trends report.