2019 State of the Workforce Report Archives

The NER Pulse

For the four weeks ending Dec. 6, 2025, private employers added an average of 11,500 jobs a week, slowing from an upwardly revised 17,500 the prior week. While job growth slowed, hiring remained in positive territory for a third week. These numbers are preliminary and could change as new data is added.

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April 16, 2019

Summary of findings for the 2019 State of the Workforce Report

by Ahu Yildirmaz, Ph.D., Christopher Ryan, Jeff Nezaj

The first annual State of the Workforce Report provides decision makers with organizational benchmarks to compare against their own internal HR statistics.

National Averages

The National Summary Statistics section provides a high-level overview of HR metrics at the national level, inclusive of all industries and all firm sizes (of at least 50 employees).

Males and females show ...

April 16, 2019