Temporary Employment in the U.S. to Grow Faster Than All Jobs Through 2025, According to New Job Forecast from TrueBlue and E...
November 01 2019 - 5:00AM
Business Wire
- Workers ages 35 and older make up the largest percentage of
temporary, or gig, workers; nearly 1 in 5 are ages 55 and
older
- Study reveals list of fastest-growing occupations and
locations
Forty-two percent of people picking up temporary work take on at
least two gigs per week1 and new research shows they will have even
more opportunities to choose from. Temporary Help Services is the
largest category of gig employment and serves as a bellwether for
broader growth trends. A study by TrueBlue and Emsi projects that
Temporary Help Services employment will grow to more than 3.2
million jobs by 2025, an increase of nearly 254,000 jobs (8.5
percent) from 2019. This compares to 6 percent growth for all U.S.
jobs from 2019 to 2025.
The study is based on Emsi’s data, which is aggregated from
state and federal employment sources. The analysis focuses on
Temporary Help Services workers who are employed by companies as
well as self-employed.
Key Findings:
- Temporary employment has been growing steadily for the last
several years as the U.S. recovered from the last recession. Nearly
480,000 jobs were added from 2012 to 2019 with companies seeking
more flexibility in how they staff and workers seeking greater
control over when and where they work.
- While temporary employment is relatively balanced among age
groups, the majority (57 percent) of people working temporary
assignments, or gigs, are ages 35 and older; 18 percent are ages 55
and older. The number one reason why people say they want to take
on gig work is to earn extra income followed by the desire to get
their foot in the door with a company.2
- 24 and younger – 16 percent
- 25 to 34 – 27 percent
- 35 to 44 – 21 percent
- 45 to 54 – 18 percent
- 55 and older – 18 percent
- Los Angeles, CA (adding 13,466 jobs), Dallas, TX (+13,435
jobs), Chicago, IL (+12,944 jobs), Grand Rapids, MI (+8,997 jobs)
and New York, NY (+8,718 jobs) are the top five metropolitan
statistical areas (MSAs) projected to add the largest number of
temporary jobs from 2019 to 2025.
- Supply chain-related jobs continue to dominate the list of
fastest-growing temporary occupations from production to
transportation and customer service.
“How companies and people look at work is different today,
likely inspired by the memories of a casualty-ridden recession and
the emergence of new technologies that make it easy to connect in
real time for on-demand employment needs,” said Patrick Beharelle,
CEO of TrueBlue. “Gig employment will continue to grow in
popularity as more companies choose to reduce fixed labor costs to
stay nimble and workers gravitate toward flexible work experiences
that fit their lifestyles.”
“The labor market continues to be tight, and businesses are
using many avenues to find the talent to keep their competitive
edge,” said Rob Sentz, Emsi’s chief innovation officer. “This
analysis indicates that gigs and other forms of temporary
employment are a viable way for people to enter the labor market
and for companies to quickly locate talent.”
1 and 2 TrueBlue’s October 2019 survey of more than 4,000 U.S.
gig workers.
The fastest-growing temporary occupations from 2019 to 2025
include:
Occupation
Temporary Employment
2019
Temporary Employment
2025
Temporary Employment
Growth
2019 to 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material
Movers, Hand
544.450
598,077
53,627
10%
Helpers – Production Workers
96,191
120,900
24,709
26%
Packers and Packagers, Hand
124,098
136,565
12,467
10%
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
57,429
62,958
5,529
10%
Human Resources Specialists
54,746
60,156
5,410
10%
Stock Clerks and Order Fillers
47,951
52,613
4,662
10%
Office Clerks, General
118,404
123,016
4,612
4%
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators
and Tenders
46,843
51,356
4,513
10%
Registered Nurses
45,155
49,637
4,482
10%
Construction Laborers
44,767
49,120
4,353
10%
Substitute Teachers
40,318
44,375
4,056
10%
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and
Housekeeping Cleaners
40,813
44,807
3,994
10%
Customer Service Representatives
91,746
95,475
3,729
4%
Software Developers, Applications
20,902
24,150
3,248
16%
About Emsi
Founded in 2001, Emsi is a labor market analytics firm that uses
data to improve economic prosperity by connecting people, education
and work in communities across the U.S. and internationally. Emsi
works with professionals in higher education, economic development,
workforce development, talent acquisition and site selection.
Headquartered in Moscow, Idaho, with offices in the U.K. and
Dallas, Emsi serves clients across the U.S., the U.K., Canada and
Australia. Learn more at www.economicmodeling.com.
About TrueBlue
TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI) is a global leader in specialized workforce
solutions that help clients achieve business growth and improve
productivity. In 2018, the company connected approximately 730,000
people with work. TrueBlue’s PeopleReady segment offers on-demand
industrial staffing services, PeopleManagement offers contingent
and productivity-based, on-site industrial staffing and driver
staffing services, and PeopleScout offers recruitment process
outsourcing (RPO) and managed service provider (MSP) solutions to a
wide variety of industries. Learn more at www.trueblue.com.
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TrueBlue Jennifer Grasz Vice President, Corporate
Communications jgrasz@trueblue.com (312) 840-6327
Emsi Meredith Metzker Data Journalist
meredith.metsker@economicmodeling.com (208) 883-3500
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