Q1 2023 | ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey ManpowerGroup Proprietary Information | 2
Executive
Summary
• Used internationally as a bellwether of economic and labor market
trends, the Net Employment Outlook – calculated by subtracting the
percentage of employers who anticipate reductions to staffing levels
from those who plan to hire – now stands at +29% for the U.S. This is
six percentage point above the global average of +23%.
• The U.S. IT industry reports the most optimistic Outlook at +52%. This
is the highest Outlook for this industry worldwide. The second highest
Outlook is in Financials & Real Estate (+34%).
• The U.S. ties for 9th place in the world, with the most optimistic hiring
reported by employers in Panama (+39%) followed by Costa Rica
(+35%) and Canada (+34%).
• The Outlook is lower in all four U.S. regions than last year at this time,
and down in three out of four regions compared to last quarter.
• Large organizations (250+ employees) are more than three times
optimistic as micro (less than 10 employees) to hire in the coming
quarter with Outlooks of 36% and 10%, respectively.
