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Small-business employment grew in March

Small-business employment grew by 1.25 percent in March, a jump over Februarys 0.2 percent increase, according to the CBIZ Small Business Employment Index.

By Amanda McGrory-Dixon | Updated on April 05, 2013

U.S. employers added just 88,000 jobs in March, but small-business employment grew by 1.25 percent, a jump over February’s 0.2 percent increase, according to the latest CBIZ Small Business Employment Index.

March’s job gains were less than half the average of the previous six months, when the economy added an average of 196,000 jobs a month. March’s figures also were greatly below February’s revised tally of 268,000 more jobs. 

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