Small Business Hiring Shows Slight Gain, Slight Dip in Wages, Optimism Essentially Flat

The SurePayroll® Small Business Scorecard Shows Small Business Owners in Holding PatternGLENVIEW, IL —February 29, 2012 — SurePayroll , the leader in providing online payroll to small businesses nationwide, today announced February results for its monthly SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard® showing small business owners’ optimism about the economy essentially flat -- inching to a 66 percent from 65 percent in January. Month-over-month, SurePayroll Scorecard data shows hiring is up nationally at 0.04 percent from -0.2 percent in January. Wages are slightly