Kansas City Fed Services Survey: Part-time employment: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally adjusted) - United States - Kansas City Fed - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Kansas City Fed Services Survey
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to recent survey data about services firms in the Tenth Federal Reserve District, the seasonally adjusted diffusion index for part-time employment (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) was -13.0 in September 2026, versus -3.0 in August.
Sample. This monthly series has 153 data points in total. The time range covered by the series goes from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here are a few statistics calculated on the full sample: the diffusion index had an average value of 1.4; it reached a maximum of 16.0 in May 2014; it reached a trough of -35.0 in April 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | -5.00000 |
| 2026-08-31 | -3.00000 |
| 2026-09-30 | -13.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did part-time or temporary employment increase or decrease in the past month? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Coincident indicator of the business cycle |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Diffusion index (share of respondents reporting an increase minus share reporting a decrease) |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Reproduction allowed subject to conditions |
| Other information | FS correspondence: Part-time employment |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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