July’s six-year high for job creation in the U.S. has stayed consistent in August, according to a recent Gallup survey. The U.S. Job Creation Index stayed at +28 in August, tied with July’s result.

Job CreationThis month’s results show an increase from this time last year when the Job Creation Index was six points lower at +22.

Gallup uses a survey of more than 17,000 part-time and full-time working adults across the country to measure the hiring data that makes up the U.S. Job Creation Index.

August’s score was a result of subtracting the 13% of respondents who said their employers were letting employees go from the 41% of respondents who said their companies were hiring in August, creating a net hiring score of +28.

July and August marked the first months since 2008 that had more respondents say their companies were hiring new employees rather than simply maintaining the size of their current workforce.

A hiring increase in government jobs was one of the contributing factors of August’s high job creation number. Hiring of government employees had a Job Creation Index number of +17 in July and moved up six points to +23 in August. Hiring government employees has steadily increased since 2013, according to the report.

Hiring was up for local, state and federal government. State government had the highest employment gain from July to August, increasing 19 points from +14 to +33. Federal government moved up six points, from +1 to +7 and local government increased by five, from +17 to +22.

Though the steady Job Creation Index number shows that the job creation gains are remaining steady so far, the report says that the private-sector needs to begin hiring more employees in order for continued improvement to take place.

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