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Survey says hiring is up, but paychecks are down in the small-business world.

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hired more people in 2004, but paid them less,according to the Scorecard compiled by SurePayroll, aSkokie, , service.

To generate the data, SurePayroll polled its over 14,000small-business customers across the country. Small businessesreported having 4.4 percent more employees last year. However, theaverage declined 4.8 percent. For detailed information oneach region, see the "What's the Score?" chartbelow.

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