Private businesses in the US hired just 428K workers in August of 2020, way below market expectations a 950K rise. It follows an upwardly revised 212K increase in July. The labor market continues to rebound from April's record slump in employment, although only half of the near 20 million jobs lost have been recovered so far. The service-providing sector added 389K jobs led by leisure and hospitality (129K); education and health (100K); professional and business (66K); trade, transportation & utilities (58K); and financial activities (11K) while the information sector lost 1K jobs. The goods-producing sector added 40K jobs, due to construction (28K), manufacturing (9K) and natural resources and mining (2K). Private payrolls in large companies were up 298K, midsized companies added 79K and small firms 52K.

ADP Employment Change in the United States averaged 27.70 Thousand from 2001 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 4485 Thousand in June of 2020 and a record low of -19409 Thousand in April of 2020. This page provides the latest reported value for - United States ADP Employment Change - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United States ADP Employment Change - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2020. source: Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

ADP Employment Change in the United States is expected to be 610.00 Thousand by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate ADP Employment Change in the United States to stand at 200.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United States ADP Employment Change is projected to trend around 150.00 Thousand in 2021, according to our econometric models.

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United States ADP Employment Change

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
428.00 212.00 4485.00 -19409.00 2001 - 2020 Thousand Monthly
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Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2020-06-03 12:15 PM May -2760K -19557K -9000K -9600K
2020-07-01 12:15 PM Jun 2369K 3065K 3000K 3000K
2020-08-05 12:15 PM Jul 167K 4314K 1500K 1550K
2020-09-02 12:15 PM Aug 428K 212K 950K 1000K
2020-09-30 12:15 PM Sep 428K 650K 610K
2020-11-04 01:15 PM Oct
2020-12-02 01:15 PM Nov
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US Companies Add Much Less Jobs than Expected: ADP
Private businesses in the US hired just 428K workers in August of 2020, way below market expectations a 950K rise. It follows an upwardly revised 212K increase in July. The labor market continues to rebound from April's record slump in employment, although only half of the near 20 million jobs lost have been recovered so far. The service-providing sector added 389K jobs led by leisure and hospitality (129K); education and health (100K); professional and business (66K); trade, transportation & utilities (58K); and financial activities (11K) while the information sector lost 1K jobs. The goods-producing sector added 40K jobs, due to construction (28K), manufacturing (9K) and natural resources and mining (2K). Private payrolls in large companies were up 298K, midsized companies added 79K and small firms 52K.
2020-09-02
US Private Sector Adds Fewer Jobs than Expected
Private businesses in the US hired just 167 thousand workers in July 2020, compared with a revised 4.3 million increase in June and way below market expectations a 1.5 million rise. The labor market continued to recover from April's record slump in employment, but a resurgence in COVID-19 infections forced several states to scale back or pause the reopening of their economies, sending some workers back to unemployment. The service-providing sector added 166 thousand jobs led by professional & business, education & health, trade, transportation & utilities, and leisure & hospitality. Still, employment declined in financial activities and information. The goods-producing sector added only 1 thousand jobs, as a rise in manufacturing employment was partially offset by declines in construction and natural resources & mining. Private payrolls in large companies were up 129 thousand and those in small companies advanced 63 thousand. However, midsized firms had to cut 25 thousand jobs.
2020-08-05
US Companies Add Less Jobs than Expected: ADP
Private businesses in the US hired 2.369 million workers in June of 2020, after an upwardly revised 3.065 million gain in the previous month. It compares with market forecasts of 3 million. The service-providing sector added 1.912 million jobs, mostly in leisure and hospitality (961K); trade, transportation and utilities (288K); education and health (283K); other services (215K); professional and business (151K); and financial activities (65K) while the information sector shed 50K. Meanwhile, the goods-producing sector added 457K workers, mainly in construction (394K) and manufacturing (88K) while natural resources and mining shed 26K. Private payrolls increased mostly in small companies (937K), followed by large (873K) and midsized (559K). Data for May was revised to show companies added 3.065 million jobs compared to an initial estimate of a 2.76 million cut. In April, companies shed a record 19.4 million due to the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-07-01
US Companies Shed 2.76 Million Jobs: ADP
Private businesses in the US fired only 2.76 million workers in May of 2020, after shedding a downwardly revised 19.56 million in the previous month which was the biggest decline ever in employment, due to the coronavirus pandemic and shutdown imposed. Figures came below market forecasts of a 9 million drop. The service-providing sector shed 1.967 million jobs, mostly in trade, transportation and utilities (-826 thousand), professional and business (-250 thousand), education and health (-168 thousand), information (-115 thousand) and leisure and hospitality (-105 thousand). Meanwhile, the goods-producing sector fired 794 thousand workers, mainly in manufacturing (-719 thousand), natural resources and mining (-52 thousand) and construction (-22 thousand). Private payrolls fell mostly in large companies (-1.6 million), followed by midsized (-722 thousand) and small (-435 thousand).
2020-06-03

United States ADP Employment Change
The ADP National Employment Report measures levels of non-farm private employment. The Report is based on the actual payroll data from about 24 million employees processed by the Automatic Data Processing, Inc.