Private businesses in the United States hired 275 thousand workers in April 2019, more than an expected 180 thousand gain and compared to March's upwardly revised 151 thousand increase. It was the largest payroll increase since July last year. The service-providing sector added 223 thousand jobs, driven mostly by professional & business (59 thousand), education & health (54 thousand), leisure & hospitality (53 thousand), and trade, transportation & utilities (37 thousand). Also, the goods-producing sector added 52 thousand jobs, mainly in the construction (49 thousand) and manufacturing sectors (5 thousand), while the natural resources & mining sector shed 2 thousand jobs. ADP Employment Change in the United States averaged 78.03 Thousand from 2001 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 360 Thousand in February of 2006 and a record low of -706 Thousand in February of 2009.
ADP Employment Change in the United States is expected to be 190.00 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 180.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United States ADP Employment Change is projected to trend around 150.00 Thousand in 2020, according to our econometric models.