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ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 22,000 Jobs in January; Annual Pay was Up 4.5%
ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 22,000 Jobs in January; An...
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[{"type":"text","content":"ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 22,000 Jobs in January; Annual Pay was Up 4.5%\n\n\nADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 22,000 Jobs in January; Annual Pay was Up 4.5%\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\nPR Newswire\n\n\nROSELAND, N.J., Feb. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Private sector employment increased by 22,000 jobs in January and pay was up 4.5 percent year-over-year according to the January ADP National Employment Report® produced by ADP Research in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab (\"Stanford Lab\").  \nThe ADP National Employment Report is an independent measure of the labor market based on the anonymized weekly payroll data of more than 26 million private-sector employees in the United States. ADP's Pay Insights captures over 15 million individual pay change observations each month. Together, the jobs report and pay insights use ADP's fine-grained data to provide a representative and high-frequency picture of the private-sector labor market.\n\"Job creation took a step back in 2025, with private employers adding 398,000 jobs, down from 771,000 in 2024,\" said Dr. Nela Richardson, chief economist, ADP. \"While we've seen a continuous and dramatic slowdown in job creation for the past three years, wage growth has remained stable.\"\nJanuary 2026 Report Highlights\nView the ADP National Employment Report and interactive charts at www.adpemploymentreport.com.\nJOBS REPORT\nPrivate employers added 22,000 jobs in January In a lackluster month for hiring, the education and health services sector was a standout, adding 74,000 jobs. Leading the slowdown was manufacturing, which has lost jobs every month since March 2024, professional and business services, and large employers.\nChange in U.S. Private Employment:     22,000\nChange by Industry\n-Goods-producing:     1,000\nNatural resources/mining     0Construction     9,000Manufacturing     -8,000-Service-providing:     21,000\...