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ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 22,000 Jobs in January; Annual Pay was Up 4.5%
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").
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[{"type":"text","content":"ROSELAND, 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").","length":313,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The 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.","length":456,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":""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."","length":312,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"January 2026 Report Highlights","length":30,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"View the ADP National Employment Report and interactive charts at www.adpemploymentreport.com.","length":94,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"JOBS REPORT","length":11,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Private 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.","length":305,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Change in U.S. Private Employment: 22,000","length":41,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Change by Industry","length":18,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"-Goods-producing: 1,000","length":23,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"list","items":[{"val":[{"type":"text","content":"Natural resources/mining 0","length":26,"tagName":"p"}]},{"val":[{"type":"text","content":"Construction 9,000","length":18,"tagName":"p"}]},{"val":[{"type":"text","content":"Manufact...