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ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 428,000 Jobs in August
ROSELAND, N.J., Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Private sector employment increased by 428,000 jobs from July to August according to the August ADP National
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[{"type":"text","content":"ROSELAND, N.J., Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Private sector employment increased by 428,000 jobs from July to August according to the August ADP National Employment Report®. Broadly distributed to the public each month, free of charge, the ADP National Employment Report is produced by the ADP Research Institute® in collaboration with Moody's Analytics. The report, which is derived from ADP's actual payroll data, measures the change in total nonfarm private employment each month on a seasonally-adjusted basis. \nAugust 2020 Report Highlights*\nView the ADP National Employment Report Infographic at www.adpemploymentreport.com.\nTotal U.S. Nonfarm Private Employment: 428,000\nBy Company Size\n- Small businesses: 52,000\n1-19 employees 43,000 20-49 employees 9,000- Medium businesses: 79,000\n50-499 employees 79,000- Large businesses: 298,000\n500-999 employees 28,000 1,000+ employees 270,000By Sector\n- Goods-producing: 40,000\nNatural resources/mining 2,000 Construction 28,000 Manufacturing 9,000- Service-providing: 389,000\nTrade/transportation/utilities 58,000 Information -1,000 Financial activities 11,000 Professional/business services 66,000 - Professional/technical services 19,000 - Management of companies/enterprises 1,000 - Administrative/support services 47,000 Education/health services 100,000 - Health care/social assistance 85,000 - Education 15,000 Leisure/hospitality 129,000 Other services 25,000* Sum of components may not equal total, due to rounding. \n- Franchise Employment**\nFranchise jobs 21,500**Complete details on franchise employment can be found here.\n\"The August job postings demonstrate a slow recovery,\" said Ahu Yildirmaz, vice president and co-head of the ADP Research Institute. \"Job gains are minimal, and businesses across all sizes and sectors have yet to come close to their pre-COVID-19 employment levels.\"\n\n\n\n\nThe matched sample used to develop the ADP National Employment Report was derived from ADP payroll data, which represents 460,000 U.S. clients employing nearly 26 million workers in the U.S. The July total of jobs added was revised from 167,000 to 212,000. \nTo obtain additional information about the ADP National Employment Report, including additional charts, supporting data and the schedule of future release dates, or to subscribe to the monthly email alerts and RSS feeds, please visit...