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ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Shed 32,000 Jobs in November; Annual Pay was Up 4.4%
ROSELAND, N.J., Dec. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Private sector employment shed 32,000 jobs in November and pay was up 4.4 percent year-over-year according to the
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[{"type":"text","content":"ROSELAND, N.J., Dec. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Private sector employment shed 32,000 jobs in November and pay was up 4.4 percent year-over-year according to the November ADP National Employment Report® produced by ADP Research in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab (\"Stanford Lab\"). 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.\"Hiring has been choppy of late as employers weather cautious consumers and an uncertain macroeconomic environment,\" said Dr. Nela Richardson, chief economist, ADP. \"And while November's slowdown was broad-based, it was led by a pullback among small businesses.\"November 2025 Report HighlightsView the ADP National Employment Report and interactive charts at www.adpemploymentreport.com.JOBS REPORTPrivate employers shed 32,000 jobs in NovemberJob creation has been flat during the second half of 2025 and pay growth has been on a downward trend. November hiring was particularly weak in manufacturing, professional and business services, information, and construction.Change in U.S. Private Employment: -32,000Change by Industry- Goods-producing: -19,000Natural resources/mining 8,000Construction -9,000Manufacturing -18,000- Service-providing: -13,000Trade/transportation/utilities 1,000Information -20,000Financial activities -9,000Professional/business services -26,000Education/health services 33,000Leisure/hospitality 13,000Other services -4,000Change by U.S. Regions - Northeast: -100,000New England -50,000Mid-Atlantic -49,000- Midwest: 45,000East North Central 41,000West North Central 4,000- South: -43,000South Atlantic -78,000East South Central 31,000West South Central 3,000- West: 67,000Mountain 13,000Pacific 54,000Change by Establishment Size - Small establishments: -120,0001-19 employees -46,00020-49 employees -74,000- Medium establishments: 51,00050-249 employees 31,000250-499 employees 20,000- Large establishments: 39,000500+ employees 39,000PAY INSIGHTSPay growth slowed in NovemberYear-over-y...