ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 44,000 Jobs in July; Annual Pay was Up 4.4%

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ROSELAND, N.J., Aug. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Private sector employment increased by 44,000 jobs in July and pay was up 4.4 percent year-over-year according to the July 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."Job-changers are highly sensitive to real-time economic conditions, and their rapid pay growth implies supply constraints in parts of the labor market," said Dr. Nela Richardson, chief economist, ADP. "Typical hiring patterns, meanwhile, are changing as employers react to shifting macro-economic conditions."July 2026 Report HighlightsView the ADP National Employment Report and interactive charts at www.adpemploymentreport.com.JOBS REPORTPrivate employers added 44,000 jobs in JulySector-level hiring was choppy last month, but pay sent a clear signal. Year-over-year pay for job-changers accelerated to its fastest pace of growth in nearly a year.Change in U.S. Private Employment:     44,000Change by Industry- Goods-producing:     -3,000 Natural resources/mining     -6,000Construction     1,000Manufacturing     2,000- Service-providing:     47,000Trade/transportation/utilities     -8,000Information     5,000Financial activities     10,000Professional/business services     9,000Education/health services     36,000Leisure/hospitality     -11,000Other services     6,000Change by U.S. Regions- Northeast:     37,000New England     16,000Mid-Atlantic     21,000- Midwest:     -9,000East North Central     -11,000West North Central     2,000- South:     9,000South Atlantic     -8,000East South Central...

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