ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 185,000 Jobs in July
Source: ADP® (Automatic Data Processing)
ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 185,000 Jobs in July
ROSELAND, N.J. – August 5, 2015 – Private sector employment increased by 185,000 jobs from June to July according to the June ADP National Employment Report®. Broadly distributed to the public each month, free of charge, the ADP National Employment Report is produced by ADP®, a leading global provider of Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, 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.
Payrolls for businesses with 49 or fewer employees increased by 59,000 jobs in July, half of the June number. Employment among companies with 50-499 employees increased by 62,000 jobs, down from 78,000 the previous month. Employment gains at large companies – those with 500 or more employees – increased sharply from June, adding 64,000 jobs in July, up from 34,000. Companies with 500-999 added 17,000 jobs after adding 28,000 jobs in June. Companies with over 1,000 employees added 47,000 jobs, almost eight times the weak 6,000 added the previous month.
Goods-producing employment rose by 8,000 jobs in July, after adding 13,000 in June. The construction industry added 15,000 jobs in July, down from 17,000 last month. Meanwhile, manufacturing added 2,000 jobs in July, after gaining 9,000 in June.
Service-providing employment rose by 178,000 jobs in July, down from 216,000 in June. The ADP National Employment Report indicates that professional/business services contributed 42,000 jobs in July, down from June’s 61,000. Trade/transportation/utilities grew by 25,000, just over half of the previous month’s 47,000. The 10,000 new jobs added in financial activities was a drop from last month’s 16,000.
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Read more: http://www.adpemploymentreport.com/2015/July/NER/NER-July-2015.aspx
http://www.adpemploymentreport.com/2015/July/NER/docs/ADP-NATIONAL-EMPLOYMENT-REPORT-July2015-Final-Press-Release.pdf
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Nonetheless, what is important is not this month's results, but the trend. Let’s look at some earlier numbers:
Bureau of Labor Statistics, for employment in June 2015:
Payroll employment rises by 223,000 in June; unemployment rate declines to 5.3%
ADP® (Automatic Data Processing), for employment in June 2015:
ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 237,000 Jobs in June
Bureau of Labor Statistics, for employment in May 2015:
Payroll employment rises by 280,000 in May; unemployment rate essentially unchanged (5.5%)
ADP® (Automatic Data Processing), for employment in May 2015:
ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 201,000 Jobs in May
Bureau of Labor Statistics, for employment in April 2015:
Payroll employment rises by 223,000 in April; jobless rate essentially unchanged (5.4%)
ADP® (Automatic Data Processing), for employment in April 2015:
ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 169,000 Jobs in April
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