Private companies added just 22,000 positions for January. The total was less than the downwardly revised 37,000 increase in December and below the consensus forecast for 45,000. The report starts 2026 off on basically the same note where 2025 ended: a lackluster job market in a low-hire, low-fire environment.

The latest ADP National Employment Report has revealed a significant increase in non-farm, private employment, showcasing a stronger-than-anticipated job growth in the United States. According to the report, the actual change in employment for the month was 63,000, a figure that notably exceeds the forecasted increase of 50,000 jobs.

Move supports ADP Research's mission to address changing landscape and make future of work more productive through data-driven discovery ADP will continue to report comprehensive jobs report and pay insights monthly The preliminary U.S. estimate will ...

The NER Pulse is an estimate of the week-over-week change in employment based on a four-week moving average. These estimates are based on ADP's finely tuned, high-frequency data. The data are seasonally adjusted and have a two-week lag to allow for more ...

The NER Pulse is an estimate of the week-over-week change in employment based on a four-week moving average. These estimates are based on ADP's finely tuned, high-frequency data. The data is seasonally adjusted and have a two-week lag to allow for more ...