Private sector employment increased by 174,000 jobs from December to January according to the January 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.
“The labor market continues its slow recovery amid COVID-19 headwinds,” said Ahu Yildirmaz, vice president and co-head of the ADP Research Institute. “Although job losses were previously concentrated among small and midsized businesses, we are now seeing signs of the prolonged impact of the pandemic on large companies as well.”
The 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 December total of jobs added was revised from -123,000 to -78,000.
Total U.S. Nonfarm Private Employment: 174,000
By Company Size
– Small businesses: 51,000
- 1-19 employees 26,000
- 20-49 employees 25,000
– Medium businesses: 84,000
- 50-499 employees 84,000
– Large businesses: 39,000
- 500-999 employees 28,000
- 1,000+ employees 11,000
By Sector
– Goods-producing: 19,000
- Natural resources/mining 0
- Construction 18,000
- Manufacturing 1,000
– Service-providing: 156,000
- Trade/transportation/utilities 16,000
- Information -2,000
- Financial activities 1,000
- Professional/business services 40,000
– Professional/technical services 16,000
– Management of companies/enterprises 1,000
– Administrative/support services 24,000 - Education/health services 54,000
– Health care/social assistance 48,000
– Education 6,000 - Leisure/hospitality 35,000
- Other services 10,000
* Sum of components may not equal total, due to rounding.
– Franchise Employment**
- Franchise jobs 10,700
**Complete details on franchise employment can be found here.
