ROSELAND, NJ--(Marketwired - May 3, 2017) - Private sector employment increased by 177,000 jobs from March to April according to the April 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.
April 2017 Report Highlights *
View the ADP National Employment Report Infographic at www.adpemploymentreport.com .
Total U.S. Nonfarm Private Employment: 177,000
By Company Size
- Small businesses: 61,000
- 1-19 employees 28,000
- 20-49 employees 33,000
- Medium businesses: 78,000
- 50-499 employees 78,000
- Large businesses: 38,000
- 500-999 employees 31,000
- 1,000+ employees 7,000
By Sector
- Goods-producing: 12,000
- Natural resources/mining 3,000
- Construction -2,000
- Manufacturing 11,000
- Service-providing: 165,000
- Trade/transportation/utilities 5,000
- Information 1,000
- Financial activities 2,000
- Professional/business services 72,000
- Professional/technical services 10,000
- Management of companies/enterprises 9,000
- Administrative/support services 53,000
- Education/health services 41,000
- Health care/social assistance 22,000
- Education 19,000
- Leisure/hospitality 35,000
- Other services 9,000
* Sum of components may not equal total, due to rounding.
- Franchise Employment**
- Franchise jobs 5,400
**Complete details on franchise employment can be found here .
"In April we saw a moderate slowdown from the strong pace of hiring in the first quarter," said Ahu Yildirmaz, vice president and co-head of the ADP Research Institute. "Despite a dip in job creation, the growth is more than strong enough to accommodate the growing population as the labor market nears full employment. Looking across company sizes, midsized businesses showed persistent growth for the past six months."
Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics, said, "Job growth slowed in April due to a pullback in construction and retail jobs. The softness in construction is continued payback from outsized growth during the mild winter. Brick-and-mortar retailers cut jobs in response to withering competition from online merchants."
To see Chart 1. Change in Total Nonfarm Private Employment, please click here : http://media.marketwire.com/attachments/20170...Chart1.jpg
To see Chart 2. Historical Trend -- Change in Total Nonfarm Private Employment, please click here : http://media.marketwire.com/attachments/20170...Chart2.jpg
To see Chart 3. Change in Nonfarm Private Employment by Selected Industry, please click here : http://media.marketwire.com/attachments/20170...Chart3.jpg
To see Chart 4. Change in Nonfarm Private Employment by Company Size, please click here : http://media.marketwire.com/attachments/20170...Chart4.jpg
The matched sample used to develop the ADP National Employment Report was derived from ADP payroll data, which represents 411,000 U.S. clients employing nearly 24 million workers in the U.S. The March total of jobs added was revised down from 263,000 to 255,000.
To obtain additional information about the ADP National Employment Report, including additional charts, supporting data and the schedule of future release dates, or to subscribe to the monthly email alerts and RSS feeds, please visit www.adpemploymentreport.com .
The May 2017 ADP National Employment Report will be released at 8:15 a.m. ET on June 1, 2017.
About the ADP National Employment Report ® The ADP National Employment Report ® is a monthly measure of the change in total U.S. nonfarm private employment derived from actual, anonymous payroll data of client companies served by ADP ® , a leading provider of human capital management solutions. The report, which measures nearly 24 million U.S. workers, is produced by the ADP Research Institute ® , a specialized group within the company that provides insights around employment trends and workforce strategy, in collaboration with Moody's Analytics, Inc.
Each month, ADP issues the ADP National Employment Report as part of the company's commitment to adding deeper insights into the U.S. labor market and providing businesses, governments and others with a source of credible and valuable information. The ADP National Employment Report is broadly distributed to the public each month, free of charge.
The data for this report is collected for pay periods that can be interpolated to include the week of the 12 th of each month, and processed with statistical methodologies similar to those used by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to compute employment from its monthly survey of establishments. Due to this processing, this subset is modified to make it indicative of national employment levels; therefore, the resulting employment changes computed for the ADP National Employment Report are not representative of changes in ADP's total base of U.S. business clients.
For a description of the underlying data and the statistical model used to create this report, please see the ADP National Employment Report : Development Methodology .
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