U.S. Private-Sector Employment Increased by 162,000 Jobs in September, According to ADP

Source: Automatic Data Processing, Inc., ADP

U.S. Private-Sector Employment Increased by 162,000 Jobs in September, According to ADP National Employment Report

Employment in the U.S. nonfarm private business sector increased by 162,000 from August to September, on a seasonally adjusted basis. The estimated gains in previous months were revised lower: The July increase was reduced by 17,000 to an increase of 156,000, while the August increase was reduced by 12,000 to an increase of 189,000.

Employment in the private, service-providing sector expanded 144,000 in September, down from 175,000 in August. Employment in the private, good-producing sector added 18,000 jobs in the September. Manufacturing employment rose 4,000, while construction employment rose 10,000, the strongest since March when mild winter weather was boosting construction activity. The financial services sector added 7,000 jobs in September, marking the fourteenth consecutive monthly gain.

Employment on large payrolls - those with 500 or more workers - increased 17,000 and employment on medium payrolls - those with 50 to 499 workers - rose 64,000 in September. Employment on small payrolls - those with up to 49 workers - rose 81,000 that same period. Of the 64,000 jobs created on medium-sized payrolls, 10,000 jobs were created by the goods-producing sector and 54,000 jobs were created by the service-providing sector.

For more information, please visit the methodology section of the ADP National Employment Report website at http://ADPemploymentreport.com/methodology.aspx.

Read more: http://www.adpemploymentreport.com/PDF/FINAL_Release_September_12.pdf

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These are released in .pdf format and discourage cutting and pasting, so I type in the text.

http://www.adpemploymentreport.com/pdf/FINAL_Report_September_12.pdf

"earthside" mentioned previous employment data. Here is a link to last month's Bureau of Labor Statistics report, which has links to many earlier reports.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014221739
August payroll employment rises (+96,000); unemployment rate edges down (8.1%)