December Private Sector Job Growth Tops Expectations

(Updated - January 8, 2020 8:16 AM EST)

• ADP Employment Change (Dec) 202K vs 160K Expected

Private sector employment increased by 202,000 jobs from November to December according to the December 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.

December 2019 Report Highlights*

View the ADP National Employment Report Infographic at www.adpemploymentreport.com.

Total U.S. Nonfarm Private Employment: 202,000

By Company Size

- Small businesses: 69,000

• 1-19 employees 9,000
• 20-49 employees 60,000

- Medium businesses: 88,000

• 50-499 employees 88,000

- Large businesses: 45,000

• 500-999 employees 26,000
• 1,000+ employees 18,000

By Sector

- Goods-producing: 29,000

• Natural resources/mining -1,000
• Construction 37,000
• Manufacturing -7,000

- Service-providing: 173,000

• Trade/transportation/utilities 78,000
• Information -14,000
• Financial activities 10,000
• Professional/business services 61,000 - Professional/technical services 25,000 - Management of companies/enterprises 5,000 - Administrative/support services 32,000
• Education/health services 49,000 - Health care/social assistance 46,000 - Education 3,000
• Leisure/hospitality -21,000
• Other services 10,000

* Sum of components may not equal total, due to rounding.

Franchise Employment**

• Franchise jobs 59,700

**Complete details on franchise employment can be found here.

"As 2019 came to a close, we saw expanded payrolls in December," said Ahu Yildirmaz, vice president and co-head of the ADP Research Institute. "The service providers posted the largest gain since April, driven mainly by professional and business services. Job creation was strong across companies of all sizes, led predominantly by midsized companies."

Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics, said, "Looking through the monthly vagaries of the data, job gains continue to moderate. Manufacturers, energy producers and small companies have been shedding jobs. Unemployment is low, but will begin to rise if job growth slows much further."

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 November total of jobs added was revised up from 67,000 to 124,000.

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 January 2020 ADP National Employment Report will be released at 8:15 a.m. ET on February 5, 2020.

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