January Private Sector Employment Tops Expectations

(Updated - January 30, 2019 8:16 AM EST)

• ADP Employment Change (Jan) 213K vs 181K Expected

Private sector employment increased by 213,000 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.

January 2019 Report Highlights*

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

Total U.S. Nonfarm Private Employment: 213,000

By Company Size

- Small businesses: 63,000

• 1-19 employees 30,000
• 20-49 employees 32,000

- Medium businesses: 84,000

• 50-499 employees 84,000

- Large businesses: 66,000

• 500-999 employees 33,000
• 1,000+ employees 33,000

By Sector

- Goods-producing: 68,000

• Natural resources/mining -1,000
• Construction 35,000
• Manufacturing 33,000

- Service-providing: 145,000

• Trade/transportation/utilities 13,000
• Information 4,000
• Financial activities 11,000
• Professional/business services 46,000 - Professional/technical services 29,000 - Management of companies/enterprises 1,000 - Administrative/support services 16,000
• Education/health services 38,000 - Health care/social assistance 37,000 - Education 1,000
• Leisure/hospitality 31,000
• Other services 2,000

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

- Franchise Employment**

• Franchise jobs 33,000

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

"The labor market has continued its pattern of strong growth with little sign of a slowdown in sight," said Ahu Yildirmaz, vice president and co-head of the ADP Research Institute. "We saw significant growth in nearly all industries, with manufacturing adding the most jobs in more than four years. Midsized businesses continue to lead job creation, however the share of jobs was spread a bit more evenly across all company sizes this month."

Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics, said, "The job market weathered the government shutdown well. Despite the severe disruptions, businesses continued to add aggressively to their payrolls. As long as businesses hire strongly the economic expansion will continue on."

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 December total of jobs added was revised down from 271,000 to 263,000.

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 February 2019 ADP National Employment Report will be released at 8:15 a.m. ET on March 6, 2019.

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