April ADP Employment Change 169K vs 200K Expected

(Updated - May 6, 2015 8:24 AM EDT)

The private sector added 169,000 jobs in April, according to the lates ADP Employment Report. This was well below the 200,000 jobs economists on average were looking for.

From the report:

Private sector employment increased by 169,000 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 ADP, a leading global provider of Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, 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 2015 Report Highlights*

View the ADP National Employment Report Infographic atwww.adpemploymentreport.com.

Total U.S. Nonfarm Private Employment: 169,000

• By Company Size
  • Small businesses: 94,000
    • 1-19 employees 54,000
    • 20-49 employees 40,000
  • Medium businesses:
    • 50-499 employees 70,000
  • Large businesses: 5,000
  • 500-999 employees 0
  • 1,000+ employees 5,000
• By Sector
  • Goods-producing -1,000
  • Service-providing 170,000
• Industry Snapshot
  • Construction 23,000
  • Manufacturing -10,000
  • Trade/transportation/utilities 44,000
  • Financial activities 7,000
  • Professional/business services 34,000

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

Payrolls for businesses with 49 or fewer employees increased by 94,000 jobs in April, down from 105,000 in March. Employment among companies with 50-499 employees increased by 70,000 jobs, up from 64,000 the previous month. Employment gains at large companies -- those with 500 or more employees -- decreased slightly from March, adding 5,000 jobs in April, down from 6,000. Companies with 500-999 employees added no jobs, after adding just 2,000 in March. Companies with over 1,000 employees added 5,000 jobs, a small improvement from 4,000 the previous month.

Goods-producing employment declined by 1,000 jobs in April, down from 3,000 jobs gained in March. The construction industry added 23,000 jobs, up from 21,000 last month. Meanwhile, manufacturing lost 10,000 jobs in April, after losing 3,000 in March.

Service-providing employment rose by 170,000 jobs in April, down slightly from 172,000 in March. The ADP National Employment Report indicates that professional/business services contributed 34,000 jobs in April, up from March's 28,000. Expansion in trade/transportation/utilities grew by 44,000, up from March's 41,000. The 7,000 new jobs added in financial activities is a drop from last month's 12,000.

"April job gains came in under 200,000 for the second straight month," said Carlos Rodriguez, president and chief executive officer of ADP. "Companies with 500 or more employees had the slowest growth."

Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics, said, "Fallout from the collapse of oil prices and the surging value of the dollar are weighing on job creation. Employment in the energy sector and manufacturing is declining. However, this should prove temporary and job growth will reaccelerate this summer."

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