Private Sector Employment Increased by 182K

(Updated - November 4, 2015 8:16 AM EST)

• ADP Employment Change 182K vs 180K Expected

Private sector employment increased by 182,000 jobs from September to October according to the October ADP National Employment Report. Broadly distributed to the public each month, free of charge, the ADP National Employment Report is produced by ADP 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.

October 2015 Report Highlights*

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

Total U.S. Nonfarm Private Employment: 182,000

• By Company Size
  • Small businesses: 90,000
    • 1-19 employees 50,000
    • 20-49 employees 41,000
  • Medium businesses: 63,000
    • 50-499 employees 63,000
  • Large businesses: 29,000
    • 500-999 employees 7,000
    • 1,000+ employees 22,000
• By Sector
  • Goods-producing 24,000
  • Service-providing 158,000
• Industry Snapshot
  • Construction 35,000
  • Manufacturing -2,000
  • Trade/transportation/utilities 35,000
  • Financial activities 9,000
  • Professional/business services 13,000

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

Payrolls for businesses with 49 or fewer employees increased by 90,000 jobs in October, almost double the revised September gain of 47,000. Employment among companies with 50-499 employees increased by 63,000 jobs, up 50 percent from the previous month. Employment at large companies -- those with 500 or more employees -- rose by 29,000 jobs in October after adding 101,000 the previous month. Companies with 500-999 added 7,000 jobs. Companies with over 1,000 employees gained 22,000 jobs, after adding 100,000 in September.

Goods-producing employment rose by 24,000 jobs in October, representing the best month in this sector since January of this year. The construction industry added 35,000 jobs in October, roughly matching September's gain. Meanwhile, manufacturing remained in negative territory losing 2,000 jobs in October after shrinking by 17,000 in September.

Service-providing employment rose by 158,000 jobs in October, down from a downwardly revised 182,000 in September. The ADP National Employment Report indicates that professional/business services contributed 13,000 jobs in October, less than half the September number. Trade/transportation/utilities grew by 35,000, off slightly from the previous month. The 9,000 new jobs added in financial activities were the fewest in this industry in the last six months.

"Firm size contributions to October employment gains returned to the same pattern we had been seeing for some time prior to September as small businesses rebounded to account for almost half the jobs added," said Ahu Yildirmaz, VP and head of the ADP Research Institute. "Large companies continue to be negatively impacted by trends such as low oil prices and the strong dollar driving weaker exports. On the other hand, small businesses can benefit from these same trends."

Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics, said, "Job growth as measured by the ADP Research Institute is not slowing meaningfully in contrast with the recent slowdown in the government's data. The economy is creating close to 200,000 jobs per month. Job gains are broad based with energy and manufacturing alone subtracting from the top line. Small businesses, in particular, are contributing to the labor market's solid performance."

To see Chart 1. Change in Total Nonfarm Private Employment, please click here:http://media.marketwire.com/attachments/201511/MOD-357186_Chart1.ChangeinTotalNonfarmPrivateEmployment.jpg

To see Chart 2. Historical Trend -- Change in Total Nonfarm Private Employment, please click here:http://media.marketwire.com/attachments/201511/MOD-357187_Chart2.HistoricalTrendChangeinTotalNonfarmPrivateEmployment.jpg

To see Chart 3. Change in Nonfarm Private Employment by Selected Industry, please click here:http://media.marketwire.com/attachments/201511/MOD-357188_Chart3.ChangeinNonfarmPrivateEmploymentbySelectedIndustry.jpg

To see Chart 4. Change in Nonfarm Private Employment by Company Size, please click here:http://media.marketwire.com/attachments/201511/MOD-357189_Chart4.ChangeinNonfarmPrivateEmploymentbyCompanySize.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 September total of jobs added was revised from 200,000 to 190,000.

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 November 2015 ADP National Employment Report will be released at 8:15 a.m. ET on December 2, 2015.

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