U.S. Private Sector Job Creation Accelerated in October -- ADP
November 03 2021 - 9:00AM
Dow Jones News
By Xavier Fontdegloria
Hiring among U.S. employers accelerated in October, suggesting
that the labor market recovery is gaining steam on improving health
conditions as the Covid-19 Delta variant wave winds down.
The U.S. nonfarm private employment increased by 571,000 in
October, data from ADP National Employment Report showed Wednesday,
above the 395,000 rise forecast by economists polled by The Wall
Street Journal.
In September, the U.S. private sector created 523,000 jobs, less
than the 568,000 payrolls initially estimated.
"The labor market showed renewed momentum last month," said Nela
Richardson, chief economist at ADP. October's data is higher than
the average of 385,000 monthly jobs added in the third quarter, she
said.
Large businesses, those of at least 500 workers, created 342,000
jobs in October, the data showed. Small businesses, with a maximum
of 49 employees, registered 115,000 payroll gains; and medium-sized
businesses, between 50 and 499 employees, added 114,000 jobs.
By sector, 458,000 jobs were created among services providers.
Among those, 185,000 were added in the leisure and hospitality
sector. Jobs in the goods-producing sector were up by 113,000, with
54,000 in construction, 53,000 in manufacturing and 6,000 in
natural resources and mining.
"Service-sector providers led the increase and the goods sector
gains were broad based, reporting the strongest reading of the
year," Ms. Richardson said.
The report, carried out by the ADP Research Institute along with
Moody's Analytics, is based on data through the 12th of the
month.
"As long as the pandemic remains contained, more big job gains
are likely in coming months," Mark Zandi, chief economist of
Moody's Analytics, said.
The U.S. Department of Labor is expected to release its
employment report for October, which covers the same period as the
ADP National Employment Report, on Friday. Economists polled by The
Wall Street Journal are expecting it to show nonfarm payrolls up by
450,000 for the month and the unemployment rate down to 4.7%. The
ADP series can diverge considerably from the Labor Department's
data.
Write to Xavier Fontdegloria at xavier.fontdegloria@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
November 03, 2021 08:45 ET (12:45 GMT)
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