ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 143,000 Jobs in September; Annual Pay was Up 4.7%
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The September ADP® National Employment ReportTM reveals that private sector employment increased by 143,000 jobs in September 2024, with annual pay up 4.7% year-over-year. The report, produced by ADP Research in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, provides a high-frequency view of the private-sector labor market based on actual payroll data from over 25 million U.S. employees.
Key highlights include:
- Widespread job creation rebound across sectors, with only the information sector losing jobs
- Manufacturing added jobs for the first time since April
- Pay gains slowed in September, with job-stayers seeing a 4.7% increase and job-changers experiencing a 6.6% rise
- The South region led job growth with 61,000 new positions
- Large establishments (500+ employees) added 86,000 jobs
Positive
- Private sector employment increased by 143,000 jobs in September
- Job creation showed a widespread rebound after a five-month slowdown
- Manufacturing added jobs for the first time since April
- Large establishments (500+ employees) added 86,000 jobs
- Annual pay was up 4.7% year-over-year for job-stayers
Negative
- Information sector lost 10,000 jobs
- Small establishments (1-19 employees) lost 13,000 jobs
- Pay gains for job-changers declined from 7.3% in August to 6.6% in September
- East South Central region lost 9,000 jobs
News Market Reaction 1 Alert
On the day this news was published, ADP gained 1.24%, reflecting a mild positive market reaction.
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The jobs report and pay insights use ADP's fine-grained anonymized and aggregated payroll data to provide a representative picture of the private-sector labor market. The report details the current month's total private employment change, and weekly job data from the previous month. Because the underlying ADP payroll databases are continuously updated, the report provides a high-frequency, near real-time measure of
"Stronger hiring didn't require stronger pay growth last month," said Nela Richardson, chief economist, ADP. "Typically, workers who change jobs see faster pay growth. But their premium over job-stayers shrank to 1.9 percent, matching a low we last saw in January."
September 2024 Report Highlights*
View the ADP National Employment Report and interactive charts at www.adpemploymentreport.com.
JOBS REPORT
Private employers added 143,000 jobs in September
Job creation showed a widespread rebound after a five-month slowdown. Only one sector, information, lost jobs. Manufacturing added jobs for the first time since April.
Change in
Change by Industry Sector
- Goods-producing: 42,000
- Natural resources/mining 14,000
- Construction 26,000
- Manufacturing 2,000
- Service-providing: 101,000
- Trade/transportation/utilities 14,000
- Information -10,000
- Financial activities 2,000
- Professional/business services 20,000
- Education/health services 24,000
- Leisure/hospitality 34,000
- Other services 17,000
Change by
- Northeast: 32,000
- New England 7,000
- Middle Atlantic 25,000
- Midwest: 26,000
- East North Central 18,000
- West North Central 8,000
- South: 61,000
- South Atlantic 27,000
- East South Central -9,000
- West South Central 43,000
- West: 22,000
- Mountain 1,000
- Pacific 21,000
Change by Establishment Size
- Small establishments: -8,000
- 1-19 employees -13,000
- 20-49 employees 5,000
- Medium establishments: 64,000
- 50-249 employees 49,000
- 250-499 employees 15,000
- Large establishments: 86,000
- 500+ employees 86,000
PAY INSIGHTS
Pay gains slowed in September
Year-over-year pay gains for job-stayers fell slightly in September to 4.7 percent. For job-changers the decline was greater, falling from 7.3 percent in August to 6.6 percent.
Median Change in Annual Pay (ADP matched person sample)
- Job-Stayers
- Job-Changers 6.
Median Change in Annual Pay for Job-Stayers by Industry Sector
- Goods-producing:
- Natural resources/mining
3.6% - Construction
5.1% - Manufacturing
4.6%
- Service-providing:
- Trade/transportation/utilities
4.5% - Information
4.4% - Financial activities
4.9% - Professional/business services
4.6% - Education/health services
5.1% - Leisure/hospitality
4.7% - Other services
4.8%
Median Change in Annual Pay for Job-Stayers by Firm Size
- Small firms:
- 1-19 employees
4.0% - 20-49 employees
4.6%
- Medium firms:
- 50-249 employees
5.0% - 250-499 employees
4.8%
- Large firms:
- 500+ employees
4.7%
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* Sum of components may not equal total due to rounding.
The August total of jobs added was revised from 99,000 to 103,000. The historical data file and weekly data for the previous month are available at https://adpemploymentreport.com/.
To subscribe to monthly email alerts or obtain additional information about the ADP National Employment Report, including employment and pay data, interactive charts, methodology, and a calendar of release dates, please visit https://adpemploymentreport.com/.
The October 2024 ADP National Employment Report will be released at 8:15 a.m. ET on October 30, 2024.
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