ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 155,000 Jobs in March; Annual Pay was Up 4.6%
ADP's March 2025 National Employment Report shows private sector employment increased by 155,000 jobs, with annual pay rising 4.6% year-over-year. The report highlights significant sector-specific changes, with manufacturing adding 21,000 jobs and financial activities gaining 38,000 positions.
By establishment size, large companies (500+ employees) led job creation with 59,000 new positions, followed by small establishments adding 52,000 jobs, and medium-sized businesses contributing 43,000 jobs. Regional data showed strong growth in the Northeast (89,000) and Midwest (81,000), while the West experienced a decline (-41,000).
Pay insights revealed job-changers earned a premium of 1.9 percentage points over job-stayers, with their wages increasing by 6.5% compared to 4.6% for those who remained in their positions. The February jobs number was revised upward from 77,000 to 84,000.
Il Rapporto Nazionale sull'Occupazione di ADP di marzo 2025 mostra che l'occupazione nel settore privato è aumentata di 155.000 posti di lavoro, con una crescita salariale annuale del 4,6% rispetto all'anno precedente. Il rapporto evidenzia cambiamenti significativi specifici per settore, con il settore manifatturiero che ha aggiunto 21.000 posti di lavoro e le attività finanziarie che hanno guadagnato 38.000 posizioni.
Per dimensione dell'azienda, le grandi aziende (oltre 500 dipendenti) hanno guidato la creazione di posti di lavoro con 59.000 nuove posizioni, seguite dalle piccole imprese che hanno aggiunto 52.000 posti di lavoro e dalle medie imprese che hanno contribuito con 43.000 posti. I dati regionali hanno mostrato una forte crescita nel Nordest (89.000) e nel Midwest (81.000), mentre il West ha registrato un calo (-41.000).
Le informazioni sui salari hanno rivelato che coloro che hanno cambiato lavoro hanno guadagnato un premio di 1,9 punti percentuali rispetto a coloro che sono rimasti nel loro posto, con i loro salari che sono aumentati del 6,5% rispetto al 4,6% per coloro che sono rimasti nelle loro posizioni. Il numero di posti di lavoro di febbraio è stato rivisto al rialzo da 77.000 a 84.000.
El Informe Nacional de Empleo de ADP de marzo de 2025 muestra que el empleo en el sector privado aumentó en 155,000 puestos de trabajo, con un incremento salarial anual del 4.6% en comparación con el año anterior. El informe destaca cambios significativos específicos por sector, con la manufactura añadiendo 21,000 puestos de trabajo y las actividades financieras ganando 38,000 posiciones.
Por tamaño de establecimiento, las grandes empresas (más de 500 empleados) lideraron la creación de empleo con 59,000 nuevas posiciones, seguidas por pequeños establecimientos que añadieron 52,000 puestos de trabajo y empresas medianas que contribuyeron con 43,000 empleos. Los datos regionales mostraron un fuerte crecimiento en el Noreste (89,000) y el Medio Oeste (81,000), mientras que el Oeste experimentó una disminución (-41,000).
Los datos sobre salarios revelaron que quienes cambiaron de trabajo ganaron un premio de 1.9 puntos porcentuales sobre quienes se quedaron en su puesto, con sus salarios aumentando un 6.5% en comparación con el 4.6% de aquellos que permanecieron en sus posiciones. El número de empleos de febrero fue revisado al alza de 77,000 a 84,000.
ADP의 2025년 3월 국가 고용 보고서에 따르면 민간 부문 고용이 155,000개 일자리 증가했으며, 연간 급여는 전년 대비 4.6% 상승했습니다. 이 보고서는 제조업이 21,000개의 일자리를 추가하고 금융 활동이 38,000개의 직위를 얻는 등 특정 산업별로 중요한 변화를 강조합니다.
기업 규모별로 대기업(500명 이상)이 59,000개의 새로운 직위를 추가하며 일자리 창출을 이끌었고, 소규모 기업이 52,000개의 일자리를 추가했으며, 중기업이 43,000개의 일자리를 기여했습니다. 지역 데이터는 북동부(89,000)와 중서부(81,000)에서 강한 성장을 보여주었고, 서부는 감소(-41,000)를 경험했습니다.
급여 정보에 따르면 직장을 바꾼 사람들이 직장에 남은 사람들보다 1.9%포인트 더 높은 급여를 받았으며, 이들의 급여는 6.5% 증가한 반면, 직장에 남은 사람들은 4.6% 증가했습니다. 2월의 일자리 수치는 77,000에서 84,000으로 상향 조정되었습니다.
Le Rapport National sur l'Emploi d'ADP de mars 2025 montre que l'emploi dans le secteur privé a augmenté de 155 000 postes, avec une augmentation des salaires annuels de 4,6% par rapport à l'année précédente. Le rapport met en évidence des changements sectoriels significatifs, avec le secteur manufacturier ajoutant 21 000 postes et les activités financières gagnant 38 000 emplois.
Par taille d'établissement, les grandes entreprises (plus de 500 employés) ont mené la création d'emplois avec 59 000 nouvelles positions, suivies par les petites entreprises qui ont ajouté 52 000 postes, et les entreprises de taille moyenne qui ont contribué avec 43 000 emplois. Les données régionales ont montré une forte croissance dans le Nord-Est (89 000) et le Midwest (81 000), tandis que l'Ouest a connu un déclin (-41 000).
Les informations sur les salaires ont révélé que ceux qui ont changé d'emploi ont gagné un bonus de 1,9 points de pourcentage par rapport à ceux qui sont restés dans leur poste, avec une augmentation de leur salaire de 6,5 % contre 4,6 % pour ceux qui sont restés dans leurs fonctions. Le nombre d'emplois de février a été révisé à la hausse de 77 000 à 84 000.
Der Nationale Beschäftigungsbericht von ADP für März 2025 zeigt, dass die Beschäftigung im privaten Sektor um 155.000 Arbeitsplätze gestiegen ist, während die Jahresvergütung um 4,6% im Vergleich zum Vorjahr zugenommen hat. Der Bericht hebt signifikante sektorale Veränderungen hervor, wobei die Fertigung 21.000 Arbeitsplätze hinzugefügt hat und die Finanzdienstleistungen 38.000 Positionen gewonnen haben.
Nach Unternehmensgröße führten große Unternehmen (über 500 Mitarbeiter) mit 59.000 neuen Stellen die Jobschaffung an, gefolgt von kleinen Betrieben, die 52.000 Arbeitsplätze hinzufügten, und mittelständischen Unternehmen, die 43.000 Arbeitsplätze beitrugen. Regionale Daten zeigten ein starkes Wachstum im Nordosten (89.000) und im Mittleren Westen (81.000), während der Westen einen Rückgang (-41.000) erlebte.
Die Gehaltsinformationen zeigten, dass Jobwechsler einen Aufschlag von 1,9 Prozentpunkten gegenüber Jobbleibern verdienten, wobei ihre Löhne um 6,5% im Vergleich zu 4,6% für diejenigen, die in ihren Positionen blieben, stiegen. Die Zahl der Arbeitsplätze im Februar wurde von 77.000 auf 84.000 nach oben korrigiert.
- Private sector added 155,000 jobs, nearly double February's revised 84,000
- Manufacturing sector showed strong performance with 21,000 new jobs
- Financial activities sector added 38,000 jobs
- Professional/business services sector led job creation with 57,000 new positions
- Consistent job growth across all establishment sizes
- West region lost 41,000 jobs
- Trade/transportation/utilities sector lost 6,000 jobs
- Natural resources/mining sector declined by 3,000 jobs
- Pay growth slowed, with job-changers' premium matching series low
- Small business (1-19 employees) wage growth notably low at 2.9%
Insights
The ADP National Employment Report demonstrates solid labor market resilience with 155,000 private sector jobs added in March, substantially above February's revised 84,000 figure. This employment growth directly benefits ADP's core business model as a payroll processor, since their revenue scales with the number of employees on their clients' payrolls.
Most impressive is the broad-based growth across company sizes, with small businesses adding 52,000 jobs, medium establishments adding 43,000, and large companies adding 59,000. This balanced distribution aligns perfectly with ADP's diverse client portfolio across business segments.
The sectoral analysis reveals particularly strong gains in high-value segments: financial activities (+38,000) and professional/business services (+57,000) - sectors that typically utilize ADP's more comprehensive HR and payroll solutions with higher margins.
From an investor perspective, the report showcases ADP's expanding data analytics capabilities, now capturing 14.8 million monthly pay observations (up from 10 million at launch). This growing dataset strengthens ADP's competitive moat as a workforce intelligence provider beyond basic payroll processing.
The moderating annual pay growth of 4.6% for job-stayers indicates cooling wage inflation while remaining above historical averages - a "Goldilocks" scenario that supports continued employment growth without triggering aggressive monetary tightening that could hurt ADP's interest income on funds held for clients.
The March employment data reveals nuanced regional economic realignment that warrants attention. The Northeast (+89,000 jobs) and Midwest (+81,000) showed remarkable strength, while the West region lost 41,000 jobs - suggesting a potential geographic shift in economic activity that companies like ADP are uniquely positioned to identify through their payroll data.
Manufacturing's second consecutive month of stronger-than-average gains (+21,000 jobs) contradicts broader narratives about manufacturing decline and represents high-quality job creation in a sector with comprehensive benefits administration needs.
The narrowing pay premium for job-changers to 1.9 percentage points (matching a series low) signals decreasing labor market churn and potentially improving employee retention - a subtle but important indicator of labor market normalization after years of volatility.
The construction sector's slowing job growth (+6,000) despite the typically robust spring hiring season warrants monitoring as a potential leading indicator for economic headwinds. Similarly, the contraction in trade/transportation/utilities (-6,000) suggests potential softness in consumer spending and logistics activity.
For payroll processors like ADP, these sectoral shifts offer opportunities to provide strategic workforce guidance beyond transaction processing. The detailed industry and regional breakdowns demonstrate ADP's ability to capture granular labor market trends through their vast dataset covering over 25 million U.S. employees, reinforcing their value proposition as both a service provider and data authority.
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
"Despite policy uncertainty and downbeat consumers, the bottom line is this: The March topline number was a good one for the economy and employers of all sizes, if not necessarily all sectors," said Nela Richardson, chief economist, ADP.
March 2025 Report Highlights*
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JOBS REPORT
Private employers added 155,000 jobs in March
Manufacturing delivered stronger-than-average job gains for the second straight month. Construction hiring slowed. Natural resources and trade, transportation, and utilities lost jobs.
Change in
Change by Industry Sector
- Goods-producing: 24,000
- Natural resources/mining -3,000
- Construction 6,000
- Manufacturing 21,000
- Service-providing: 132,000
- Trade/transportation/utilities -6,000
- Information 3,000
- Financial activities 38,000
- Professional/business services 57,000
- Education/health services 12,000
- Leisure/hospitality 17,000
- Other services 11,000
Change by
- Northeast: 89,000
- New England 57,000
- Middle Atlantic 32,000
- Midwest: 81,000
- East North Central 76,000
- West North Central 5,000
- South: 27,000
- South Atlantic 7,000
- East South Central 24,000
- West South Central -4,000
- West: -41,000
- Mountain -12,000
- Pacific -29,000
Change by Establishment Size
- Small establishments: 52,000
- 1-19 employees 42,000
- 20-49 employees 10,000
- Medium establishments: 43,000
- 50-249 employees 34,000
- 250-499 employees 9,000
- Large establishments: 59,000
- 500+ employees 59,000
PAY INSIGHTS
Pay gains slowed in March
Year-over-year pay gains slowed to 4.6 percent for job-stayers and to 6.5 percent for job-changers. The pay premium for job-changers was 1.9 percentage points, matching a series low last seen in September.
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
4.3% - Construction
4.7% - Manufacturing
4.8%
- Service-providing:
- Trade/transportation/utilities
4.3% - Information
4.0% - Financial activities
5.3% - Professional/business services
4.4% - Education/health services
4.7% - Leisure/hospitality
4.7% - Other services
4.4%
Median Change in Annual Pay for Job-Stayers by Firm Size
- Small firms:
- 1-19 employees
2.9% - 20-49 employees
4.2%
- Medium firms:
- 50-249 employees
4.8% - 250-499 employees
5.0%
- Large firms:
- 500+ employees
4.9%
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* Sum of components may not equal total due to rounding.
The February total number of jobs added was revised from 77,000 to 84,000. The historical data file and weekly data for the previous month are available at https://adpemploymentreport.com/.
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The April 2025 ADP National Employment Report will be released at 8:15 a.m. ET on April 30, 2025.
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