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ADP: Private Sector Employment Increased by 150,000 Jobs in June; Annual Pay was Up 4.9%

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Friday, July 12th, 2024

Private sector employment increased by 150,000 jobs in June and annual pay was up 4.9 percent year-over-year, according to the June ADP® National Employment Report™ produced by the ADP Research Institute® in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab ("Stanford Lab"). The ADP National Employment Report is an independent measure and high-frequency view of the private-sector labor market based on actual, anonymized payroll data of more than 25 million U.S. employees.

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 U.S. employment. This measure reflects the number of employees on ADP client payrolls (Payroll Employment) to provide a richer understanding of the labor market. ADP's pay measure uniquely captures the earnings of a cohort of almost 10 million employees over a 12-month period.

"Job growth has been solid, but not broad-based," said Nela Richardson, chief economist, ADP. "Had it not been for a rebound in hiring in leisure and hospitality, June would have been a downbeat month."

June 2024 Report Highlights*

View the ADP National Employment Report and interactive charts at www.adpemploymentreport.com.

JOBS REPORT

Private employers added 150,000 jobs in June
Job creation among private employers slowed for the third straight month.

Change in U.S. Private Employment:     150,000

Change by Industry Sector

- Goods-producing:     14,000

  • Natural resources/mining     -8,000

  • Construction     27,000

  • Manufacturing    -5,000

- Service-providing:     136,000

  • Trade/transportation/utilities     15,000

  • Information     -3,000

  • Financial activities     11,000

  • Professional/business services     25,000

  • Education/health services     9,000

  • Leisure/hospitality     63,000

  • Other services     16,000

Change by U.S. Regions

- Northeast:     31,000

  • New England     7,000

  • Middle Atlantic     24,000

- Midwest:     26,000

  • East North Central     14,000

  • West North Central     12,000

- South:     80,000

  • South Atlantic     47,000

  • East South Central     -7,000

  • West South Central     40,000

- West:     4,000

  • Mountain     1,000

  • Pacific     3,000

Change by Establishment Size 

- Small establishments:     5,000

  • 1-19 employees     13,000

  • 20-49 employees     -8,000

- Medium establishments:     88,000

  • 50-249 employees     65,000

  • 250-499 employees     23,000

- Large establishments:     58,000

  • 500+ employees     58,000

PAY INSIGHTS

Pay gains for job-stayers slowed in June
Year-over-year pay gains for job-stayers were 4.9 percent in June, the slowest pace of growth since August 2021. Pay gains for job-changers also slowed, to 7.7 percent.

Median Change in Annual Pay (ADP matched person sample)

- Job-Stayers     4.9%

- Job-Changers     7.7%

Median Change in Annual Pay for Job-Stayers by Industry Sector

- Goods-producing:                                                       

  • Natural resources/mining     4.2%

  • Construction     5.3%

  • Manufacturing     4.7%

- Service-providing:                                               

  • Trade/transportation/utilities     4.6%

  • Information     4.5%

  • Financial activities     5.0%

  • Professional/business services     4.8%

  • Education/health services     5.3%

  • Leisure/hospitality     5.2%

  • Other services     5.2%

Median Change in Annual Pay for Job-Stayers by Firm Size

- Small firms:                                                                

  • 1-19 employees     4.1%

  • 20-49 employees     4.8%

- Medium firms:                                                             

  • 50-249 employees     5.1%

  • 250-499 employees     4.9%

- Large firms:                                                                

  • 500+ employees     4.9%

To see Pay Insights by U.S. State, Gender, and Age for Job-Stayers, visit here:

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

The May total of jobs added was revised from 152,000 to 157,000. The historical data file, and weekly data for the previous month, is 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 July 2024 ADP National Employment Report will be released at 8:15 a.m. ET on July 31, 2024.