Private sector employment increased by 122,000 jobs in July and annual pay was up 4.8 percent year-over-year, according to the July 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.

"With wage growth abating, the labor market is playing along with the Federal Reserve's effort to slow inflation," said Nela Richardson, chief economist, ADP. "If inflation goes back up, it won't be because of labor."

July 2024 Report Highlights*

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

JOBS REPORT

Private employers added 122,000 jobs in July
Job creation edged down as pay gains continued to slow.

Change in U.S. Private Employment:     122,000

Change by Industry Sector

- Goods-producing:     37,000

• Natural resources/mining     2,000

• Construction     39,000

• Manufacturing     -4,000

- Service-providing:     85,000

• Trade/transportation/utilities     61,000

• Information     -18,000

• Financial activities     14,000

• Professional/business services     -37,000

• Education/health services     22,000

• Leisure/hospitality     24,000

• Other services     19,000

Change by U.S. Regions

- Northeast:     21,000

• New England     -2,000

• Middle Atlantic     23,000

- Midwest:     17,000

• East North Central     21,000

• West North Central     -4,000

- South:     55,000

• South Atlantic     32,000

• East South Central     2,000

• West South Central     21,000

- West:     32,000

• Mountain     16,000

• Pacific     16,000

Change by Establishment Size

- Small establishments:     -7,000

• 1-19 employees     15,000

• 20-49 employees     -22,000

- Medium establishments:     70,000

• 50-249 employees     55,000

• 250-499 employees     15,000

- Large establishments:     62,000

• 500+ employees     62,000

PAY INSIGHTS

Pay gains slowed in July
Year-over-year pay gains for job-stayers slowed to 4.8 percent in July, the slowest pace of growth in three years. Job-changers saw a big drop, with pay gains slowing to 7.2 percent from 7.7 percent.

Median Change in Annual Pay (ADP matched person sample)

- Job-Stayers     4.8%

- Job-Changers     7.2%

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

- Goods-producing:                                                       

• Natural resources/mining     4.0%

• Construction     5.3%

• Manufacturing     4.7%

- Service-providing:                                               

• Trade/transportation/utilities     4.6%

• Information     4.4%

• Financial activities     5.0%

• Professional/business services     4.7%

• Education/health services     5.2%

• Leisure/hospitality     4.9%

• Other services     5.0%

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

- Small firms:                                                                

• 1-19 employees     4.1%

• 20-49 employees     4.7%

- Medium firms:                                                             

• 50-249 employees     5.0%

• 250-499 employees     4.9%

- Large firms:                                                                

• 500+ employees     4.8%

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 June total of jobs added was revised from 150,000 to 155,000. The historical data file, and weekly data for the previous month, is available at https://adpemploymentreport.com/.

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The August 2024 ADP National Employment Report will be released at 8:15 a.m. ET on September 5, 2024.