Private sector employment increased by 242,000 jobs in February and annual pay was up 7.2 percent year-over-year, according to the February ADP® National Employment ReportTMproduced by the ADP Research Institute® in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab (“Stanford Lab“).
The jobs report and pay insights use ADP’s fine-grained anonymized and aggregated payroll data of over 25 million U.S. employees to provide a representative picture of the labor market. The report details the current month’s total private employment change, and weekly job data from the previous month. ADP’s pay measure uniquely captures the earnings of a cohort of almost 10 million employees over a 12-month period.
“There is a tradeoff in the labor market right now,” said Nela Richardson, chief economist, ADP. “We’re seeing robust hiring, which is good for the economy and workers, but pay growth is still quite elevated. The modest slowdown in pay increases, on its own, is unlikely to drive down inflation rapidly in the near-term.”
February 2023 Report Highlights*
View the ADP National Employment Report and interactive charts at www.adpemploymentreport.com.
Jobs Report
Private employers added 242,000 jobs in February
Job gains are solid and wage growth remains elevated. A particular area of weakness is with small establishments, which shed jobs every month since August 2022.
Change in U.S. Private Employment: 242,000
Change by Industry Sector
– Goods-producing: 52,000
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Natural resources/mining 25,000
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Construction -16,000
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Manufacturing 43,000
– Service-providing: 190,000
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Trade/transportation/utilities 3,000
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Information 9,000
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Financial activities 62,000
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Professional/business services -36,000
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Education/health services 35,000
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Leisure/hospitality 83,000
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Other services 34,000
Change by U.S. Regions
– Northeast: 37,000
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