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Private Sector Employment Up 93,000 in November, 10th Consecutive Monthly Gain

Steven Rothberg AvatarSteven Rothberg
December 2, 2010


Gary Butler, President and Chief Executive Officer of ADP

Private-sector employment increased by 93,000 from October to November on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the latest ADP National Employment Report. The report by Automatic Data Processing, Inc. and Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC is derived from actual payroll data and measures the change in total non-farm private employment each month.

Non-farm Private Employment Highlights:

  • Total employment: +93,000
  • Small businesses (1-49 employees) = +54,000
  • Medium businesses (50-499 employees) = +37,000
  • Large businesses (500+ employees) = +2,000
  • Goods-producing sector = +14,000
  • Service-providing sector = +79,000
  • Manufacturing industry = +16,000

According to the ADP Report, employment in the service-providing sector rose by 79,000 in November, the tenth consecutive monthly gain. Employment in the goods-producing sector rose by 14,000, the first monthly increase since March 2007. Construction employment dropped by 3,000 during November, the smallest decline since June 2007, and manufacturing employment increased by 16,000.

“Although most segments of the U.S. private sector have experienced some positive job growth recently, the unemployment rate has remained stagnant for around eighteen months,” said Gary C. Butler, President and Chief Executive Officer of ADP. “Most businesses still have little reason to add to their payrolls due to the ongoing uncertainty in the economy. To support job creation, our nation’s policymakers should do their part to create an environment of reasonable economic certainty by clearly defining key tax and regulatory policies. Reduced economic uncertainty, along with appropriate near term incentives for businesses to invest and expand, will encourage businesses to hire.”

According to Joel Prakken, Chairman of Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC, “This month’s ADP National Employment Report shows an acceleration of employment and suggests the nation’s employment situation is brightening somewhat. November’s gain in private-sector employment is the largest in three years. This is the tenth consecutive month of gains, which have averaged 47,000 during that period. Nevertheless, employment gains of this magnitude are not sufficient to lower the unemployment rate, which likely will remain above 9% for all of 2011. Furthermore, given modest GDP growth in the second and third quarters, and the usual lag of employment behind GDP, it would not be surprising to see several more months of only moderate gains in employment even as the economic recovery gathers momentum.”

“Large businesses, defined as those with 500 or more workers, increased by 2,000 while employment among medium-size businesses, defined as those with between 50 and 499 workers, increased by 37,000. Employment among small-size businesses, defined as those with fewer than 50 workers, increased by 54,000,” said Prakken.

The matched sample used to develop the ADP National Employment Report was derived from ADP data which, during the twelve-month period through June 2010, averaged over 340,000 U.S. business clients and represented over 21 million U.S. employees. This approximately represents the size of the matched sample used this month.

Small Business Highlights:

Due to the important contribution small businesses make to economic growth, employment data that is specific to businesses with fewer than 50 employees will be reported in the ADP Small Business Report® each month. The ADP Small Business Report is a subset of the ADP National Employment Report.

  • Total small business employment: +54,000
  • Goods-producing sector: +5,000 small business jobs
  • Service-providing sector: +49,000 small business jobs

“Small businesses, defined as those with fewer than 50 workers, increased by 54,000 during November. Small business employment has now increased for nine consecutive months, and this month’s increase is the largest since December 2007,” said Joel Prakken.

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