ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 239,000 Jobs in October; Annual Pay was Up 7.7%

By Jessel Thomas First Posted: Nov 06, 2022 10:57 PM EST

Private sector employment increased by 239,000 jobs in October and annual pay was up 7.7 percent year-over-year, according to the October ADP^® National Employment Report^TM produced by the ADP Research Institute^® in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab ("Stanford Lab").

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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.

"This is a really strong number given the maturity of the economic recovery but the hiring was not broad-based," said Nela Richardson, chief economist, ADP. "Goods producers, which are sensitive to interest rates, are pulling back, and job changers are commanding smaller pay gains. While we're seeing early signs of Fed-driven demand destruction, it's affecting only certain sectors of the labor market."

October 2022 Report Highlights*

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

Jobs Report

Private employers added 239,000 jobs in October
Employers created 239,000 jobs in October, up from a revised 192,000 in September as restaurants, retailers and the travel sector ramped up hiring in advance of the year-end holidays.

Change in U.S. Private Employment: 239,000

Change by Industry Sector

- Goods-producing: -8,000

Natural resources/mining 11,000
Construction 1,000
Manufacturing -20,000

- Service-providing: 247,000

Trade/transportation/utilities 84,000
Information -17,000
Financial activities -10,000
Professional/business services -14,000
Education/health services -5,000
Leisure/hospitality 210,000
Other services -1,000

Change by U.S. Regions

- Northeast: 50,000

New England -1,000
Middle Atlantic 51,000

- Midwest: -23,000

East North Central -23,000
West North Central 0

- South: -17,000

South Atlantic 0
East South Central -1,000
West South Central -16,000

- West: 229,000

Mountain -27,000
Pacific 256,000

Change by Establishment Size

- Small establishments: 25,000

1-19 employees 62,000
20-49 employees -37,000

- Medium establishments: 218,000

50-249 employees 241,000
250-499 employees -23,000

- Large establishments: -4,000

500+ employees -4,000

PAY INSIGHTS

Pay growth eased again in October
Job changers continued to record double-digit, year-over-year pay increases, but momentum in those gains is ebbing. For these workers, annual pay growth edged down for the third straight month, to 15.2 percent in October from 15.7 percent in September. For job stayers, pay gains were 7.7 percent, in line with recent months.

Median Change in Annual Pay (ADP matched person sample)

- Job-Stayers 7.7%
- Job-Changers 15.2%

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

- Goods-producing:

Natural resources/mining 7.9%
Construction 6.9%
Manufacturing 7.7%

- Service-providing:

Trade/transportation/utilities 8.4%
Information 7.3%
Financial activities 7.8%
Professional/business services 6.8%
Education/health services 7.3%
Leisure/hospitality 11.2%
Other services 7.0%

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

- Small firms:

1-19 employees 5.6%
20-49 employees 7.3%

- Medium firms:

50-249 employees 8.0%
250-499 employees 7.9%

- Large firms:

500+ employees 8.4%

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 historical data file, and weekly data for the previous month, is available at https://adpemploymentreport.com/.

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The November 2022 ADP National Employment Report will be released at 8:15 a.m. ET on November 30, 2022.