by Calculated Risk on 11/01/2023 08:15:00 AM
Private sector employment increased by 113,000 jobs in
October and annual pay was up 5.7 percent year-over-year, according to the October ADP® National Employment
ReportTM 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.
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“No single industry dominated hiring this month, and big post-pandemic pay increases seem to be behind
us,” said Nela Richardson, chief economist, ADP. “In all, October’s numbers paint a well-rounded jobs
picture. And while the labor market has slowed, it’s still enough to support strong consumer spending.”
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This was below the consensus forecast of 135,000. The BLS report will be released Friday, and the consensus is for 168 thousand non-farm payroll jobs added in October.
