ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 208,000 Jobs in September; Annual Pay was Up 7.8%

By Jessel Renolayan First Posted: Oct 09, 2022 11:06 PM EDT

Private sector employment increased by 208,000 jobs in September and annual pay was up 7.8% year-over-year, according to the September 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.

"We are continuing to see steady job gains," said Nela Richardson, chief economist, ADP. "While job stayers saw a pay increase, annual pay growth for job changers in September is down from August."

September 2022 Report Highlights*

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

JOBS REPORT

Job growth picked up in September
Businesses created 208,000 jobs in September, up from a revised 185,000 in August, as schools reopened and pandemic concerns receded. But while job growth is stable, it remains below the recent three-month average.

Change in U.S. Private Employment: 208,000

Change by Industry Sector

- Goods-producing: -29,000

Natural resources/mining -16,000
Construction 0
Manufacturing -13,000

- Service-providing: 237,000

Trade/transportation/utilities 147,000
Information -19,000
Financial activities -16,000
Professional/business services 57,000
Education/health services 38,000
Leisure/hospitality 31,000
Other services -1,000

Change by U.S. Regions

- Northeast: 39,000

New England -11,000
Middle Atlantic 50,000

- Midwest: 25,000

East North Central 27,000
West North Central -2,000

- South: 89,000

South Atlantic 57,000
East South Central 7,000
West South Central 25,000

- West: 55,000

Mountain -9,000
Pacific 64,000

Change by Establishment Size

- Small establishments: 58,000

1-19 employees 45,000
20-49 employees 13,000

- Medium establishments: 90,000

50-249 employees 61,000
250-499 employees 29,000

- Large establishments: 60,000

500+ employees 60,000

PAY INSIGHTS

Job changers lost momentum in September
Job changers, who have been notching double-digit, year-over-year gains since the summer of 2021, lost momentum in September. Their annual pay rose 15.7 percent, down from a revised 16.2 percent gain in August. It's the biggest deceleration in the three-year history of our data. For job stayers, annual pay rose 7.8 percent in September from a year ago, up from a revised 7.7 percent in August.

Median Change in Annual Pay (ADP matched person sample)

- Job-Stayers 7.8%
- Job-Changers 15.7%

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

- Goods-producing:

Natural resources/mining 8.0%
Construction 7.0%
Manufacturing 7.8%

- Service-providing:

Trade/transportation/utilities 8.6%
Information 7.6%
Financial activities 7.7%
Professional/business services 6.9%
Education/health services 7.2%
Leisure/hospitality 11.9%
Other services 6.9%

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

- Small firms:

1-19 employees 5.6%
20-49 employees 7.4%

- Medium firms:

50-249 employees 8.1%
250-499 employees 8.0%

- Large firms:

500+ employees 8.5%

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 October 2022 ADP National Employment Report will be released at 8:15 a.m. ET on November 2, 2022.