ADP® National Employment Report

ADP® National Employment Report: July 2024

With wage growth abating, the labor market is playing along with the Federal Reserve’s effort to slow inflation. If inflation goes back up, it won’t be because of labor.

Nela Richardson
Chief Economist, ADP

Change by Establishment Size

Small 1-19employees up 15,000

20-49 employees down 22,000

Mid-sized 50-249 employees up 55,000

250-499 employees up 15,000

Large 500+employees up 62,000

Change by Industry Goods

Natural resources and mining  up 2,000

ConstructionConstruction  up39,000

ManufacturingManufacturing  down 4,000

Services

Trade, transportation, and utilitiesTrade, transportation, and utilities

 up 61,000

InformationInformation  down 18,000

Financial activitiesFinancial activities  up 14,000

Professional and business servicesProfessional and business services  down 37,000

Education and health servicesEducation and health services  up 22,000

Leisure and hospitalityLeisure and hospitality  up24,000

Other servicesOther services  up19,000

About this report

The ADP National Employment Report is an independent and high-frequency view of the private-sector labor market based on the aggregated and anonymized payroll data of more than 25 million U.S. employees. The monthly report is a free resource for business leaders, researchers, policymakers, and the public.

The National Employment Report is produced by the ADP Research Institute in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab.

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