Private payrolls rose by 109,000 in April, topping expectations, ADP says

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Source: CNBC

Published Wed, May 6 2026 8:15 AM EDT


Private sector job creation was stronger than expected in April, providing more evidence of a stable labor market and less incentive for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates amid persistently higher inflation, ADP reported Wednesday.

The payrolls processing firm said companies added 109,000 jobs for the month, a step up from the 61,000 created in March and better than the Dow Jones consensus estimate for 84,000. The March total was revised down by 1,000.

Wages for those staying in their jobs rose 4.4% annually, down 0.1 percentage point.

As has been the case, job creation was concentrated in a few key categories, an indication that while hiring overall is solid, the benefits are not being spread out over sectors.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/06/private-payrolls-rose-by-109000-in-april-topping-expectations-adp-says.html

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Link to ADP PRESS RELEASE (PDF) - ADP® National Employment Report

This is the 3rd-party/non-government report for "private sector" jobs that usually releases ahead of the government's ( "all sectors" ) that will be out Friday.

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. It just seems hard to believe.

It may be true, but ......

[SergeStorms]

5. Wait for the revised numbers.

Then we'll see figures that reflect reality, not what's imagined. 😉

[Wiz Imp]

6. These are ADP's private sector numbers. The government produced numbers from BLS come out on Friday

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Health services remain a strong hire sector

even as GOP cuts Medicaid. ?? Low fire, low hire environment. ?? Construction jobs grow. AI ??

It's a red ink economy.

"You don't got debt, you don't got nothing." - famous Pennsylvania expression.

[displacedvermoter]

3. I still recall that under Clinton, Obama and Biden

Any job numbers under 250,000 a month was viewed as unacceptable. I guess not anymore, with Trump in office?

[BumRushDaShow]

4. "Any job numbers under 250,000 a month was viewed as unacceptable."

Yup. That would be labeled "anemic" or "weak".

Even the past 4 years, zero credit given to Zbiden -



Of course this data is just "private sector" and doesn't include "public sector" (e g. "government", etc).

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7. That's

my memory as well.