Posted on 06/03/2026 11:34:33 AM PDT by lasereye
ROSELAND, N.J., June 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Private sector employment increased by 122,000 jobs in May and pay was up 4.4 percent year-over-year according to the May ADP National Employment Report® produced by ADP Research in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab ("Stanford Lab").
The ADP National Employment Report is an independent measure of the labor market based on the anonymized weekly payroll data of more than 26 million private-sector employees in the United States. ADP's Pay Insights captures over 15 million individual pay change observations each month. Together, the jobs report and pay insights use ADP's fine-grained data to provide a representative and high frequency picture of the private-sector labor market.
"Hiring was more broad-based in May than we've seen in the last few years," said Dr. Nela Richardson, chief economist, ADP. "The labor market continues to show sustained momentum going into the summer hiring season."
Private employers added 122,000 jobs in May Eight out of 10 supersectors showed gains last month, and employers of all sizes were hiring.
Change in U.S. Private Employment: 122,000
Change by Industry
- Goods-producing: 8,000
Natural resources/mining -3,000 Construction 8,000 Manufacturing 3,000 - Service-providing: 114,000
Trade/transportation/utilities 36,000 Information -9,000 Financial activities 7,000 Professional/business services 11,000 Education/health services 57,000 Leisure/hospitality 8,000 Other services 4,000 Change by U.S. Regions
- Northeast: 35,000
New England 18,000 Mid-Atlantic 17,000 - Midwest: 21,000
East North Central 13,000 West North Central 8,000 - South: 23,000
South Atlantic -12,000 East South Central 14,000 West South Central 21,000 - West: 45,000
Mountain 20,000 Pacific 25,000 Change by Establishment Size
- Small establishments: 67,000
1-19 employees 49,000 20-49 employees 18,000 - Medium establishments: 17,000
50-249 employees 10,000 250-499 employees 7,000 - Large establishments: 40,000
500+ employees 40,000 PAY INSIGHTS
Pay for job-stayers rose 4.4 percent in May Year-over-year pay growth for job-stayers was steady at 4.4 percent. For job-changers, the pace of growth slowed slightly, to 6.5 percent from 6.6 percent in April.
Median Change in Annual Pay
- Job-stayers 4.4% - Job-changers 6.5%
Median Change in Annual Pay for Job-Stayers by Industry
- Goods-producing:
Natural resources/mining 4.2% Construction 4.5% Manufacturing 4.8% - Service-providing:
Trade/transportation/utilities 4.4% Information 4.0% Financial activities 5.1% Professional/business services 4.1% Education/health services 4.2% Leisure/hospitality 4.5% Other services 4.1% Median Change in Annual Pay for Job-Stayers by Firm Size
- Small firms:
1-19 employees 2.5% 20-49 employees 4.1% - Medium firms:
50-249 employees 4.7% 250-499 employees 4.8% - Large firms:
500+ employees 4.8% To see Pay Insights by U.S. State, Gender, and Age for Job-Stayers, visit here:
The April total number of jobs added was revised from 109,000 to 105,000.
For additional information about the ADP National Employment Report, including historical files, employment and pay data, methodology, and a calendar of release dates, please visit https://adpemploymentreport.com/.
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Wage increases for the "stayers" over the last year are a bit above the 12-month CPI increase reported in April, which was 3.8%. The May CPI may be high.
$5-🛢. What most folks care about it appears. Don’t like it but beats glow in the dark fuels. ⛽
Get rid of the under the table workers and they have to hire real workers ,LOL
It’s a lie and everyone I know agrees as do all the folks I know who still have not found jobs because of Biden’s screwups. And we are almost all conservatives, including MAGA folks. Now maybe these are really $10 an hour jobs with no benefits?
Target and Walmart have benefits in my town — and they both start at $23.00 per hour.
Lowes and Home Depot are similar.
McD’s and the other fast food places pay $19.00+
Hope you find a job soon...or you can move to Montana where I live..
Best to you, FRiend.
There any data that shows where those jobs went did they go to Americans or did they go to foreigners that are here?
Dow down over 600 today on the good employment news.
I don’t know if you ever see the illustrations from the virtual capitalist but is had Montana on there as a place where wages vs housing prices is in a distressed state (meaning wages are really struggling to keep up with state housing expenses). Curious if you think that is accurate?
Businesses are growing or starting. My wife’s payroll processing company is so busy she’s hiring 3 more.
Most of the clients are expanding.
According to S&P Global Services PMI report:
“Employment meanwhile fell at the quickest pace in six years, while confidence in the outlook was at a 13-month low. Cost pressures remained elevated, with inflation strengthening to the most pronounced in a year.”
I think the Jolts data from April had openings up, but actual hires down? Doesn’t seem to make sense. Also, isn’t AI supposedly reducing the number of needed jobs?
When does the inevitable downward revision that is quietly published expected to come out?
“Curious if you think that is accurate?”
It’s accurate in a few parts of the state but not all of the state...
Wyoming isn’t terribly expensive but Jackson Hole is.
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