Private sector small business employment increased by 333,000 jobs from April to May according to the May ADP Small Business Report. Due to the important contribution that small businesses make to economic growth, employment data that are specific to businesses with 49 or fewer employees is reported each month and broadly distributed to the public, free of charge.
333,000 Change in Employment among small businesses with 1-49 employees
Change By Business Size
177,000
156,000
Change By Sector & Industry
25,000
14,000
11,000
308,000
163,000
145,000
Note: All size data included in the ADP® National Employment Report™ is based on size of business, defined as an entity with a unique Employer Identification Number, which may include multiple establishments. Sum of components may not equal total due to rounding.
The ADP® National Employment Report™ is published monthly by the ADP Research Institute® in close collaboration with Moody's Analytics. The ADP® National Employment Report™ provides a monthly snapshot of U.S. nonfarm private sector Employment based on actual transactional payroll data.
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978,000 Change in U.S. nonfarm private sector Employment
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