US private job growth beats expectations in April: ADP

Washington: Private sector job growth in the United States soared past expectations in April, payroll firm ADP said Wednesday, boosted by hiring in health care and a rebound in other sectors.

Employment rose by 109,000 jobs, marking the quickest pace of job growth since January 2025, ADP said.

This was well above the 84,000 expected by economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal.


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The numbers come days before the US government releases its jobs data, and is often monitored as a signal for how the broader labor market might be doing -- even if the reports may diverge.

"Small and large employers are hiring, but we're seeing softness in the middle," ADP chief economist Nela Richardson said.

ADP added that "health care's continued strength, along with a rebound in trade, transportation, and utilities, fueled last month's acceleration in hiring."

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Workers who stayed in their jobs saw salaries rise 4.4 percent in April, marking a slowdown in their pay growth.

For those who changed jobs, year-on-year pay growth was steady at 6.6 percent, ADP said.