According to the ADP National Employment Report for April, 2025, private sector employment increased by 62k jobs and annual pay was up 4.5% year-over-year. 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.
“Unease is the word of the day. Employers are trying to reconcile policy and consumer uncertainty with a run of mostly positive economic data…It can be difficult to make hiring decisions in such an environment” Said ADP chief economist Dr. Nela Richardson.
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