ADP employment tracks BLS private-sector payrolls

Three-month moving average of monthly changes in private-sector employment, 2010 to present (in thousands)

Note: Data are truncated because the range in the pandemic recession and immediate aftermath makes the longer term trends difficult to discern. Updated September 23, 2026.
Chart: Economic Policy InstituteSource: ADP payroll data from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, series ADPMNUSNERSA. Private-sector employment data from the Current Employment Statistics (Establishment Survey), Bureau of Labor Statistics.Get the data