Private Payrolls Increased 247,000 in April, Well below Estimate, ADP Says

Tiger Newspress2022-05-04

Companies added far fewer jobs than expected as the struggle to find workers to fill open positions continued, payrolls processing firm ADP reported Wednesday.

Private payrolls increased by just 247,000 for the month, well below the 390,000 Dow Jones estimate.

A dropoff in small business hiring was the primary culprit for the disappointment, as companies with fewer than 50 workers saw a decline of 120,000. The issue was particularly acute in those with fewer than 20 employees, which lost 96,000 workers on the month.

Big business with 500 or more workers compensated for some of the decline, adding 321,000.

Leisure and hospitality businesses led job creation with 77,000 additions. Professional and business services grew by 50,000 and education and health services contributed 48,000 to the total.

Information services was the only sector to report a decline, losing 2,000 workers.

In all, services-related industries comprised 202,000 of the total while manufacturing added 46,000, led by manufacturing’s 25,000, while construction grew by 16,000. (The totals are rounded.)

The ADP report serves as a precursor to Friday’s more closely watched nonfarm payrolls count from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That reports is expected to show growth of 400,000 and a decline in the unemployment rate to 3.5%. If that forecast for the jobless rate is correct, it will match the pre-pandemic level, which was the lowest since December 1969.

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