ADP Weekly Preliminary Employment Report

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Source: ADP
Source Link: https://www.adpresearch.com/
Frequency: Weekly
Next Release(s): May 12th, 2026 8:15 AM

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ADP estimates that US private employers added an average of 39,250 jobs per week in the four weeks to April 11th, slightly lower than the pace of 40,250 per week in the four weeks to April 4th.
- The ADP Pulse weekly print maintains a strong pace in the first full week of April, with US private employers adding an avg of 39,250 jobs per week in the four weeks to April 11th.
- However, the interesting part of this week's update is a large downward revision of the four-week average through April 4th, down from 54,750 to 40,250 (though this is still a relatively strong growth rate).
- The bottom line is that the ADP data continues to signal that the labor market is strong and hiring demand has recovered from late 2025 weakness.
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ADP estimates that US private employers added an average of 54,750 jobs per week in the four weeks to April 4th, a step up from the already strong pace of 40,250 in the four weeks to March 28th.
- The ADP Pulse preliminary weekly data point sets a new all-time high, reaching almost 55,000. This would also be a roughly 1.5 year high for the final NER weekly dataset if the pace holds up through revisions.
- The only revision to the data was an upward revision in last week's print (week of March 28th) of +1,000 to 40,250.
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ADP estimates that US private employers added an average of 39,250 jobs in the four weeks to March 28th, a strong increase from 26,000 in the four weeks to March 21st.
- The latest weekly ADP Pulse reading points to a strong upswing in hiring momentum in March.
- The 39,250 reading is the highest preliminary weekly data point since ADP started the series. The last time ADP's NER data set (final weekly prints) recorded hiring this strong was the last week of December 2024.
- No revisions were reported in today's Pulse data.
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ADP estimates that US private employers added an average of 26k in the four weeks to March 21st, up from 15.25k in the four weeks to March 14th.
- The latest NER Pulse reading reflects a strong increase in the pace of hiring. The highest so far in the preliminary data, but just trailing the 28,000 seen two months ago in the official weekly data points.
- No revisions were reported in today's Pulse data.
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ADP estimates that US private employers added 10,000 jobs in the four weeks to Mar 7th, up slightly from 9,000 avg in the four weeks to Feb 28th.
- Weekly ADP Pulse data point to a light pace of hiring in the first week of March, a four-week average of 10k or roughly 40k in the last month.
- ADP made no revisions to February's weekly data points, so the acceleration in hiring at the end of last month remains.
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ADP estimates that US private employers add an average of 9,000 jobs in the four weeks to Feb 28th, down from 14,750 in the four weeks to Feb 21st.
- ADP's weekly NER Pulse data point to a slowdown in hiring in late February. The pace of 9k jobs added in the four weeks to Feb 28th is the weakest since Jan 24th. Today's update also included one revision.
- The average jobs added in the four weeks to Feb 21st was revised down from 15,500 to 14,750.
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ADP estimates that US employers added 15,500 in the four weeks to Feb 21st, matching the pace seen in the four weeks to Feb 14th.
- ADP's weekly Pulse data points to a clear ramp-up in the pace of hiring in February, a contradiction with the BLS jobs report last week.
- In fact, the pace of growth measured in the 2nd and 3rd week of February was the fastest since the last week of November 2025.
- No major revisions were reported in the new weekly data points. Just a slight downgrade in the Feb 7th print from 12,750 to 12,000.
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ADP estimates that US private employers added an average of 12,750 jobs per week in the four weeks to February 7th, slightly higher than 11,500 in the four weeks to January 31st.
- ADP's weekly Pulse data point reaches a 10-week high of 12,750, suggesting that momentum is returning to hiring going into February.
- Revisions made hiring look a bit stronger in January: four weeks to January 24th revised down -500 to 7,250 and four weeks to January 31st revised up 1,250 to 12,750.
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ADP estimates that US private employers added an average of 10,250 jobs in the four weeks through January 31st, up slightly from 7,750 jobs in the four weeks to January 24th.
- ADP's weekly Pulse data point reaches a 9-week high of 10,250, suggesting that momentum is returning to hiring going into February.
- Revisions to recent Jan weeks have been positive as well: week of Jan 10th up +500 to 4,250, week of Jan 17th up +500 to 5,500, and week of Jan 24th up +1,250 to 7,750.
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ADP reports that US private employers added an average of 6,500 jobs per week in the four weeks to Jan 24th, up from 5,000 in the four weeks to Jan 17th.
- ADP did its annual benchmarking with the January 2026 QCEW release, and it resulted in major revisions to the weekly data set (see table below).
- The older Pulse data for August and September were, apparently, very pessimistic. New final NER data that has been adjusted to the QCEW benchmark suggests Q3 private hiring was a lot stronger than initially thought.
- November data were revised up substantially. The initial Pulse data points pointed to layoffs in the latter part of the month, but the new Pulse data suggests around 20k jobs per week were added in the last two weeks of Nov.
- December weekly prints were more stable, but in every week, there were downward revisions. However, there is no evidence of layoffs during the month.
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ADP estimates that private employers added an average of 7,750 jobs in the four weeks to Jan 3rd, mostly unchanged from 8,000 in the four weeks to Dec 27th.
- This morning's ADP Pulse weekly employment print eases slightly to 7,750 but maintains the trend of the last 5 weeks.
- There were no revisions reported in the latest dataset. Next week's data point is the final weekly print before the ADP National Employment Report in the first week of February.
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ADP reports that US private employers added an average of 8,000 jobs per week in the four weeks ending Dec 27th, down from 11,250 in the four weeks to Dec 20th.
- ADP's Pulse data point fell to 8,000 in the four weeks to Dec 27th, the lowest since the week of Nov 22nd, potentially pointing to a new weakening trend in hiring.
- In another show of softness, the last two weekly data points were revised down: Week of Dec 13th revised down from 11,000 to 10,250, week of Dec 20th revised down from 11,750 to 11,250.
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