ADP: Private Employment Increased 143,000 in September

From ADP: ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by
143,000 Jobs in September; Annual Pay was Up 4.7%

Private sector employment increased by 143,000 jobs in
September and annual pay was up 4.7 percent year-over-year, according to the September ADP® National Employment ReportTM produced by the ADP Research Institute® in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab (“Stanford Lab”). …

“Stronger hiring didn’t require stronger pay growth last month,” said Nela Richardson, chief economist,
ADP. “Typically, workers who change jobs see faster pay growth. But their premium over job-stayers
shrank to 1.9 percent, matching a low we last saw in January.”

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This was above the consensus forecast of 110,000. The BLS report will be released Friday, and the consensus is for 145,000 non-farm payroll jobs added in September.