The ADP National Employment Report, created by Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP®), in partnership with Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC, is derived from actual payroll data and measures the change in total nonfarm private employment each month. The estimated gain from July to August was revised up slightly from the initial estimate of 163,000 to 173,000.

1. August 2012
201,000
Total Employment in U.S. nonfarm private
business sector from July to August.
16,000
Private, goods-producing-sector
employment
185,000
Private, service-producing-sector
10,000
Construction employment
employment
3,000
Manufacturing employment
8,000
Financial Services
Current Employment Versus Prior
Months last 6 months average current month
165,667 201,000
last 3 months average current month
182,333 201,000
Goods & Services last 6 months average current month
13,667 16,000 152,000 185,000
Gain by Size last 6 months average current month
Small 81,000 99,000
Medium 70,833 86,000
Large 13,833 16,000
Gain by Industry last 6 months average current month
Manufacturing
4,167 3,000
Construction
4,167 10,000
Finance
9,500 8,000
For more information, please visit the * All size data included in the ADP National Employment Report® is
methodology section of the ADP based on size of payroll. Small businesses represent payrolls with
National Employment Report® website 1-49 employees . Medium businesses represent payrolls with 50-499
at: employees. Large businesses represent payrolls with more than 499
http://ADPemploymentreport.com/met employees.
hodology.aspx.
In some cases, small and medium-size
payrolls belong to businesses
employing more workers than indicated
by the size grouping.
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