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bucolic_frolic

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4. Mid-Atlantic was strongest, everything else so-so

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 08:42 AM

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Manufacturing lost jobs, health care gained, which just about explains mid-Atlantic. Pacific took a drubbing.

This is the peak hire time of year, prepping for the new year. Not a good look going forward.

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ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 41,000 Jobs in December; Annual Pay was Up 4.4% [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday OP

Nope.............. Lovie777 Wednesday #1

Sure it did. No doubt why nobody can find job. SheltieLover Wednesday #2

Is it me or is that rather a lackluster new jobs number. And how many of those jobs were seasonal? Ray Bruns Wednesday #3

Dunno how many are seasonal. But note that ADP reports seasonally adjusted numbers progree Wednesday #7

Mid-Atlantic was strongest, everything else so-so bucolic_frolic Wednesday #4

Remember that this covers only ADP's customers, not the country as a whole PSPS Wednesday #5

ADP is a private payrolls processing company, not BLS or other government progree Wednesday #6

The white-collar jobs wipeout shows no sign of slowing mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday #8

we need, what, 150,000 jobs just to keep up with new college grads? Skittles Wednesday #9

Well, population growth generally, so anybody joining the workforce . . . diploma, undergraduate, graduate hatrack Wednesday #10