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Updated · StockTitan · Aug 11
U.S. Private Hiring Slows to 8,250 Jobs a Week for Sixth Straight Week
Updated
Updated · StockTitan · Aug 11

U.S. Private Hiring Slows to 8,250 Jobs a Week for Sixth Straight Week

2 articles · Updated · StockTitan · Aug 11

Summary

  • ADP’s NER Pulse showed U.S. private employers added an average 8,250 jobs a week in the four weeks ended July 25, the weakest reading in its 12-week history provided.
  • That marked a sixth consecutive slowdown, with the four-week average falling from 11,000 the prior week and 35,750 in the week ended May 9.
  • The estimate is seasonally adjusted, based on ADP’s high-frequency payroll data and reported with a two-week lag, and ADP said the figures remain preliminary and could be revised.
  • The weekly pulse is separate from ADP’s monthly National Employment Report and is produced with Stanford’s Digital Economy Lab; the next release is due August 18.

Insights

With hiring plunging but job-switcher pay surging, are companies quietly replacing sheer workforce volume with highly paid, specialized talent?
As entry-level tech hiring plummets, is the rapid rise of AI quietly engineering a lost generation of young software developers?