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Market Demand Trends

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC · 2026-09-15 · Importance 17 · Surprise 24

ADP’s NER Pulse estimated that U.S. private employers added an average of 16,250 jobs per week during the four weeks ended August 29, 2026. Hiring increased for the second consecutive week, indicating modest improvement in near-term U.S. private-sector labor demand. The figures are preliminary, high-frequency, and seasonally adjusted, and were produced by ADP Research in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab.

Key facts

• U.S. private employers added an average of 16,250 jobs per week for the four weeks ending August 29, 2026, according to ADP's latest NER Pulse report. source