Monthly Change in Nonfarm, Private-Sector Payroll Jobs: Two Takes (seasonally adjusted)
Because of the federal government shutdown, there was no official word from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday on September’s unemployment rate or how many payroll jobs businesses added last month (the more significant indicator, according to most economists). But we do have a fairly reliable substitute: the monthly report on private-sector jobs produced by Automatic Data Processing, or ADP. According to ADP, businesses added 166,000 jobs last month.
Monthly Change in Nonfarm, Private-Sector Payroll Jobs: Two Takes  | (seasonally adjusted)  | ADP  | BLS  | 400 000  | antwanh  | AMMANTY 2005 2006 2007  | 200, 000  | 2002  | AMMANTY 2005  | AMMANTY 2006  | AMMANTY 2007  | 2009  | 2012  | 2013  | 2011  | 200, 000  | 400, 000  | 600, 000  | .800 000  | 1 million  | Source: ADP Bureau of Labor Statistics  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 