the numbers private payrolls climbed by 145000 in march according to the adp national economic report released on wednesday economists polled by the wall street journal had forecast a gain of 210000 private sector jobs key details service sector providers added 75000 jobs in march leisure and hospitality added 98000 workers meanwhile goods producers added 70000 jobs manufacturing shed 30000 jobs by company size small businesses added 101000 privatesector jobs in march while medium businesses added 33000 largesized businesses added 10000 jobs pay growth decelerated for both job stayers and job changers adp said for job stayers yearoveryear gains fell to 69 from 72 for job changers pay growth was 142 down from 144 big picture the job market has been strong with jobless claims trending below 200000 companies seem wary of letting workers go economists are forecasting that the labor department’s employment report will show the economy added 238000 jobs in march that estimate includes government jobs if the data comes in as expected it could show over one million jobs created in the first three months of the year what adp said “our march payroll data is one of several signals that the economy is slowing” said nela richardson chief economist adp “employers are pulling back from a year of strong hiring and pay growth after a threemonth plateau is inching down” market reaction stocks djia spx were set to open lower after the data the yield on the 10year treasury note tmubmusd10y fell to 332 after the data was released