"Mini non-farm" ADP releases weekly employment data: The US private sector has added an average of about 14,000 new jobs per week in the past four weeks.

According to the latest preliminary data released by the American Automatic Data Processing Company (ADP), private sector employers have added an average of 14,250 jobs per week over the past four weeks, experiencing a strong rebound from the negative trend in September. It is understood that due to the government shutdown in the United States causing a lack of official data, ADP has decided to release data on the four-week average job changes with a two-week lag every Tuesday at 8:15 am Eastern Time. The data released this time is the four-week moving average up to October 11th. Since the government shutdown earlier this month caused a halt in the release of official data, third-party data sources are particularly valuable. Companies such as LinkedIn and Revelio Labs continue to provide job market observations. The weekly data released by ADP is jointly developed with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, based on the weekly wage records of over 26 million employees in private enterprises. Nela Richardson, Chief Economist at ADP, stated, "The near real-time employment data released weekly by ADP will provide a clearer picture of the labor market during this critical economic period... with unprecedented weekly detail, it dynamically displays changes in job gains and losses." This preliminary data is different from the more well-known National Employment Report (NER), also known as the "little non-farm report," which is typically released on the Wednesday before the non-farm employment data. The preliminary data can serve as a reference for monthly data, providing a weekly employment growth situation based on a four-week moving average, which will be revised when the NER is released. The data shows that the addition of 14,250 jobs per week means an average monthly job growth of about 55,000 jobs over the past four weeks, significantly improving from the performance of a decrease of 32,000 jobs in September as indicated in the NER. The company stated that it will continue to release final monthly estimates once a month. The October 2025 ADP NER is scheduled to be released on November 5, 2025 at 8:15 am Eastern Time. The next preliminary estimate of private sector employment on a weekly basis will be announced on November 11 at 8:15 am.