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ADP Employment Report At a Glance

• Total Nonfarm Private Employment: 112,702,000
• Monthly Change: Down 522,000
• Products Producing Sector: 20,481,000
• Monthly Change: Down 243,000
• Service Producing Sector: 92,221,000
• Monthly Change: Down 279,000

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Nonfarm private employment decreased 522,000 from December 2008 to January 2009 on a
seasonally adjusted basis, according to the ADP National Employment Report®. The estimated
change of employment from November to December 2008 was revised up by 34,000, from a
decline of 693,000 to a decline of 659,000.
January’s ADP Report estimates nonfarm private employment in the service-providing sector fell
by 279,000. Employment in the goods-producing sector declined 243,000, the twenty-fourth
consecutive monthly decline. Employment in the manufacturing sector declined 160,000, its
twenty-eighth decline over the last twenty-nine months.
Large businesses, defined as those with 500 or more workers, saw employment decline 92,000,
while medium-size businesses with between 50 and 499 workers declined 255,000. Employment
among small-size businesses, defined as those with fewer than 50 workers, declined 175,000.
Sharply falling employment at medium- and small-size businesses clearly indicates that the
recession continues to spread well beyond manufacturing and housing-related activities.
In January, construction employment dropped 83,000. This was its twenty-second consecutive
monthly decline, and brings the total decline in construction jobs since the peak in January 2007
to 923,000.

ADP Employment Report - January 2009 [PDF]

Source: ADP