Companies in the private sector added 98,000 jobs in June, payroll processing firm ADP said in its latest report on Wednesday.
The figure is below economists’ estimates of a gain of 118,000 jobs and down from the prior month’s unrevised 122,000 payrolls figure.
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Education and health services added 48,000 positions, leading job creation in June. Trade, transportation and utilities added 15,000, financial activities gained 14,000 and other services added 8,000.
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Information added 7,000 jobs, while manufacturing added 5,000. Leisure and hospitality, professional and business services and construction each added 2,000 jobs.
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On the negative side, natural resources and mining lost 5,000 jobs.
People staying in their roles saw their pay climb 4.4% from the prior year, while pay gains for those changing their jobs accelerated to 6.6%.
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“The pace of hiring is telling a story of both supply and demand,” said ADP chief economist Nela Richardson. “We know it’s taking people longer to find work, but there also are signs of labor supply constraints in certain industries. For now, the overall effect is a slowdown in job creation.”
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