Rooseland, New Jersey, September 30th / PRNewswire / -- According to the ADP National Employment Report® compiled in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab ( Stanford Lab ) based on ADP research, the private sector in the United States added 90,000 jobs in September.
According to ADP Salary Insights ( ADP Pay Insights ), the basic salary of employees in the private sector has increased by 3.2% year-on-year, and total salary has increased by 4.7% year-on-year.
- The basic salary of retained employees increased by 3.0% year-on-year; the basic salary of those who changed jobs increased by 4.8%.
- The total salary of employees who stayed on increased by 4.4% year-on-year; the total salary of employees who changed jobs increased by 7.3%.
ADP The National Employment Report is an independent labor market indicator, based on anonymous weekly salary data of over 26 million employees in the private sector in the United States. ADP Salary Insights uses salary transaction data to compare wage increases over a 12-month period for individual employees, generating more than 14.7 million observations of year-over-year salary changes each month.
ADP indicates that these two reports, combined with their detailed data, can provide a representative and high-frequency picture of the private sector labor market.
ADP Chief Economist Nela Richardson Dr. stated: "This is a strong report. After three months of slowdown, job creation has rebounded, and salary growth remains solid."
Key Points of the September 2026 Report
ADP National Employment Report and interactive charts can be viewed at www.adpemploymentreport.com.
Employment Report
In September, private employers created an additional 90,000 jobs.
Recruitment speeds have accelerated for the first time since May, driven mainly by the education and healthcare sectors, as well as the leisure and hospitality industries. Financial activities, as well as professional and business services, have performed weakly.
- U.S. Private Employment Change: 90,000
- Changes by Industry
- Product production: 31,000 units
- Natural Resources and Mining: -1000
- Construction industry: 15,000
- Manufacturing: 17,000
- Service providers: 59,000
- Trade, transportation, and public utilities: 0
- Information industry: 3,000
- Financial activities: -16,000
- Professional and commercial services: -11,000
- Education and medical services: 55,000
- Leisure and hospitality industry: 22,000
- Other services: 6,000
Changes by Region in the United States
- Northeast: 56,000
- New England: 9,000
- Mid-Atlantic: 47,000
- Midwest: 5,000
- Central Northeast: -10,000
- Northwest Central: 15,000
- South: 11,000
- South Atlantic: -10,000
- Southeast Central: -1000
- Central South: 22,000
- West: 17,000
- Mountainous areas: 18,000
- Pacific: -1000
Changes categorized by institutional size
- Small institutions: 23,000
- 1 to 19 employees: 18,000
- 20 to 49 employees: 5,000 units
- Medium-sized institutions: 54,000
- 50 to 249 employees: 18,000
- 250 to 499 employees: 36,000
- Large institutions: 14,000
- 500 employees or more: 14,000
Salary Insights
ADP Salary Insights provides basic salary growth and total salary growth data categorized by employee turnover, demographics, industry, employer size, salary percentile, and the 56 metropolitan areas of the United States. The report now also offers a distribution of salary growth and an interactive data platform.
There was little change in the increase of basic salary in September.
Salaries of remaining employees increased by 3.0% year-on-year, while those of employees who changed jobs increased by 4.8%.
For more information, please visit the interactive platform.
Change in the median basic salary
- All employees: 3.2%
- Retained employees: 3.0%
- Employees changing jobs: 4.8%
Change in the median total wage
- All employees: 4.7%
- Retained employees: 4.4%
- Employees changing jobs: 7.3%
Changes in the median basic salary by industry
- Commodity production:
- Natural Resources and Mining: 3.3%
- Construction industry: 4.0%
- Manufacturing: 3.5%
- Service Providers:
- Trade, transportation, and public utilities: 3.4%
- Information industry: 3.1%
- Financial activities: 3.5%
- Professional and commercial services: 3.2%
- Education and medical services: 3.0%
- Leisure and hospitality industry: 3.0%
- Other services: 3.0%
Changes in the median basic salary by company size
- Medium-sized companies:
- 50 to 249 employees: 3.5%
- 250 to 499 employees: 3.3%
- Large companies:
- 500 employees or more: 3.2%
For insights into salaries divided by U.S. metropolitan areas, gender, age, and salary quartiles, please visit https :// payinsights.adp.com /
The total number of new jobs created in August was revised from 38,000 to 36,000.
Starting from this month's release, the national employment report will include data from the first quarter employment and wage survey ( QCEW ) published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on August 28, 2026.
For more information on the ADP National Employment Report, including historical documents, employment and salary data, methodology, and a calendar of release dates, please visit https :// adpemploymentreport.com.
The National Employment Report for ADP in October 2026 will be released on November 4, 2026, at 8:15 a.m. Eastern Time in the United States.
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