ROSELAND, N.J., Oct. 1, 2025 /prnewswire/ — Private sector employment shed 32,000 jobs in September and pay was up 4.5 percent year-over-year according to the September ADP National Employment Report® produced by ADP Research in collaboration wiht the Stanford Digital Economy Lab (“Stanford Lab”).

Job Openings and wage Growth – September 2023

Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS)

The number of job openings decreased to 8.8 million on the last business day of September 2023.

Key Highlights:

* Job Openings: 8.8 million (down 336,000 from August)
* Hires: 6.8 million (little changed from August)
* Separations: 5.9 million (little changed from August)
* Layoffs: 1.8 million (little changed from August)
* Quits: 3.6 million (little changed from August)

Change by U.S. Regions

* Northeast: 21,000
* New England: 2,000
* Mid-Atlantic: 19,000
* Midwest: -63,000
* East North Central: -67,000
* West North Central: 4,000
* South: 3,000
* South Atlantic: 5,000
* East South Central: -18,000
* West South Central: 16,000
* West: 15,000
* Mountain: -6,000
* Pacific: 21,000

Change by Establishment size

* Small establishments: -40,000
* 1-19 employees: -19,000
* 20-49 employees: -21,000
* Medium establishments: -20,000
* 50-249 employees: -11,000
* 250-499 employees: -9,000
* Large establishments: 33,000
* 500+ employees: 33,000

PAY INSIGHTS

September pay gains were steady for job-stayers. Year-over-year pay growth for job-stayers was little changed in September at 4.5 percent. Pay gains for job-changers slowed to 6.6 percent from 7.1 percent in August,led by leisure and hospitality and financial activities.

Median Change in Annual Pay

* Job-stayers: 4.5%
* Job-changers: 6.6%

Median Change in Annual Pay for Job-Stayers by Industry

* Goods-producing:

* Natural resources/mining: 4.3%
* Construction: 4.5%
* manufacturing: 4.7%
* Service-providing:

* Trade/transportation/utilities: 4.3%
* Data: 4.3%
* Financial activities: 5.2%
* professional/business services: 4.2%
* Education/health services: 4.4%
* Leisure/hospitality: 4.5%
* other services: 4.1%

median Change in Annual Pay for Job-Stayers by Firm Size

* Small firms:

* 1-19 employees: 2.7%
* 20-49 employees: 4.0%
* Medium firms:

* 50-249 employees: 4.7%
* 250-499 employees: 4.8%

ADP National Employment Report Revised Due to Benchmarking to QCEW Data

October 1, 2025 – ADP today announced revisions to its National Employment Report following its annual benchmarking to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) data.

The recalibration resulted in a downward revision of 43,000 jobs for the September 2025 ADP National Employment Report. Additionally, job creation in August 2025 was revised significantly from an initial estimate of 54,000 to a decrease of 3,000 jobs.

ADP’s full-year benchmarking will be completed in Febuary 2026 with the release of the January 2026 National Employment Report.

The company noted that the most recent QCEW release contained a higher-than-normal number of missing or redacted values, especially regarding establishment size, NAICS sector, and geographic subgroups. This necessitated the benchmark calculation to be performed at a broader level of granularity than in previous years.

The October 2025 ADP National Employment Report will be released on November 5, 2025, at 8:15 a.m.ET.

About ADP

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Resources:

* ADP Employment Report: https://adpemploymentreport.com/

* ADP Research: https://www.adpresearch.com/

* ADP: https://adp.com/

Source: ADP, Inc.