Private sector adds 122,000 jobs in May, above expectations, ADP says ⁠23%

By Matthew Kazin⁠0%

6/3/2026, 5:17:35 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 14 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Negativity Bias, and Pessimism Bias, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 14.6% saturation with 39 hits. Analysis detected 264 faulty-reasoning hits from 267 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 36% and a BS Rank of ⁠23% (16,982 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 77.60% of the article peer group.

Companies in the private sector added 122,000 jobs in May, payroll processing firm ADP said in its latest report on Wednesday. 
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Education and health services added 57,000 positions, leading job creation in May. 
Trade, transportation and utilities added 36,000 and professional and business services added 11,000. 
Leisure and hospitality and construction each added 8,000 positions in the month. 
Financial activities added 7,000, other services added 4,000 and manufacturing added 3,000. 
On the negative side, information lost 9,000 jobs while natural resources and mining lost 3,000. 
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Large businesses – those with 500 or more employees – gained 40,000 jobs in May. 
Businesses with 50 to 499 employees gained 17,000 workers. 
Establishments with fewer than 50 employees gained 67,000 jobs. 
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"Hiring was more broad-based in May than we've seen in the last few years," said ADP chief economist Nela Richardson. 
"The labor market continues to show sustained momentum going into the summer hiring season." 
The ADP data is released before the Labor Department's nonfarm payrolls report, which is due on Friday morning and can differ notably. 
The government data is expected to show an increase of 85,000 positions, below the 115,000 reported in April. 
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