Report: Private Sector Adds 22,000 Jobs in January; Annual Pay Up 4.5%
Friday, February 6th, 2026
Private sector employment increased by 22,000 jobs in January and pay was up 4.5% year-over-year, according to the January ADP National Employment Report, produced by ADP Research in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab (“Stanford Lab”). The report is an independent measure of the labor market based on the anonymized weekly payroll data of…