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US Firms Shed 32,000 Jobs in ADP Report After Data Adjustment

US Private Payrolls Fall by 32,000 in September, ADP Says

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By Jarrell Dillard

October 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM UTC

Updated on

October 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM UTC

Payrolls at US companies unexpectedly dropped in September, due at least in part to issues with data analysis.

Private-sector payrolls decreased by 32,000 after a revised 3,000 decline a month earlier, according to ADP Research data released Wednesday. The figure was below all estimates in a Bloomberg survey of economists.