Reports on private sector hiring offer a preview of what to expect in Friday’s federal jobs report, including a growing gap ...

Companies added 63,000 workers in February, an improvement from the downwardly revised 11,000 in January and better than the ...

The ADP report showed the strongest private hiring in seven months, beating Wall Street expectations.

US private employers added 63,000 roles in February, beating expectations in the best monthly gains since July, according to ...

Private companies added just 22,000 positions for January. The total was less than the downwardly revised 37,000 increase in December and below the consensus forecast for 45,000. The report starts ...

Private sector employment increased by 63,000 jobs in February and pay was up 4.5 percent year-over-year according to the ...

Hiring and pay growth were “solid” throughout the month, ADP said.

The health and education sector gained 58,000 of the net 63,000 jobs added to the economy overall in February.

The figure reported on Wednesday is below economists’ estimates of an increase of 50,000 jobs and higher than the prior month’s revised reading of a gain of 11,000 jobs.

Jobs numbers were looking up in February compared to previous months, with a U.S. hiring spree led in part by the construction industry.

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As of January, the average annualized pay growth for people who did not change jobs was 4.5%, compared to 6.4% growth for people switching jobs. This comes out to a sub-2% wage premium for job-hoppers ...