ADP reports that it handles payroll for more than 26 million U.S. employees, and a 2025 ADP payroll report indicated that private-sector employers added jobs in October 2025 after two months of decline, though hiring in October 2025 was modest relative to earlier in 2025.
November 07, 2025
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temporal
ADP processes payroll for millions of workers and publishes monthly estimates of private-sector employment changes based on payroll data.
ADP processes approximately 20% of U.S. private-sector payrolls.
October 23, 2025
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descriptive
Market share of a major payroll processor in handling private-sector payrolls.
Payroll processor ADP's employment dataset tracks only private-sector hiring and does not include public-sector employment.
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general
ADP data are commonly used as an alternative employment measure but are limited to private employers.
ADP, a private payroll processor, reports measures of private-sector employment that exclude government employment.
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temporal
Describes how a commonly cited private employment data source is constructed and its coverage limitations.