Legend
- High Impact Expected
- Med Impact Expected
- Low Impact Expected
- Non-Economic
Revision
- Green NumberBetter than forecast -or- revised better
- Red NumberWorse than forecast -or- revised worse
- m/mMonth Over Month
- q/qQuarter Over Quarter
- y/yYear Over Year
- K Thousand
- M Million
- B Billion
- T Trillion
US ADP Weekly Employment Change
Job creation is an important leading indicator of consumer spending, which accounts for a majority of overall economic activity;
This is high-frequency private-sector employment data based on a rolling four-week average, and tends to be more volatile than the monthly ADP Employment Report. The release is skipped in any week that overlaps with publication of the monthly ADP Employment Report. Source first released in Oct 2025;
- US ADP Weekly Employment Change Graph
- History
| Expected Impact / Date | Actual | Forecast | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2026 | 35.8K |
40.8K | |
| May 19, 2026 | 42.3K | 33.0K | |
| May 12, 2026 | 33.0K | 39.3K | |
| Apr 28, 2026 | 39.3K |
40.3K | |
| Apr 21, 2026 | 54.8K |
40.3K | |
| Apr 14, 2026 | 39.3K | 26.0K | |
| Apr 7, 2026 | 26.0K |
15.3K | |
| Mar 24, 2026 | 10.0K | 9.0K |
- Details
Specs
Measures:
Estimated average weekly change in the number of employed people during the previous 4 weeks, excluding the farming industry and government;
Usual Effect:
'Actual' greater than 'Forecast' is good for energy prices;
Frequency:
Released weekly, on the first Tuesday about 2 weeks after the rolling four-week period ends;
Derived Via:
ADP analyzes payroll data from more than 26 million workers to derive employment growth estimations;
Also Called:
NER Pulse;
Acro Expand:
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP), National Employment Report (NER);
Event Type:
Employment