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Small Businesses Jobs Increased by 85,000 in August

Private sector small business employment increased by 85,000 jobs from July to August according to the August ADP Small Business Report. Due to the important contribution that small businesses make to economic growth, employment data that are ...

Private sector small business employment increased by 85,000 jobs from July to August according to the August ADP Small Business Report. Due to the important contribution that small businesses make to economic growth, employment data that are specific to businesses with 49 or fewer employees is reported each month. The ADP Small Business Report is produced by ADP in collaboration with Moody’s Analytics.

August 2015 Small Business Report Highlights

Total Small Business Employment:      85,000            

 

  • By size:                                                        

o    1-19 employees                          50,000           

o    20-49 employees                       35,000           

 

  • By sector for 1-49 employees:         

o    Goods producing                        5,000            

o    Service providing                      80,000            

 

  • By sector for 1-19 employees:

o    Goods producing                        1,000                         

o    Service providing                      49,000                    

 

  • By sector for 20-49 employees:

o    Goods producing                        4,000                             

o    Service providing                      30,000                 

The ADP Small Business Report is a monthly estimate of private nonfarm employment among companies in the U.S. with 1-49 employees and is a subset of the ADP National Employment Report