ADP June 2026 private payrolls miss expectations at 98,000

June's private-sector payroll count came in at a seasonally adjusted 98,000, according to ADP data, falling short of both the prior month's 122,000 tally and the 110,000 that Dow Jones analysts had projected.

Within the services category, which generated all but 2,000 of June's new positions, the education and health services sector was the single largest contributor at 48,000 jobs. Trade, transportation, and utilities followed at 15,000, with financial activities at 14,000 and other services at 8,000. Among goods-producing industries, construction gained 2,000 workers and manufacturing gained 5,000, though natural resources and mining moved in the opposite direction, cutting 5,000 positions to become the only sector that finished the month in negative territory.

The hospitality and leisure sector posted a gain of only 2,000 jobs, marking yet another month of sluggish growth in what ADP characterized as a persistent soft patch now stretching six consecutive months.

Smaller employers carried much of the hiring weight in June, with firms of fewer than 50 workers responsible for 53,000 new positions. The remaining gains were split between the largest employers — those with 500 or m

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