ADP: Private employers add 192,000 jobs in January

ADP, a private staffing and business services firm, said Wednesday that private employers added 192,000 jobs in January. The economy is currently showing the most growth for small to mid-sized service-providing jobs, according to the ADP report.

The total employment level in January 2013 was 1.54 percent above the level seen a year ago, according to ADP.

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January 30, 2013

Today, private staffing and business services firm ADP released the latest installment of their National Employment Report indicating that the situation for private employment in the U.S. improved in January as private employers added 192,000 jobs in the month bringing the total employment level 1.54% above the level seen in January 2012. 

Perusing the rest of the data in the ADP dataset you can see the the economy is currently showing the most growth for small to mid-sized service providing jobs with goods-producing jobs remaining near trough levels. 

Look for Friday’s BLS Employment Situation Report to likely show somewhat similar trends.