April Job Growth Surges: 62,000 New Private Sector Positions Added!

Overview of Job Growth in April 2025

According to the April ADP® National Employment Report, private sector employment saw an increase of 62,000 jobs in April, with annual pay rising 4.5% year-over-year. This report, produced by ADP Research in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, provides a comprehensive view of the private-sector labor market based on anonymized payroll data from over 25 million U.S. employees.

Monthly Employment Insights

The report highlights the current month's total private employment changes along with weekly job data from the previous month. With continuous updates to the underlying ADP payroll databases, this report offers a high-frequency, near real-time measure of U.S. employment. As of January 2025, ADP's Pay Insights measure captures nearly 14.8 million individual pay change observations each month, a significant increase from nearly 10 million at its launch.

Dr. Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP, noted, "Unease is the word of the day. Employers are trying to reconcile policy and consumer uncertainty with a run of mostly positive economic data. It can be difficult to make hiring decisions in such an environment."

April 2025 Report Highlights

Jobs Report

• Private employers added 62,000 jobs in April.
• Sector performance: Education and health services, information, and professional/business services experienced job losses, while hiring in other sectors was moderate.

Change in U.S. Private Employment

• Total Change: 62,000

Change by Industry Sector

• Goods-producing: 26,000
  • Natural resources/mining: 6,000
  • Construction: 16,000
  • Manufacturing: 4,000
• Service-providing: 34,000
  • Trade/transportation/utilities: 21,000
  • Information: -8,000
  • Financial activities: 20,000
  • Professional/business services: -2,000
  • Education/health services: -23,000
  • Leisure/hospitality: 27,000
  • Other services: -1,000

Change by U.S. Regions

• Northeast: 10,000
  • New England: -33,000
  • Middle Atlantic: 43,000
• Midwest: 42,000
  • East North Central: 39,000
  • West North Central: 3,000
• South: 3,000
  • South Atlantic: -8,000
  • East South Central: 54,000
  • West South Central: -43,000
• West: 9,000
  • Mountain: 8,000
  • Pacific: 1,000

Change by Establishment Size

• Small establishments: 11,000
  • 1-19 employees: 20,000
  • 20-49 employees: -9,000
• Medium establishments: 40,000
  • 50-249 employees: 21,000
  • 250-499 employees: 19,000
• Large establishments: 12,000
  • 500+ employees: 12,000

Pay Insights

• Steady pay gains in April: Pay for job-stayers rose 4.5% from a year earlier, while job-changers saw an increase from 6.7% in March to 6.9% in April.

Median Change in Annual Pay

• Job-Stayers: 4.5%
• Job-Changers: 6.9%

Pay Insights by Industry Sector for Job-Stayers

• Goods-producing:
  • Natural resources/mining: 4.4%
  • Construction: 4.7%
  • Manufacturing: 4.6%
• Service-providing:
  • Trade/transportation/utilities: 4.3%
  • Information: 4.1%
  • Financial activities: 5.1%
  • Professional/business services: 4.3%
  • Education/health services: 4.7%
  • Leisure/hospitality: 4.7%
  • Other services: 4.3%

Median Change in Annual Pay by Firm Size

• Small firms: 2.8% (1-19 employees), 4.2% (20-49 employees)
• Medium firms: 4.8% (50-249 employees), 4.9% (250-499 employees)
• Large firms: 4.8% (500+ employees)

For detailed Pay Insights by U.S. State, Gender, and Age for Job-Stayers, visit here.

Note: The March total number of jobs added was revised from 155,000 to 147,000. Historical data and weekly data for the previous month can be found at ADP Employment Report.

The May 2025 ADP National Employment Report will be released at 8:15 a.m. ET on June 4, 2025.