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ADP Is Now Publishing Jobs Data Every Tuesday, and Its First Weekly Pulse Shows Private Hiring Grinding Higher

Published September 23, 20264 min read

Line chart of ADP NER Pulse: private jobs added per week, 4-week average (ADP Research) on a dark background — ADP's new weekly Pulse shows private hiring inching higher — a labor market filling back in, one desk at a time. Illustration: MarketIntelLabs

The most useful new number on the jobs beat is not from the government. On September 22, ADP Research began publishing the NER Pulse, a weekly estimate of private employment change built on the same payroll data behind its monthly National Employment Report. The first release covers the four weeks ending September 5, 2026, and puts the four-week moving average at 20,000 jobs added per week , the third consecutive weekly acceleration after averages of 10,000 for the week ending August 15 and 12,250 a week later, according to the ADP press release.

Key takeaways: ADP launched a weekly employment estimate, the NER Pulse, on September 22, 2026. The first print shows private payrolls up an average…

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