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Private Hiring Nearly Doubled From the July Trough. ADP's September Report Tests Whether It Holds.

Published September 30, 20266 min read

An open box of office supplies being unpacked on a bare desk, one chair newly placed in an empty office. — One desk in use at the end of a row of empty ones: the private-hiring thaw ADP's September report will test. Illustration: MarketIntelLabs

Private hiring in the United States is moving again. ADP's weekly hiring tracker, the NER Pulse, put the four-week average at 20,000 jobs added per week for the period ending September 5, 2026, the third consecutive weekly acceleration and close to double the 8,250 jobs a week recorded in late July. The numbers are preliminary and carry a two-week lag, but the direction is unambiguous: the private-sector hiring freeze that defined the summer is thawing from the bottom up.

Key Takeaways ADP's NER Pulse shows private employers adding an average of 20,000 jobs per week in the four weeks ending September 5, 2026, up from a trough of 8,250 in late July. Initial jobless claims fell to 197,000 for t…

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