ADP National Employment Report: Private-Sector Employment Increased by 38,000 Jobs in August
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Base pay rose 3.2%; gross pay was up 4.7% ROSELAND, N.J., Sept. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Private-sector employment increased by 38,000 jobs in August, according to the ADP National Employment Report® produced by ADP Research in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab ("Stanford Lab"). For all private-sector workers in the United States, base pay rose 3.2% and gross pay was up 4.7% year over year, according to ADP Pay Insights. Base pay for job-stayers rose 3.0% year-over-year; base pay for job-changers increased 4.7%. Gross pay for job-stayers rose 4.4% year-over year; gross pay for job-changers increased 7.3%. Beginning with today's release of the August 2026 data, ADP Pay Insights offers deeper analytics, expanded geographic data, and an interactive data platform . Key enhancements to the monthly report include tracking of the year-over-year change in base pay drawn from contracted pay rates in addition to the reported change in gross pay. Gross pay is drawn from base pay plus bonuses, commissions, tips, and other earnings. ADP Pay Insights also now reports pay trends for all workers, job-stayers and job-changers combined. Data on base and gross pay is available for 56 U.S. metropolitan areas. Base and gross pay data also is available by worker mobility, demographics, sector, employer size, and pay quartile. Base and gross pay each are valuable indicators of...
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