ADP Research’s preliminary NER Pulse showed U.S. private hiring slowed for a second straight week to 21,000, with the weekly measure based on seasonally adjusted payroll data and the next update due July 14, 2026.
U.S. private employers added an average of 21,000 jobs per week in the four weeks ending June 20, 2026, according to ADP Research’s preliminary NER Pulse. The reading marked a second straight slowdown in hiring, down from 24,250 in the week ending June 13 and 30,750 in the week ending June 6. The weekly series, produced with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, uses a four-week moving average of seasonally adjusted high-frequency payroll data with a two-week lag to track private-sector employment trends.