Published on Wednesday. May 5. 2010. 8:15 A.M.

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April 2010 National Employment Report

NonIarm private employment increased 32.000 Irom March to April 2010 on a seasonally
adiusted basis. according to the ADP National Emplovment Report. The estimated change in
employment Irom February to March 2010 was revised up. Irom a decline oI 23.000 to an
increase oI 19.000.

In addition. the revised estimate oI the monthly change in employment Irom January to February
2010 shows a modest increase oI 3.000. Thus. employment has increased Ior three straight
months. albeit only modestly. The slow pace oI improvement Irom February through April is
consistent with the pause in the decline oI initial unemployment claims that occurred during the
winter months.

Unlike the estimate oI total establishment employment to be released on Friday by the Bureau oI
Labor Statistics (BLS). today`s ADP Report does not include any Iederal hiring in April Ior the
2010 Census. For this reason it is reasonable to expect that Friday`s Iigure Ior nonIarm total
employment reported by the BLS will be stronger than today`s estimate Ior nonIarm private
employment in the ADP Report.

April`s ADP Report estimates nonIarm private employment in the service-providing sector rose
by 50.000. the third consecutive monthly increase. Employment in the goods-producing sector
declined 18.000 during April. However. while construction employment dropped 49.000.
manuIacturing employment. in an encouraging sign. rose 29.000. the third consecutive monthly
increase.

Large businesses. deIined as those with 500 or more workers. saw employment increase by
14.000 and employment among medium-size businesses. deIined as those with between 50 and
499 workers increased by 17.000. Employment among small-size businesses. deIined as those
with Iewer than 50 workers. increased by 1.000 in April.*

In April. construction employment dropped 49.000. This was moderately higher than last
month`s decline oI 38.000. This was the thirty-ninth consecutive monthly decline. and brings the
total decline in construction iobs since the peak in January 2007 to 2.159.000. Employment in
the Iinancial services sector dropped 14.000. resulting in over three years oI consecutive monthly
declines.

For inIormation on the construction sector and use oI the ADP Report. please visit the
methodology section oI the ADP National Emplovment Report website at
http://ADPemploymentreport.com/methodology.aspx.






*All data included in the ADP National Emplovment Report is based on size of pavroll. In some cases. small and medium-size pavrolls belong to
businesses emploving more workers than indicated bv the size grouping.

DERIVED FROM ADP PAYROLL DATA
TabIe 1. EmpIoyees on nonfarm private payroIIs by seIected industry sector and size*
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TotaI nonfarm private..... 106,978 106,829 106,747 106,750 106,769 106,801 32
Small (1-49)...... 48,287 48,236 48,201 48,191 48,195 48,196 1
Medium (50-499).... 41,137 41,081 41,061 41,078 41,090 41,107 17
Large (> 499)...... 17,554 17,512 17,485 17,481 17,484 17,498 14
Goods-producing...... 17,818 17,730 17,653 17,618 17,583 17,565 -18
Small (1-49)...... 6,583 6,549 6,511 6,485 6,463 6,439 -24
Medium (50-499).... 7,728 7,697 7,677 7,672 7,663 7,660 -3
Large (> 499)...... 3,507 3,484 3,465 3,461 3,457 3,466 9
Service-providing..... 89,160 89,099 89,094 89,132 89,186 89,236 50
Small (1-49)...... 41,704 41,687 41,690 41,706 41,732 41,757 25
Medium (50-499).... 33,409 33,384 33,384 33,406 33,427 33,447 20
Large (> 499)...... 14,047 14,028 14,020 14,020 14,027 14,032 5
Addendum:
Manufacturing...... 11,486 11,449 11,429 11,434 11,437 11,466 29
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* All size data included in the ADP National Employment Report is based on size of payroll. In some
cases, small and medium-size payrolls belong to businesses employing more workers than indicated
by the size grouping.
Seasonally Adjusted
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The matched sample used to develop the ADP National Emplovment Report was derived Irom
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360.000 U.S. business clients and represented over 22 million U.S. employees. This
approximately represents the size oI the matched sample used this month.

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About the ADP Aational Emplovment Report
®

The ADP National Emplovment Report. sponsored by ADP
®
. was developed and is maintained
by Macroeconomic Advisers. LLC. It is a measure oI employment derived Irom an anonymous
subset oI roughly 500.000 U.S. business clients. During the twelve month period through
December 2009. this subset averaged over 360.000 U.S. business clients and over 22 million
U.S. employees working in all private industrial sectors. The ADP Small Business Report
®
is a
monthly estimate oI private nonIarm employment among companies in the United States with 1-
49 employees and is a subset oI the ADP National Emplovment Report. The data Ior both reports
is collected Ior pay periods that can be interpolated to include the week oI the 12th oI each
month. and processed with statistical methodologies similar to those used by the U.S. Bureau oI
Labor Statistics to compute employment Irom its monthly survey oI establishments. Due to this
processing. this subset is modiIied to make it indicative oI national employment levels; thereIore.
the resulting employment changes computed Ior the ADP National Emplovment Report are not
representative oI changes in ADP`s total base oI U.S. business clients.

For a description oI the underlying data and the statistical properties oI the series. please see
'ADP National Emplovment Report. Development Methodology¨ at
http://ADPemploymentreport.com/methodology.aspx.


The May 2010 ADP National Emplovment Report will be released June 3. 2010 at 8:15 AM ET.
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