US Private Hiring Stalls in July as ADP Reports Just 44,000 Jobs Added

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• The U.S. private sector added 44,000 jobs in July, well below the 75,000 economists expected and the weakest month since January, while June's figure was revised down to 95,000, according to ADP data cited in the report.
• Excluding education and health services, which added 36,000 jobs, the rest of the private economy added just 8,000 jobs; job switchers saw a 7% pay premium over stayers' 4.4% raise, the widest gap since August 2025, per the report.

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