July 01 2009 ADP

Nonfarm private employment decreased 473,000 from May to June 2009 on a seasonally
adjusted basis, according to the ADP National Employment Report®. The estimated change of
employment from April to May was revised by 47,000, from a decline of 532,000 to a decline of
485,000.
Monthly employment losses in April, May, and June averaged 492,000. This is a notable
improvement over the first three months of the year, when monthly losses averaged 691,000.
Nevertheless, despite some recent indications that economic activity is stabilizing, employment,
which usually trails overall economic activity, is likely to decline for at least several more
months, although perhaps not as rapidly as during the last six months.
June’s ADP Report estimates nonfarm private employment in the service-providing sector fell by
223,000. Employment in the goods-producing sector declined 250,000, with employment in the
manufacturing sector dropping 146,000, its fortieth consecutive monthly decline.
Large businesses, defined as those with 500 or more workers, saw employment decline by
91,000, while medium-size businesses with between 50 and 499 workers declined 205,000.
Employment among small-size businesses, defined as those with fewer than 50 workers, declined
177,000. Since reaching peak employment in January 2008, small-size businesses have shed
nearly 2.3 million jobs.
In June, construction employment dropped 97,000. This was its twenty-ninth consecutive
monthly decline, and brings the total decline in construction jobs since the peak in January 2007
to 1,428,000. Employment in the financial services sector dropped 29,000, the nineteenth
consecutive monthly decline.