Private sector employment decreased by 301,000 jobs from December to January according to the January ADP® National Employment ReportTM. Broadly distributed to the public each month, free of charge, the ADP National Employment Report is produced by the ADP Research Institute® in collaboration with Moody's Analytics. The report, which is derived from ADP's actual data of those who are on a company's payroll, measures the change in total nonfarm private employment each month on a seasonally-adjusted basis. {charts} Total U.S. Nonfarm Private Employment: -301,000 By Company Size - Small businesses: -144,000 1-19 ... (full story)