Private companies in the United States added 807,000 jobs in December, indicating continued recovery in the labor market, payroll data company Automatic Data Processing (ADP) reported.
“December’s job market strengthened as the fallout from the Delta variant faded and Omicron’s impact had yet to be seen,” said Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP.
“Job gains were broad-based, as goods producers added the strongest reading of the year, while service providers dominated growth,” Richardson added. Service sector saw a job gain of 669,000 in December, with 246,000 jobs added in leisure and hospitality, according to the report produced by the ADP Research Institute in collaboration with Moody’s Analytics.—Xinhua
