The personal sector added practically 15,000 jobs per week final month, preliminary ADP information exhibits

According to new preliminary data released by ADP, private sector employers added an average of 14,250 jobs per week over the past four weeks, marking a turnaround from September’s negative numbers.

To fill the gap left by the government shutdown, ADP will now release a four-week average weekly change in employment every Tuesday with a two-week lag. Today’s number is the four-week average ending October 11th.

“ADP’s near-real-time employment data, released weekly, will now provide an even clearer picture of the labor market at this critical time for the economy… providing a dynamic overview of job creation and loss at an unprecedented level of detail each week,” said Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP.

This preliminary data will be different from the better-known and widely watched National Employment Report, which is usually released on the Wednesday before the government’s payroll figures are released. The NER measures the monthly change in employment growth during the week containing the 12th of the month and provides details of employment growth by sector.

The preliminary data, which can be used as a guide to the monthly data, provides a four-week moving average of weekly job growth. It is revised monthly with the publication of the NER.

The increase of 14,250 suggests that monthly job growth over the four-week period totaled around 55,000, compared to a loss of -32,000 reported in the NER for September. However, the total may change with the publication of the NER.