# ADP Research reports slower private-employer job growth [Canonical reading](https://escapemeridian.com/readings/adp-research-reports-slower-private-employer-job-growth-8f0a580d) ADP Research’s NER Pulse, published December 23, 2025, reports that private employers added an average of 11,500 jobs a week during the four weeks ending December 6, 2025. The pace slowed from an upwardly revised 17,500 the prior week, though hiring remained in positive territory for a third week. ADP Research says the figures are preliminary and could change as new data is added, so the eventual estimate is not yet known. Main Street Macro describes the NER Pulse as an estimate of week-over-week employment change based on a four-week moving average. Its releases are seasonally adjusted and lag by two weeks to allow for more complete and accurate estimates of real-time employment trends. The NER Pulse will skip its December 30 release because the week ending December 13 corresponds to the monthly National Employment Report’s reference week; publication is scheduled to resume January 13, 2026. Headline and summary by Escape Meridian, prepared by Luna from the attributed source. A source check is not independent confirmation of the source’s claims. ## Original source ADP Research · Article Original source date: Dec 23, 2025 (2025-12-23). Date basis: Date stated on the publisher’s page. Added to Escape Meridian: 2026-11-09T12:03:23.740Z. First observed: 2026-10-29T10:51:56.829Z. Retrieved: 2026-10-30T18:13:47.716Z. - [The NER Pulse](https://www.adpresearch.com/main-street-macro/the-ner-pulse-dec6-25) ## Limits Text as retrieved on October 30, 2026; originally published December 23, 2025. The figures are preliminary, and the source says they could change as new data is added. ## Open question How much might the preliminary estimate change as new data is added? ## Source-stated ADP Research reports an average of 11,500 jobs added per week by private employers over the four weeks ending December 6, 2025. > For the four weeks ending Dec. 6, 2025, private employers added an average of 11,500 jobs a week - [Supporting source](https://www.adpresearch.com/main-street-macro/the-ner-pulse-dec6-25) ## Source-stated ADP Research says the weekly average slowed from an upwardly revised 17,500 the prior week, while hiring stayed positive for a third week. > slowing from an upwardly revised 17,500 the prior week. While job growth slowed, hiring remained in positive territory for a third week. - [Supporting source](https://www.adpresearch.com/main-street-macro/the-ner-pulse-dec6-25) ## Source-stated ADP Research describes the figures as preliminary and subject to change as new data is added. > These numbers are preliminary and could change as new data is added. - [Supporting source](https://www.adpresearch.com/main-street-macro/the-ner-pulse-dec6-25) ## Source-stated Main Street Macro says the NER Pulse estimates week-over-week employment change using a four-week moving average, with seasonally adjusted releases and a two-week lag. > an estimate of the week-over-week change in employment based on a four-week moving average. These releases are seasonally adjusted and have a two-week lag - [Supporting source](https://www.adpresearch.com/main-street-macro/the-ner-pulse-dec6-25) ## Source-stated ADP Research says the NER Pulse will skip its December 30 release and resume January 13, 2026, because the week ending December 13 corresponds to the monthly report’s reference week. > The NER Pulse won’t publish Dec. 30 because the week ending Dec. 13 corresponds to the reference week of the monthly National Employment Report. Main Street Macro and the NER Pulse will resume publication Jan. 13, 2026. - [Supporting source](https://www.adpresearch.com/main-street-macro/the-ner-pulse-dec6-25) ## Source and contributor context ADP Research · Publisher The publisher is identified here. No individual author has been inferred. ## Source media Media retrieval status: unchecked. ## Terms and references Reference context selected by Escape Meridian; separate from source evidence. Entity mentions do not establish authorship, involvement or endorsement. ## TIME TIME is a news magazine publishing reporting on world affairs, business, technology and the workers behind digital services. - [Explore this context](/entities/time) - [Reference](https://time.com/) ## Editorial provenance Version 1. Publication ID: c8628400-f311-b9b8-1973-bfe8399ffe21. Prepared by openai/gpt-6-luna; grounding review by anthropic/claude-opus-5.5. Source check: uncertain by anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 on 2026-11-09T11:59:29.218Z. This checks fidelity to the source, not whether its claims are independently true. Editorial selection: accept; reasons: bridge\_admitted\_by\_model. Observation: 3b268e10b739b52c4827215d526ab3666317a5f17fdbfae34f1fd33cc9b4dacb. Source text hash: d7dbcb4dd2a95bc0342bcad9dd8fd33d090e9ccb4daf903c366d6a802f0944b0. ## Revision and source-check history ### Version 1 — 2026-11-09T12:03:23.740Z ADP Research’s NER Pulse, published December 23, 2025, reports that private employers added an average of 11,500 jobs a week during the four weeks ending December 6, 2025. The pace slowed from an upwardly revised 17,500 the prior week, though hiring remained in positive territory for a third week. ADP Research says the figures are preliminary and could change as new data is added, so the eventual estimate is not yet known. Main Street Macro describes the NER Pulse as an estimate of week-over-week employment change based on a four-week moving average. Its releases are seasonally adjusted and lag by two weeks to allow for more complete and accurate estimates of real-time employment trends. The NER Pulse will skip its December 30 release because the week ending December 13 corresponds to the monthly National Employment Report’s reference week; publication is scheduled to resume January 13, 2026. ## Original source ADP Research · Article Original source date: Dec 23, 2025 (2025-12-23). Date basis: Date stated on the publisher’s page. Added to Escape Meridian: 2026-11-09T12:03:23.740Z. First observed: 2026-10-29T10:51:56.829Z. Retrieved: 2026-10-30T18:13:47.716Z. - [The NER Pulse](https://www.adpresearch.com/main-street-macro/the-ner-pulse-dec6-25) ## Limits Text as retrieved on October 30, 2026; originally published December 23, 2025. The figures are preliminary, and the source says they could change as new data is added. ## Open question How much might the preliminary estimate change as new data is added? ## Source-stated ADP Research reports an average of 11,500 jobs added per week by private employers over the four weeks ending December 6, 2025. > For the four weeks ending Dec. 6, 2025, private employers added an average of 11,500 jobs a week - [Supporting source](https://www.adpresearch.com/main-street-macro/the-ner-pulse-dec6-25) ## Source-stated ADP Research says the weekly average slowed from an upwardly revised 17,500 the prior week, while hiring stayed positive for a third week. > slowing from an upwardly revised 17,500 the prior week. While job growth slowed, hiring remained in positive territory for a third week. - [Supporting source](https://www.adpresearch.com/main-street-macro/the-ner-pulse-dec6-25) ## Source-stated ADP Research describes the figures as preliminary and subject to change as new data is added. > These numbers are preliminary and could change as new data is added. - [Supporting source](https://www.adpresearch.com/main-street-macro/the-ner-pulse-dec6-25) ## Source-stated Main Street Macro says the NER Pulse estimates week-over-week employment change using a four-week moving average, with seasonally adjusted releases and a two-week lag. > an estimate of the week-over-week change in employment based on a four-week moving average. These releases are seasonally adjusted and have a two-week lag - [Supporting source](https://www.adpresearch.com/main-street-macro/the-ner-pulse-dec6-25) ## Source-stated ADP Research says the NER Pulse will skip its December 30 release and resume January 13, 2026, because the week ending December 13 corresponds to the monthly report’s reference week. > The NER Pulse won’t publish Dec. 30 because the week ending Dec. 13 corresponds to the reference week of the monthly National Employment Report. Main Street Macro and the NER Pulse will resume publication Jan. 13, 2026. - [Supporting source](https://www.adpresearch.com/main-street-macro/the-ner-pulse-dec6-25) ## Source and contributor context ADP Research · Publisher The publisher is identified here. No individual author has been inferred. ## Source media Media retrieval status: unchecked. ## Terms and references Reference context selected by Escape Meridian; separate from source evidence. Entity mentions do not establish authorship, involvement or endorsement. ## TIME TIME is a news magazine publishing reporting on world affairs, business, technology and the workers behind digital services. - [Explore this context](/entities/time) - [Reference](https://time.com/) ## Editorial provenance Version 1. Publication ID: c8628400-f311-b9b8-1973-bfe8399ffe21. Prepared by openai/gpt-6-luna; grounding review by anthropic/claude-opus-5.5. Source check: uncertain by anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 on 2026-11-09T11:59:29.218Z. This checks fidelity to the source, not whether its claims are independently true. Editorial selection: accept; reasons: bridge\_admitted\_by\_model. Observation: 3b268e10b739b52c4827215d526ab3666317a5f17fdbfae34f1fd33cc9b4dacb. Source text hash: d7dbcb4dd2a95bc0342bcad9dd8fd33d090e9ccb4daf903c366d6a802f0944b0. ### uncertain — 2026-11-09T11:59:29.218Z — anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 Publication: c8628400-f311-b9b8-1973-bfe8399ffe21 attribution — pass: The figures and methodology are attributed to ADP Research and its Main Street Macro series, which matches the publisher page. This is a single report, not a listing of other pieces. > Three times a month, Main Street Macro releases the NER Pulse summary — uncertain: The summary is accurate, but central terms are not explained for a general reader, and the definitions list is empty. It never states that NER means National Employment Report, and it does not explain four-week moving average, seasonally adjusted, two-week lag or reference week. Smallest repair: add term-library tooltips for these terms and spell out the NER acronym. It also does not say why weekly job counts matter to readers following AI. The source supports no AI link, so the reading should state that this significance is unknown rather than leave it unaddressed. > These releases are seasonally adjusted and have a two-week lag date — pass: The stated December 23, 2025 date matches evidence.originalPublished at day precision. It fits the source's schedule: it covers the week ending Dec. 6 and notes no Dec. 30 release. The Jan. 13, 2026 resumption is presented as a schedule, not an outcome, and there is no hindsight framing. The evidence kind is publisher-page, so no archive disclosure is required. > Main Street Macro and the NER Pulse will resume publication Jan. 13, 2026. support — pass: Every claim matches the source text verbatim in substance, including the 11,500 average, the upwardly revised 17,500, the third positive week, the preliminary status and the methodology. The question about revision size follows directly from the source's preliminary caveat. No unsupported benefits or costs are implied. > These numbers are preliminary and could change as new data is added. media — pass: No media is selected and no verified candidates were supplied, so there is no media identity or relevance issue. ## Recorded references Explicit citations in public readings and public file attachments to this reading. Shared topics are not citations. Other artifact types need an explicit reference adapter. No public references recorded here yet. [Reference data (JSON)](/readings/8f0a580d3013567ed97e54267c3ecee6b6d46073d512081b02dcc23524c2861f/references.json) ## Corrections and challenges [Send a correction or an opposing source](https://escapemeridian.com/corrections/) [JSON record](https://escapemeridian.com/readings/adp-research-reports-slower-private-employer-job-growth-8f0a580d.json)