ADP National Employment Report Preliminary Estimate for February 7, 2026

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ADP National Employment Report Preliminary Estimate for February 7, 2026

ADP (ADP) reports the NER Pulse four-week moving average of U.S. private payroll gains was 12,750 jobs for the week ending Feb 7, 2026, marking the fourth consecutive week of strengthening job gains. These are preliminary, seasonally adjusted estimates with a two-week data lag.

The NER Pulse updates weekly with 12 weeks of history and will next publish on March 10, 2026. According to ADP, the measure is based on high-frequency payroll data and may be revised as new data arrives.

Positive
Four-week moving average reached 12,750 jobs (week ending 2/7/2026)
Fourth straight week of strengthening job gains

Negative
Estimates are preliminary and could be revised as new data is added
Data subject to a two-week lag, reducing immediacy for real-time tracking

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1. For a graph of the last 10 weeks or so

https://www.adpresearch.com/what-happened-to-labor-market-dynamism/
and search for NER Pulse


These are PRIVATE SECTOR jobs, not "all" jobs
For the week ending Feb 7: 12,750
Multiplying by 365 / (12*7) to "monthesize it" to the average month: 55,400

Compare to latest from BLS: 172,000 PRIVATE SECTOR jobs added in January
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t17.htm

[Wiz Imp]

2. 12,750 jobs in a week remains terribly week job growth.