U.S. private employers added just 22,000 jobs in January, far below expectations. With wage growth steady but hiring weak, is the labor market losing steam?

Employers added a paltry 22,000 jobs in January, as robust hiring in education and health care could not offset a sharp decline in business and professional services employment, private payroll firm ADP said on Wednesday.

The new year isn't bringing much new energy to the US job market. A report from payroll firm ADP shows private companies added just 22,000 jobs in January—well short of the 45,000 economists expected and down from December's downwardly revised tally of 37.

A new report from payroll processing firm ADP showed that the jobs market sluggishness that defined the end of 2025 continued into this year

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