WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. companies added 230,000 jobs in October, most of them at small or mid-size companies, the payroll firm ADP reported Wednesday.
Almost one-quarter, 53,000, of the new jobs were in professional and business services, followed by trade, transportation and utilities with 47,000. Only 5,000 of the jobs were at large companies with 122,000 at mid-size ones and 102,000 at small businesses.