NEW YORK, June 4 (UPI) -- Growth in private sector jobs slowed down drastically in May, after posting considerable gains in April following sluggish growth during the winter months.
Payroll processor Automatic Data Processing said Wednesday that the private sector added 179,000 new jobs in May, the lowest level since January and below analyst's expectations of 210,000 net new jobs. The payroll processor also revised April's numbers downwards by 5,000 to 215,000.