Economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast the ADP National
Employment Report would show a gain of 201,000 jobs.
Private payroll gains in July were revised down to 177,000 from
an originally reported 185,000 increase.
The report is jointly developed with Moody's Analytics.
The ADP figures come ahead of the U.S. Labor Department's more
comprehensive non-farm payrolls report on Friday, which includes
both public and private-sector employment.
Economists polled by Reuters are looking for total U.S.
employment to have grown by 220,000 jobs in August, a modest
climb from July's 215,000 figure. The unemployment rate is
forecast to tick down to 5.2 percent from the 5.3 percent in
July.
(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Meredith Mazzilli)
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