Economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast the ADP National
Employment Report would show a gain of 187,000 jobs, with
estimates ranging from 110,000 to 225,000.
Private payroll gains in the month earlier were revised down to
245,000 from the originally reported 298,000.
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 U.S. private
payroll employment to have grown by 175,000 jobs in March, down
from 227,000 the month before. Total non-farm employment is
expected to have risen by 180,000.
The unemployment rate is forecast to stay steady at the 4.7
percent recorded a month earlier.
(Reporting by Richard Leong; Editing by Meredith Mazzilli)
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