By contrast, the Labor Department's payroll survey showed a.2 % increase in hiring for the month and a 1.1 % increase on the year. (inc.com)
However, as the following graph shows, public sector employment outside the federal government started stabilizing in 2012 (the outsized swing in 2010 reflects massive temporary hires for the decennial U.S. Census — people knocking on doors to hand out the survey are not regular government employees so they do appear in the nonfarm payroll survey). (canadianbusiness.com)
One of those indicators, ADP Research Institute's monthly payrolls survey, showed private employers added more than 200,000 jobs in January, more than the consensus estimate on Wall Street. (canadianbusiness.com)