Economists had forecast an increase of 100,000 but declines in business services and education and health care offset increases in leisure and hospitality.

U.S. private payrolls fell for the first time in more than two years in June as economic uncertainty hampered hiring, but low layoffs continued to anchor the labor market.

July 2 (UPI) -- Private payrolls declined in June, far off analysts' expectations that they would grow, according to data released by private payroll processor ADP on Wednesday. U.S. private employers lost 33,000 jobs in June, the first time private jobs declined since March 2023, the monthly report said .