U.S. private sector employers created an estimated 368,000 jobs in June, compared with 122,000 jobs in the previous month, a report by a private employment service said on Wednesday.
The monthly ADP National Employment Report is based on payroll data and measures the change in in total nonfarm employment each month.
The report is released each month, two days before the government's own job survey of a net gain in nonfarm jobs in the U.S. private and public sectors.
"These findings indicate a strong acceleration of employment in June," said Joel Prakken, chairman of Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC, said in a statement. Macroeconomic Advisers developed the ADP report together with ADP Employer Services.
But one analyst said the report is not a reliable indicator of U.S. non-farm payrolls data. "The history of this number being a good leading indicator is shaky at best,"
