The US economy had added a number of jobs than it was expected in the month of April. This was due to the fact that payrolls in the services sector managed to grow by the maximum amount in more than two years. The data was released by ADP and Moody’s analytics on Wednesday. Payrolls in the private sector saw growth by 275000 in the previous month. This happened to be the biggest increase since the month of July when the expansion occurred by 284000.

Economists were of the opinion that private payrolls would see a growth of 177,000. Jobs provided by service sectors had increased by 223,000 in the month of April. This rise had happened due to the gain of 59000 positions in professional and business services. Companies providing services related to education and healthcare had added 54000 jobs. Jobs that produce goods, including construction, manufacturing, and mining, had risen by 52000. The payrolls increase of 49000 in construction had led to the rise. The economy managed to add only 5000 jobs in the manufacturing sector. Mining had seen a decline in employment by 2000 jobs. The mid-sized businesses had led the way in the creation of jobs last month. There was an addition of 145,000 jobs. Small businesses provided jobs, which increased by 77000. Large companies had offered a total of 53000 jobs.

The Chief Economist at Moody’s Analytics is Mark Zandi. He stated that the job market is holding onto its position. The businesses are working hard to fill up the open positions. He further said that the job gains in April managed to overstate the strength of this economy. Still, they make sure that the expansion keeps on happening. The official report on jobs for April will be released by the government on Friday.