*Trade and Healthcare Drove Hiring*
Trade, transportation and utilities added the most jobs, 39,000. Healthcare and education added 28,000.
Some white-collar sectors lost jobs. Business services shed 27,000 roles and information lost 2,000.
*Gross Pay Up 4.7%*
Base wages for private-sector workers rose 3.2%, according to ADP. Gross pay, which includes overtime and bonuses, rose 4.7%.
*Official Jobs Report Due Friday*
The ADP report, developed with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, covers only private-sector hiring. It comes ahead of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' broader October jobs report on Friday, and Reuters notes that ADP has been a poor guide to the official private payrolls count.
Economists polled by Reuters expect the official report to show:
Nonfarm payrolls up 65,000 in October, after 29,000 in September
Private payrolls up 64,000, after 46,000
The unemployment rate unchanged at 4.2%
Separate BLS data released Tuesday showed 1.06 job openings for every unemployed person in September, up from 1.02 in August.
