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January 20, 2026
Employee sentiment posts broad-based decline in January
The EMC Index, which tracks how people think and feel about their jobs, posted a large and broad-based decline in January. The drop was the largest since the series began in 2021, sending the index to its lowest level since May 2025.
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November 20, 2025
The gig economy: A tale of two labor markets
by Łukasz Below
Contingent work goes well beyond the stereotypes. And we found one group of on-demand entrepreneurs who do far better than others when it comes to pay and opportunities.
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November 6, 2025
The democratization of long-distance work
by Issi Romem, Ph.D. • Łukasz Below
What once was mostly a big-company edge is now a broader market norm.
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October 30, 2025
How representative is ADP employment data?
by Erik Brynjolfsson, Ph.D. and Nela Richardson, Ph.D.
Private-sector data is taking on greater importance as a measure of the economy. As its influence grows, it’s essential to understand the size, scope, and representation of these data sets.
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October 9, 2025
Are teams getting bigger?
by Ben Hanowell
Despite recent talk of managerial staffing cuts, the average team size hasn’t grown much, even in tech.
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September 10, 2025
Bias in data
by Tim Decker
Bias is found wherever measurements are made and wherever people apply judgments. It’s an intrinsic part of the data landscape.
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July 18, 2025
You’ve graduated. Now what?
by Sam Adieze
As college graduation parties wind down, new degree-holders are embarking on their next path: deciding where to work. A competitive salary in a bustling metropolitan hub might be tempting. But as we wrote last year, the true value of a paycheck depends on more than just the number on an offer letter. And before you can spend those dollars, you need to land the job.
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May 6, 2025
Small employers: Lean pay, more flexibility?
When ADP Research examined the bottom half of gross wages, we found them to be relatively similar at businesses of all sizes, with one exception: At the smallest employers, the lowest wages were noticeably lower.
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