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[^3]\n\nPrivate companies in the United States added 38,000 new jobs in August, marking the weakest growth since January and a decline from July's revised figure of 46,000, according to ADP. [^4]\n\nThe U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics classified 831 occupations by their relative exposure to AI and determined that 213 of them have low exposure. [^5]\n\nThe reported figure of 7.271 million falls short of the forecasted 7.330 million, indicating a minor miss from analysts' expectations. [^6]\n\nThe average forecast from a survey of economists conducted by Bloomberg predicted 7.31 million job vacancies for the period. [^7]\n\nPrediction market traders and economists overestimated U.S. payroll numbers for two consecutive months in June and July 2026, expecting six-figure job gains in June (actual just below 60,000) and job gains in July (actual job losses). [^8]\n\nPrediction market traders on Kalshi see 50-50 odds that the U.S. added more than 50,000 jobs in August 2026, implying a slightly lower outlook than the Dow Jones consensus estimate of 53,000 jobs. [^9]\n\nPrediction market traders on Polymarket give a 48% likelihood that the U.S. economy created more than 50,000 jobs in August 2026. [^10]\n\nNearly all job growth came from large companies with over 500 employees, which added 34,000 positions, compared to only 3,000 from small businesses with fewer than 50 employees. [^11]\n\nThe largest gains in employment occurred in the education and health services sector with 45,000 new positions, followed by leisure and hospitality with 16,000 and construction with 12,000. 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