Investing.com - U.S. private employers added 235,000 jobs in October, well above economists' expectations, a report by a payrolls processor ADP showed on Wednesday.
Economists had expected the ADP nonfarm payrolls report to show a gain of 200,000 jobs.
Private sector jobs increased by 110,000 in August.
The ADP figures come ahead of the U.S. Labor Department's more comprehensive non-farm payrolls report on Friday, which includes both public and private-sector employment.
Economists are expecting the U.S. economy to have added 312,000 jobs in October, after unexpectedly shedding jobs 33,000 in September amid disruption from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
The unemployment rate is forecast to remain unchanged at 4.2%.