Manufacturing lost 26,000 jobs.
In 2008 and 2009, the construction industry shed 25 percent of its jobs, and manufacturing lost 16 percent.
Manufacturing lost 700 jobs, and finance/insurance/real estate lost 200 jobs.
Trade, transportation and utilities added jobs, but several key sectors, including finance and manufacturing, lost jobs.
Manufacturing lost 51,000 jobs in September, bringing the decline so far this year to 442,000.
Manufacturing lost 163,000 jobs in November, the most of any month during its 16-month decline.
ADP said private nonfarm employment in the service sector grew by 12,000 jobs, while manufacturing lost 43,000 jobs.
Manufacturing lost 2,100 jobs, more than half of them in equipment manufacturing, continuing a trend that has been going on for decades.
Manufacturing lost 10,000 jobs, construction shed 15,000 jobs and temporary help fell by 21,000," wrote Paul Ashworth, Capital Economics chief US economist, in a note to investors.
It was a scene of desolation repeated right through Britain as other towns and cities wedded to manufacturing lost their raison d'être.
