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Private-sector payrolls increased more than expected in November, the most in five months and the latest indication of steady U.S. job growth.

Private payrolls in the U.S. rose by 217,000, said payroll processor Automatic Data Processing Inc. and forecasting firm Moody's Analytics. The report is based on data collected from ADP clients in addition to lagged government data.

Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal expected an increase of 192,000.

Meanwhile, the October gain was revised up to 196,000 from 182,000.

"Job growth remains strong and steady," said Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics.

The November increase was thanks to the service sector, where firms added 204,000 positions—the most since June and up from 174,000 in October. A rebound in professional- and business-service hiring powered the rise.

Firms in other industries also added workers. Construction and manufacturing, weak spots of late, added a combined 22,000 jobs.

Small businesses added the most employees, though medium and big businesses also added solid amounts of workers.

The ADP report comes ahead of the Bureau of Labor Statistics's employment-situation report, due out Friday morning. ADP lags behind the government's initial private payroll estimate by a month. In October, the initially-reported ADP figure fell 87,000 short of the BLS number; in September, ADP came in 81,000 ahead of the government's figure.

Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal expect the BLS to report an increase of 200,000 nonfarm payrolls for November, down from the much stronger-than-expected 271,000 reported in October. Economists project that the unemployment rate, which unexpectedly dipped in October, will hold steady at 5%.

Write to Lisa Beilfuss at lisa.beilfuss@wsj.com

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December 02, 2015 08:55 ET (13:55 GMT)

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