A worker sorts merchandise at an Amazon fulfillment center in Robbinsville, New Jersey, on November 29, 2021. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg.

Employment at U.S. companies picked up in January by more than forecast, highlighting resilient job growth despite mounting uncertainty in the economy at large.

Private payrolls rose by 183,000 last month, following an upwardly revised 176,000 increase in December, according to ADP Research Institute data. The median projection in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for a 150,000 increase.

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