Job seekers adjust their paperwork as they wait in line to attend a job fair in New York February 28, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private employers added a bigger-than-expected 198,000 jobs in February, another sign of improvement in the labor market, a report by a payrolls processor showed on Wednesday.
Economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast the ADP National Employment Report would show a gain of 170,000 jobs. January's private payrolls were revised up to an increase of 215,000 from the previously reported 192,000.
The report is jointly developed with Moody's Analytics.
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(Reporting by Steven C. Johnson; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and James Dalgleish)
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