Washington, Aug 5 (TIWN) Private companies in the US added 330,000 jobs in July, registering a slower growth than previous months, payroll data company Automatic Data Processing (ADP) reported.

Noting that the labour market recovery continues to exhibit "uneven progress", Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP, said on Wednesday that the July payroll data reports "a marked slowdown" from the second quarter pace in jobs growth, reports Xinhua news agency.