U.S. private employers shed 20,000 jobs in February, fewer than the 60,000 jobs lost in January, a report by a private employment service said on Wednesday.

The January fall was originally reported at 22,000.

The median of estimates from 31 economists surveyed by Reuters for the ADP Employer Services report, jointly developed with Macroeconomic Advisers LLC, was for a decline of 20,000 private-sector jobs last month.

(Reporting by Leah Schnurr, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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