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Manufacturing Jobs up 22,000 in March; 281,000 Under Trump
April 6, 2018 - The United States added 22,000 manufacturing jobs in March and employment in the manufacturing sector has now increased by 281,000 since December 2016, the last month before President Donald Trump took office.
“In March, employment in manufacturing rose by 22,000, with all of the gain in the durable goods component,” the Bureau of Labor Statistics said in its monthly employment report released today. “Employment in fabricated metal products increased over the month (+9,000). Since last March, the report said, the nation has added 232,000 manufacturing jobs. “Over the year,” it said, “manufacturing has added 232,000 jobs; the durable goods component accounted for about three-fourths of the jobs added.”

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In December 2016, the month before Trump took office, there were 12,351,000 manufacturing jobs in the United States—281,000 less than the 12,632,000 manufacturing jobs the nation reached in March. The last time there were more manufacturing jobs in the United States than there were in March was in December 2008, when there were 12,850,000 manufacturing jobs. That was the last month before President Barack Obama took office.

In January 2009, the month Obama was inaugurated, manufacturing jobs dropped to 12,561,000. The number of manufacturing jobs in the United States did not exceed that number until February of this year, when it hit 12,610,000. Manufacturing jobs have now increased in 14 of the 15 month in which Donald Trump has served in the White House. The only month they did not increase was July 2017, when they dropped from 12,428,000 to 12,424,000.

Manufacturing Jobs up 22,000 in March; 281,000 Under Trump

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Federal Government Has Cut 21,000 Jobs Under Trump
April 6, 2018 - The federal government cut an additional 1,000 jobs in March, bringing the total number of federal government jobs eliminated since President Donald Trump took office to 21,000, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In December 2016, the month before Trump was inaugurated, the federal government employed 2,810,000. In March 2018, that was down to 2,789,000. While the federal workforce has been downsizing since December 2016, the overall government workforce in the United States has been increasing—thanks to an increase in employment by local governments.

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Total government employment in the country (including federal, state and local government employment) has climb by 20,000 since December 2016—rising from 22,306,000 that month to 22,326,000 this March.

Like the federal government, state governments have cut employment. In December 2016, state governments employed 5,145,000. In March 2018, they employed 5,113,000—a decline of 32,000. In March alone, state governments cut 1,000 jobs—dropping from 5,114,000 in February to 5,113,000 in March.

But state local governments increased their employees from 14,351,000 in December 2016 to 14,424,000 in March 2018—a climb of 73,000. From February to March, local government employment increased by 3,000, rising from 14,421,000 to 14,424,000.

Federal Government Has Cut 21,000 Jobs Under Trump

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72,548,000: Record Number of Women Employed in March
April 6, 2018 – In the 15 months since Donald Trump took office, the number of employed Americans has broken eight records, but not in March.
The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday that 155,178,000 Americans were employed in March, just 37,000 fewer than February’s record 155,215,000. However, the number of women, age 16 and over, employed in March reached an all-time high of 72,548,000, which is 18,000 more than February's record. The number of employed men, ages 16 and over, dropped 55,000 from February's record high. The nation’s unemployment remained at 4.1 percent in March for a sixth consecutive month, and that is an 18-year low.

The unemployment rate shot up to an Obama-era high of 10.0 percent in October 2009 during the recession, and after that, it steadily declined during Obama’s term. When President Trump took office, the unemployment rate was 4.8 percent, and for the last six months, it has been stuck at a low 4.1 percent. In March, the nation’s civilian noninstitutionalized population, consisting of all people age 16 or older who were not in the military or an institution, reached 257,097,000. Of those, 161,763,000 participated in the labor force by either holding a job or actively seeking one.

The 161,763,000 who participated in the labor force equaled 62.9 percent of the 257,097,000 civilian noninstitutionalized population. The labor force participation rate has been stuck at or near the 62.7-63.0 percent level for the past four years. In March, the number of Americans who were not in the labor force remained above 95 million (95,012,000) for a fifth straight month. This number has been increasing over time because of a growing number of baby boom retirees, among other factors.

Other findings:

Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 103,000 in March, following a large gain in February (+326,000). After revisions, job gains have averaged 202,000 over the last 3 months.

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (3.7 percent), adult women (3.7 percent), teenagers (13.5 percent), Whites (3.6 percent), Blacks (6.9 percent), Asians (3.1 percent), and Hispanics (5.1 percent) showed little or no change in March.

In March, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 8 cents to $26.82. Over the year, average hourly earnings have increased by 71 cents, or 2.7 percent.

72,548,000: Record Number of Women Employed in March
 

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