What a shit show. Proving there is nothing Trump can't make worse Trump's job reporting in 2025 was the most inaccurate in the history of the metric. Worse than any year under Biden. One of the drivers can be a failing economy, like 2009. The other driver can be incompetence in the administration. If you arent in healthcare your industry lost jobs.
So here is the question:
Is Trump just terribly inaccurate at measuring job growth OR is he just the victim of his terrible economy,
Job Growth Was Overstated, New Data Shows
In total, the U.S. economy has more than a million fewer jobs than previously reported.
The revisions are part of a longstanding annual process in which the B.L.S. reconciles its monthly estimates of job growth, which are derived from surveys, with less timely but more reliable data from state governments.
In the past, the so-called benchmark revisions have typically been small and attracted relatively little attention. But the 2024 adjustment was the biggest in years, reducing estimated job growth by nearly 600,000. This year’s revision was even bigger, the largest since 2009 in percentage terms.
The revisions also underscore how dependent the job market has become on hiring in the health care sector. Before the revisions, health care accounted for about 405,000 of the 584,000 jobs added in 2025, or nearly 70 percent of the gains. According to the latest data, health care companies added 391,000 jobs, while employment in other sectors fell by a combined 210,000 jobs.
So here is the question:
Is Trump just terribly inaccurate at measuring job growth OR is he just the victim of his terrible economy,
Job Growth Was Overstated, New Data Shows
In total, the U.S. economy has more than a million fewer jobs than previously reported.
The revisions are part of a longstanding annual process in which the B.L.S. reconciles its monthly estimates of job growth, which are derived from surveys, with less timely but more reliable data from state governments.
In the past, the so-called benchmark revisions have typically been small and attracted relatively little attention. But the 2024 adjustment was the biggest in years, reducing estimated job growth by nearly 600,000. This year’s revision was even bigger, the largest since 2009 in percentage terms.
The revisions also underscore how dependent the job market has become on hiring in the health care sector. Before the revisions, health care accounted for about 405,000 of the 584,000 jobs added in 2025, or nearly 70 percent of the gains. According to the latest data, health care companies added 391,000 jobs, while employment in other sectors fell by a combined 210,000 jobs.
