The US IT job market faced a deeper slowdown than anticipated in 2025, highlighted by significant downward revisions of jobs data for May and June. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that job growth was much lower than recorded, with May's jobs revised down by 125,000 and June's by 133,000. These adjustments indicate the IT job market shrank by 26,500 year-to-date, significantly worsening compared to the previous year. Future reliance on BLS data is being reconsidered by firms like Janco due to concerns over data accuracy and integrity.
According to the latest revised data by the BLS, the IT Job Market shrank by 26,500 YTD, after adjusting the May data down by 4,300, June data down by 7,800 jobs, and reporting that 10,300 jobs were lost in July.
Adjustments at those levels of magnitude are not acceptable from any organization, with causes attributed to poor data capture, poor infrastructure, incompetence, or political gerrymandering.
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