"The report, published on Wednesday morning, boasts of 130,000 jobs being created in January, a much better showing than expected and a figure nearly three times the number from the December report. The White House was quick to put out a press release celebrating the outcome. "Today's blockbuster, expectation-shattering jobs report proves that President Trump's economic agenda continues to pay off," White House Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai said in a statement, adding that the "new revisions" in the jobs report show that "the Biden jobs market was even worse than expected.""
"For starters, the report contains 12 months of revised data for the year 2025. In only one of those months, January, was there a revision that occurred during the Biden administration. In 10 of the 11 remaining months, which occurred under President Donald Trump's watch, there were also downward revisions, seven of which included tens of thousands of negative changes."
"Indeed, in the entirety of Trump's first full year in office - from February 2025 to January 2026 - numbers were revised downward by 244,000 total jobs that were previously reported as having been gained."
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 130,000 jobs created in January, nearly three times December's figure. The White House characterized the result as evidence that President Trump's economic agenda is paying off and suggested earlier months under Biden were worse than expected. The report included revised data for all 12 months of 2025. Only January's revision fell during the Biden administration; ten of the remaining eleven months under President Trump showed downward revisions, seven with tens of thousands fewer jobs. Across Trump's first full year in office (February 2025–January 2026), revisions reduced previously reported job gains by 244,000. Year-over-year job growth in 2025 was substantially slower than in 2024.
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