Jobs report recap: US added 130,000 jobs in January, beating expectations

Always in His Presence · Friday at 4:09 PM

Jobs report recap: US added 130,000 jobs in January, beating expectations

"It was a January job surge. The surprisingly strong job gains in January were driven mainly by health care and social assistance," Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, said in a statement. "But it is enough to stabilize the job market and send the unemployment rate slightly lower.

Always in His Presence · Friday at 4:11 PM

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RDKirk · Friday at 4:36 PM

Always in His Presence said:
Jobs report recap: US added 130,000 jobs in January, beating expectations

"It was a January job surge. The surprisingly strong job gains in January were driven mainly by health care and social assistance," Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, said in a statement. "But it is enough to stabilize the job market and send the unemployment rate slightly lower.

It made the numbers look better, but for people not in health care and social assistance, the job market still sucked.

Vambram · Friday at 4:44 PM

We also have one of the largest labor participation percentage rates in modern American history.

JosephZ · Friday at 6:05 PM

Vambram said:
We also have one of the largest labor participation percentage rates in modern American history.

It currently stands at 62.5% which is lower than it was from the 1980s through February 2020.

camille70 · Friday at 7:26 PM

That's a great start. 51k more and Trump will already have beat his numbers for 2025.

Vambram · Friday at 8:06 PM

JosephZ said:
It currently stands at 62.5% which is lower than it was from the 1980s through February 2020.

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If your numbers are correct, then that means we still have not recovered from the disastrous policies of state governments during the Covid 19 pandemic.

rambot · Friday at 8:06 PM

Well goesh....THIS time the numbers are true, fer suresies

Vambram · Friday at 10:24 PM

Trump Keeps Stacking Up Wins, New Data Shows Inflation Slowed More Than Expected

Inflation came in cooler than expected in January, and the lowest it has been since April 2021 soon after Joe Biden took office.

www.westernjournal.com

Pommer · 2026-02-14T00:48:42-0600

Vambram said:
If your numbers are correct, then that means we still have not recovered from the disastrous policies of state governments during the Covid 19 pandemic.

States “forgot” how to govern “correctly” or just the way you like?
There’s a difference.

Gene2memE · 2026-02-14T05:33:49-0600

Vambram said:
We also have one of the largest labor participation percentage rates in modern American history.

What?

The current US labour participation rate is 62.5%.

Labour participation was higher than that between 1977 and the start of COVID-19.

It peaked at 67.4% at the start of the 2000s

Labor Force Participation Rate

View data of the percentage of the total U.S. population that is neither employed nor actively seeking work.

fred.stlouisfed.org

You really didn't do any basic fact checking...

EDIT: JosephZ beat me to the punch.

Gene2memE · 2026-02-14T05:50:53-0600

Also, for anyone who's interested enough to read beyond the headlines, the key news is usually in the revisions.

Quoting the jobs report directly:

"The seasonally adjusted total nonfarm employment level for March 2025 was revised downward by 898,000. On a not seasonally adjusted basis, the total nonfarm employment level for March 2025 was revised downward by 862,000, or -0.5 percent. Not seasonally adjusted, the absolute average benchmark revision over the prior 10 years is 0.2 percent.

The change in total nonfarm employment for 2025 was revised from +584,000 to +181,000 (seasonally adjusted). "

Check the tables at the bottom. There were 1.029 million less jobs created in 2025 than preliminary estimates.

essentialsaltes · 2026-02-14T09:35:29-0600

Not bad for the Trump presidency, but it's no match for Bidenomics.

DaisyDay · 2026-02-14T09:46:14-0600

Always in His Presence said:
Jobs report recap: US added 130,000 jobs in January, beating expectations

"It was a January job surge. The surprisingly strong job gains in January were driven mainly by health care and social assistance," Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, said in a statement. "But it is enough to stabilize the job market and send the unemployment rate slightly lower.

I sincerely hope these number hold upon revision when the final numbers come in.

Say it aint so · 2026-02-14T11:35:43-0600

DaisyDay said:
I sincerely hope these number hold upon revision when the final numbers come in.

It won't. The revision from the first year of this Trump second term, was a total of 181k for the whole year.

Turns out the U.S. economy didn’t create half a million jobs last year. It was just 181,000

If one throws out the Jan down revision and called it a Biden number, the Trump 11 month number is 229,000.
Which means under Trump the per month job numbers were an abysmal 20,000 per month.

Always in His Presence · 2026-02-14T11:42:03-0600

Gene2memE said:
Also, for anyone who's interested enough to read beyond the headlines, the key news is usually in the revisions.

Quoting the jobs report directly:

"The seasonally adjusted total nonfarm employment level for March 2025 was revised downward by 898,000. On a not seasonally adjusted basis, the total nonfarm employment level for March 2025 was revised downward by 862,000, or -0.5 percent. Not seasonally adjusted, the absolute average benchmark revision over the prior 10 years is 0.2 percent.

The change in total nonfarm employment for 2025 was revised from +584,000 to +181,000 (seasonally adjusted). "

Check the tables at the bottom. There were 1.029 million less jobs created in 2025 than preliminary estimates.

link?

essentialsaltes said:
Not bad for the Trump presidency, but it's no match for Bidenomics.

I sure do miss out of control inflation - high gas prices -

DaisyDay · 2026-02-14T12:02:13-0600

Say it aint so said:
It won't. The revision from the first year of this Trump second term, was a total of 181k for the whole year.

Turns out the U.S. economy didn’t create half a million jobs last year. It was just 181,000

If one throws out the Jan down revision and called it a Biden number, the Trump 11 month number is 229,000.
Which means under Trump the per month job numbers were an abysmal 20,000 per month.

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Yeah, but this time it may be different. I hope it will be.

FreeinChrist · 2026-02-14T12:45:27-0600

ADVISOR HAT

This thread had a clean up of off topic posts. Please stick to the topic in the OP

Bradskii · 2026-02-14T15:54:50-0600

Always in His Presence said:
Jobs report recap: US added 130,000 jobs in January, beating expectations

"It was a January job surge. The surprisingly strong job gains in January were driven mainly by health care and social assistance," Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, said in a statement. "But it is enough to stabilize the job market and send the unemployment rate slightly lower.

NEW DATA: During Trump’s First Year, the Manufacturing Industry Lost 108,000 Jobs - NEW DATA: During Trump’s First Year, the Manufacturing Industry Lost 108,000 Jobs - United States Joint Economic Committee

Be sure to let us know when you get those jobs back.

rjs330 · 2026-02-14T15:59:19-0600

I miss the days of that 10% inflation. Those were the days. High gas prices were awesome as well. Along with floods of illegals coming in and taking jobs and jacking up the cost of housing.

I guess the liberals thought Trump was really going to solve everything within a year. They had a lot more faith in him than I did. I had more realistic expectations. He's actually done pretty good for only being here a year.

Still more to be done.

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