August job growth Low of expectationsAnd even health care, the most stable source of new jobs, lost steam.
American employer couple Last month as unemployment, only 22,000 jobs increased to 4.3 percent, the Labor Department said on Friday – the economists’ forecast of 80,000 and below the benefit of 79,000 in July.
Health care has promoted hiring in recent years, but the latest report states that the speed may slow down. The Labor Department said that the industry added 31,000 jobs last month, which was below its 42,000 monthly average in the last one year. Social aid, including child care services, adding 16,200 jobs.
Which industries added jobs?
Major industries connecting jobs in August 2025 (preliminary data,
- Health Care and Social Assistance: +46,800
- Holiday and Hospitality: +28,000
- Other Services: +12,000
- Retail Trade: +10,500
- Transport and Warehousing: +3,600
Together, health care and social aid led all areas in August, which included 46,800 jobs, but this is the smallest monthly growth since January 2022, Bloomberg notedThe recession is striking, because those roles are responsible About 90 percent In 2025, all private sector jobs were added.
Earlier this week, A Separate government report It has been shown that the opening of jobs in health care and social aid increased by 181,000 in July, which was the biggest decline in any field.
An aging population will keep those jobs in high demand for a long time, but the latest data shows that the most flexible areas of the labor market are also slowing down.
Which industries cut jobs?
Major industries that work in August 2025 (preliminary data,
- Professional and Vocational Services: -17,000
- Government: -16,000
- Manufacturing: -12,000
- Wholesale Business: -11,700
- Construction: -7,000
Out of health care, major areas shed jobs in August. Professional and professional service companies cut 17,000 jobs, and construction companies lost 7,000.
Manufacturing jobs have fallen by 12,000 and have now reduced to 42,000 from April, in a month when President Trump Announced Sweeping tariff. Federal government left additional 15,000 jobs last month last month 97,000 below Since the beginning of the year.
On Friday, the amendment of the Labor Department sliced 21,000 jobs from June and July payroll, and pointed to cooling. June now shows Loss of 13,000 jobsFirst monthly loss since December 2020.
Overall, the US economy has created around 75,000 jobs in a month so far this year, which is less than half of 2024. Average of 186,000The average of three months is now only 29,000 jobs per month.
Jason Furman, an economist at Harvard University, said, “This slowing job has not increased at a slow pace of recession in more than sixty years,” said this, on the basis of percentage. Social media written on platform X,
Will Federal Reserve cut interest rates?
Weak jobs reports likely that the Federal Reserve will reduce its benchmark interest rate next meetingSo far, Chair Zerome Powell has been reluctant to do so until the inflation effects of Trump’s tariff policy are not clear.
Tusrap Has pressed again and again Powell reduced low rates and exploded him on social media after Friday’s jobs report, wrote, “Jerome ‘to Late’ Powell should have reduced the rates long ago. As usual, it is ‘too late!’ ,
Last month, President Fired Erica McAinterer, head of the Labor Statistics Bureau, was rigged in a numbers to look at that the numbers were raised without evidence, after the report of a weak jobs.
Tusrap Has nominated EJ Antony, an economist of the Conservative Heritage Foundation, to replace the MCENTARFER, but needs to be confirmed by the Senate before taking it. According to the Associated Press, for now, the Jobs Report is in the hands of the acting BLS Commissioner, Bill Viatrovski, an officer of a career labor department.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
