The Department of Labor released the long-awaited September jobs report on Thursday, revealing positive job growth in the economy almost a year into President Donald Trump’s second term. The economy beat expectations and added 119,000 new jobs.
The federal government typically releases jobs reports on the first Friday of the month for the previous month, but the September jobs report was delayed by almost seven weeks as a result of the Democrat-induced government shutdown. There will not be an October jobs report for that same reason, as Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) employees were not on the job to gather the necessary data.
The number of jobs added to the economy in September more than doubled expectations. The original estimate was only 50,000 nonfarm payroll jobs. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer criticized Democrats for playing political games at the expense of Americans but praised Trump for building a resilient economy.
“We should’ve had this positive report seven weeks ago, but Democrats chose to play political games and shut down the government,” Chavez-DeRemer said. “Despite their constant efforts to undermine President Trump, he is building an economy that is firing on all cylinders. Job and yearly wage growth blew past expectations, more Americans are entering the workforce, and long-term unemployment is down.”
The White House released additional data revealing that wages are up 3.8 percent on the year with real wages up $700 and “on track for a $1,000 increase after his first year — meaning Americans are on track to make up one-third of the $3,000 in wages lost under Biden.”
All job gains have additionally “gone to native-born Americans.” The White House explained that “over the past year, more than 2.5 million native-born Americans gained employment, while 670,000 foreign-born workers lost employment.”
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that Trump’s success is a reversal of the decline seen under Joe Biden.
“Wages for workers are continuing to rise, a reversal of the Biden years where private sector wages declined by about $3,000 because of the Democrats’ inflation crisis,” Leavitt said. “This strong report is more proof that President Trump’s pro-growth, America First agenda is already making great progress, and it will continue to deliver positive results for American families and businesses.”
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta now estimates that GDP will increase by 4.2 percent in the third quarter of 2025. Renowned economist Stephen Moore stated that the September report is great news for investors.
“I think people are under-hyping this economy big time. I mean, we’re seeing huge investment numbers,” Moore said. “We’re seeing great consumer spending numbers… I am very happy about this report, and I think investors should be, too.”
ABC’s Alexis Christoforous also had positive remarks regarding the September jobs report. “Heading into that historic government shutdown, the job market was healthier than we thought,” she said. “The expectation was for 50,000 jobs to have been added in the month of September; we got more than double that.”
Though polling shows that economic anxieties remain, the September jobs report is another indicator pointing in a positive direction, suggesting that the country is still well on the road to recovery from the malaise of the Biden years.
Alan Jamison is the pen name of a political writer with extensive experience writing for several notable politicians and news outlets.
Thanks for the encouraging article. I’m sure there is more good news to come. God bless America.
Remember this promise next spring: The actual economic condition this nation is now approaching is like the Saturn 5 Apollo 11 moonshot readying to launch.
What comes from the government media mouthpieces have poorly manipulated virtually everything except the widespread admission on 6/09/2024 that Biden was not just corrupt but senile and cognitively impaired.
Government macro statistics are great. But people don’t buy or eat statistics. I am retired and when I see wages going up I see that I am going to pay more for everything. And I am not getting a raise to cover it. If you are working and haven’t gotten a raise you are also probably feeling like I am.
So I know things are getting better, but I fear that the Republicans are depending too much on macro statistics and not enough on individual outcomes. They need to really focus on that if they want to win the midterms.