US Had Almost No Job Growth in 2025
7 106An anonymous reader shares a report: The U.S. economy experienced almost zero job growth in 2025, according to revised federal data. On a more encouraging note: hiring has picked up in 2026. Preliminary data had indicated that the U.S. economy added 584,000 jobs last year. But the Bureau of Labor Statistics revised that number after it received additional state data, and found that the labor market had added 181,000 jobs in all of 2025. This is far fewer than the 1.46 million jobs that were added in 2024.
One bright spot was last month, when hiring increased by 130,000 roles. This was significantly more than the 55,000 additions that had been expected by economists. "Job gains occurred in health care, social assistance, and construction, while federal government and financial activities lost jobs," BLS said in a statement.
7 comments
MAGA cult says (Score: 5, Insightful)
by Anonymous Coward ( None ) on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @03:03PM (#65982940)
Zero job growth is good for the economy
Re: MAGA cult says (Score: 5, Interesting)
by OrangeTide ( 124937 ) on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @07:25PM (#65983616)
Answers in the report. Generally the answer is no to most of your statements. Wages aren't going up to a degree that would indicate people moving up into higher paying jobs. Unemployment ticked down only to 4.3% from 4.4%âoe"which doesn't show Americans suddenly getting jobs, remember unemployement is measured by benefits application which is not available to illegal immigrants. That number is effectively the citizens and legal residents unemployment number.
This is a job market stagnation. Potentially a signal for recession. And given that recovery from the heavy inflation of C19 is incomplete, this potentially leads us to a long recession as consumer prices and wages need to recover as a prerequisite of recession recovery. (Depression is not likely, unless there is something major like martial law or a world war)
Re: MAGA cult says (Score: 5, Insightful)
by Mr. Dollar Ton ( 5495648 ) on Thursday February 12, 2026 @12:13AM (#65984020)
here it means clutching at imaginary straws in the face of incontrovertible evidence of a massive political and economic failure.
Re: MAGA cult says (Score: 5, Interesting)
by Mr. Dollar Ton ( 5495648 ) on Thursday February 12, 2026 @01:20AM (#65984078)
What does the daily show have to do with all this?
And what "millions removed", that's an operation that took the real Hitler a decade.
Your shitler has only one successful operation and it is making money off you bros, whether you troll from Northern Macedonia or St. Peterburg.
Re:And how many went to H1B? (Score: 5, Informative)
by XopherMV ( 575514 ) on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @03:20PM (#65982984)
Employers hit the 65,000 cap in 2025.
Employers are legally required to hire Americans for American jobs before considering H1-B hires.
Looks like that didn't happen. Employers are breaking the law.
But sure, fuck that guy. For what? Stating the obvious? American engineers are getting screwed by American tech companies who can't stop hiring foreign workers in the middle of a jobs recession.
47% of new jobs to non-Americans (Score: 5, Interesting)
by XopherMV ( 575514 ) on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @03:39PM (#65983036)
The total H1-B hires were 65,000 plus the 20,000 for individuals with master's degrees.
That means 85,000 of the 181,000 new jobs last year went to foreign workers brought in by companies such as Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Google.
That's 47% of new jobs created in America in 2025 going to non-Americans.
But yeah, fuck us for bringing it up.
Trustworthy? (Score: 5, Interesting)
by ukoda ( 537183 ) on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @03:27PM (#65983004)
How much trust can you have in any data coming out of the current USA government these days?