Trump Admin Crushes Predictions In March Jobs Report
After President Donald Trump announced his new global tariffs, much of the media has been hyper-focused on the stock market decline, but there has not been much attention on the fantastic jobs report the administration has received.
On Friday, the Labor Department announced that it had nearly doubled its anticipated numbers by adding 228,000 jobs in March, Just The News reported.
Market experts had predicted an addition of 140,000 (non-farm) jobs and an unemployment rate of 4.1 percent for March after 151,000 jobs were added in February.
The unemployment rate came in slightly higher than anticipated at 4.2 percent, but overall job creation was much better than expected.
“Today’s jobs report shows the private sector is roaring back under President Donald J. Trump — smashing expectations for the second straight month as the Golden Age of America is well on its way,” The White House said in a press release.
“In March, the U.S. added 228,000 jobs — nearly 100,000 more jobs than economists predicted and the fourth-highest month for private payroll growth in the past two years. In fact, last month’s jobs increase is roughly twice the pace of the previous two months,” the press release added.
“The report highlights a resilient labor market as companies aggressively onshore jobs amid President Trump’s bold trade and economic agenda,” it said.
“GREAT JOB NUMBERS, FAR BETTER THAN EXPECTED. IT’S ALREADY WORKING. HANG TOUGH, WE CAN’T LOSE!!!” Trump said on his TruthSocial account.
In February, the jobs report was also fantastic news for the president, as it showed that manufacturing jobs were returning and native-born workers benefited the most.
“Today’s jobs report shows American manufacturing is on the rebound thanks to President Donald J. Trump and his administration,” the White House said in a press release at the time.
“The country gained 10,000 manufacturing jobs in President Trump’s first full month in office — a swift turnaround after losing an average of 9,000 manufacturing jobs per month, or 111,000 total, in the final year of the Biden Administration,” the press release said.
“The rebound in manufacturing jobs was led by the automobile sector, which gained 8,900 new jobs in February — after losing 27,300 auto jobs in Biden’s final year — showing that firms are reshoring production and positively responding to President Trump’s trade policies,” it added.
“The manufacturing turnaround has been confirmed by S&P Global’s own U.S. manufacturing survey, which surged last month to its highest level since June 2022, and the Manufacturing ISM Report On Business, which returned to expansion territory after 26 consecutive months of contraction,” the February release noted further.
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt touted the March jobs report as a victory for the Trump administration.
“In one month under President Trump, the American economy is soaring back to greatness after the economic calamity left by Joe Biden. The manufacturing industry is already rebounding as there were 9,000 new auto jobs created — the most auto jobs added in 15 months! Under President Trump, the private sector is leading the way — 93% of the job gains in February were in the private sector. This is great news for American workers and families. The Trump Administration will continue to work hard to implement pro-growth policies and push Congress to enact the Trump Economic Agenda,” she said.
The Labor Dept. showed that the automobile manufacturing industry added 8,900 jobs in February after it lost around 27,000 jobs the previous year under former President Joe Biden.
A whopping 93 percent of the new jobs came from the private sector, not the federal government, as regulatory burdens on businesses have already been relaxed through a series of executive orders and actions directed by President Trump since taking office Jan. 20.
The news was particularly promising for native-born American workers, as numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that 284,000 native-born workers got new jobs last month, while 87,000 foreign-born workers lost jobs.
It also showed that 367,000 native-born workers joined the workforce while 66,000 foreign-born workers left it.
