New data showed which sectors added more jobs than others in 2025. Healthcare had a lot of job growth, while the federal ...

Without hiring from the health care and social assistance industries, the U.S. economy lost jobs in 2025—an uncomfortable ...

U.S. job growth in 2025 was concentrated almost entirely in health care and social assistance, while sectors focused on goods ...

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Hiring in the US health care sector is looking increasingly shaky, raising a warning flag for the economy given its importance as a key driver of job growth over the last three years. Health care and ...

The latest data means 2025 saw the weakest annual job growth since 2003, with just 584,000 jobs added last year.

US payrolls rose by 50,000 in December, undershooting forecasts as unemployment fell to 4.4%, reinforcing signs of a slow, ...

The US job market is stalling out. Job growth slowed to a crawl in August, and the unemployment rate rose to its highest level in nearly four years, indicating the US labor market is growing stagnant.

The U.S. economy added jobs in September amid uncertainty about economic conditions, but job creation levels remained relatively subdued and added to signs of a weakening labor market. The Labor ...