Economy

99.8% of job growth under Trump was private sector—Biden’s includes 25% government jobs

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Under President Donald Trump’s first few months in office during his second term, 99.8 percent of all job growth was in the private sector, in comparison to around 75 percent in the last two years of the Biden administration.
In a press release, the White House touted the jobs numbers, saying, “Since President Trump took office, 99.8% of job gains have been in the private sector. During the final two years of the Biden Administration, one in four jobs created were in government,” or 25 percent of job growth. 

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U.S. added 177,000 jobs in April, better than expected, as economy defies doomsayers

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Employers in the United States added 177,000 workers to their payrolls in April, the Department of Labor said Friday, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.2 percent, defying predictions of labor market sluggishness following President Trump’s announcement of tariffs.

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