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

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.

O’Donnell: Behind the headlines, Colorado’s job growth tells a different story

Rocky Mountain Voice, Approved, Commentary, State, Top Stories / May 26, 2025 / Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Colorado Jobs, Job Growth, UNEMPLOYMENT

Last week, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released April 2025 job creation numbers by state.

The national numbers were released earlier in the month and for the nation as a whole 177,000 new jobs were created in April, and this was considered a “solid” number by those who consider themselves experts. Colorado’s share of that total was 8,400 and those same experts consider that an “exceptionally solid” month for Colorado. Somewhere, champagne corks were likely popped.

Nonetheless, behind every number is a story and that story for Colorado is quite revealing.

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