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Better-Than-Expected Jobs Report Proves Again Trump Knows How To Grow An Economy

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Wednesday’s release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has caught the attention of the economic world. The reported numbers indicate positive news for the economy and will significantly support the Trump administration’s efforts to demonstrate how its policies are promoting affordability for all Americans:

Job growth was stronger than expected to start 2026, providing some relief to concerns about the state of the U.S. labor market.

Nonfarm payrolls increased by 130,000 for January, above the Dow Jones consensus estimate for 55,000, according to seasonally adjusted figures the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Wednesday. The total also was an improvement over December, which saw a gain of 48,000 after a slight downward revision.

The unemployment rate edged lower to 4.3%, below the forecast to stay unchanged at 4.4% from the prior month. A more encompassing measure that includes discouraged workers and those holding part-time positions for economic reasons slipped to 8%, down 0.4 percentage point from December.

The White House Deputy Press Secretary, Kush Desai, was prompt in acknowledging the good news:

Today’s blockbuster, expectation-shattering jobs report proves that President Trump’s economic agenda continues to pay off. The unemployment rate fell and private sector job growth remains robust — particularly for specialty trade construction jobs as the trillions in investments secured by the President pour into American manufacturing. With new revisions showing that the Biden jobs market was even worse than expected, President Trump continues to turn the page on the Biden disaster by rightsizing federal employment to the lowest level since 1966 and turbocharging economic growth.

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He made sure to link the job growth figures to Trump’s economic policies:

The economy added 172,000 new private sector jobs and shed 42,000 government jobs — bringing the unemployment rate down to 4.3%.

As President Trump’s agenda takes effect, factory groundbreakings and data centers are leading to more construction jobs — with construction employment up 33,000 in January, including 25,000 new jobs in the nonresidential specialty trades (the highest monthly change in five years).

January’s 130,000 new nonfarm jobs is the best month of job growth yet, signaling President Trump’s pro-growth policies are starting to deliver real momentum in the labor market.

In President Trump’s second term, 615,000 private sector jobs have been added while federal employment has declined to its lowest level since 1966 — and the lowest level in recorded history as a share of the total workforce.

And, as expected, Trump also took to his Truth Social platform to tout the good news:

On Mornings with Maria, financial contributor and Fox Nation anchor Cheryl Casone reacted with visible surprise at the strength of the private payroll figures. The numbers weren’t just solid — they significantly outperformed expectations, catching even seasoned market watchers off guard:

https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/202158180404653304

.@cherylcasone reacts to the January jobs report: “Private payrolls — 172,000. I had to do a double take! 172,000 private jobs. Guys, that’s 100,000 ABOVE the estimate. We were looking for 70,000.”

What makes this report good for the Trump administration (and, of course, the country):

  • Labor force participation numbers are UP: More people are actually working and pursuing work. As opposed to the Biden years where people stopped looking for employment.  

  • Unemployment is DOWN: This reflects not just people at work, but tighter restrictions on UI benefits and greater focus on job retraining/reincorporation into the workforce.

  • Underemployment is DOWN: More people who want full-time work are finding it, and more people are working within their skill sets. 

  • Private sector is seeing a BOOM: Small businesses and privately-held corporations are creating more jobs and doing more hiring.

  • Government sector is seeing a BUST: A key indicator that this statist apparatus is being streamlined, reduced, and in some cases, completely dismantled.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the strongest areas of job growth were healthcare, social assistance, and construction.

Healthcare continuing to lead isn’t surprising. It’s been a dominant sector for years. But with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. now restructuring the health bureaucracy at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the trajectory of that industry could shift in the coming months.

Social assistance growth also makes demographic sense. The Baby Boom generation is aging into years where services — medical, residential, and support-related — are increasingly necessary. That trend is structural, not political.

But construction? That’s the headline.

After years of regulatory drag, supply constraints, inflationary pressure, and policies that critics argue distorted housing markets — from unchecked illegal immigration to institutional investors like BlackRock driving up rental demand — the resurgence in construction hiring stands out.

That sector doesn’t move unless confidence returns. Builders don’t expand payrolls unless they see opportunity.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt highlighted the momentum in a post on X, pointing to national median rents hitting a four-year low and mortgage affordability improving:

There’s this, too:

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