2025 Employment Picture
The latest year-over-year comparison by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, updated monthly.
From January 2024 to January 2025, the total number of jobs increased by 2,697,000, marking a 1.7 percent upswing in total hires. Within the same timeframe, the total number of unemployed grew by 689,000, marking a 10.2 percent increase in job losses.
Over the same period, the largest year-over-year job increases were for service occupations, which saw a 4.8 percent climb in hires. Office and administrative support occupations saw a comparable decrease, with a 3.5 percent slump in total occupations. Office and administrative support occupations saw the third-largest change, with the total number of employed moving down by 5.1 percent over the same period.
Year-over-year, the overall unemployment rate grew by 0.3 percent.
—Posted on February 24, 2025
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