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# Private Sector Job Growth Fuels President Trump’s Economy

The White House
December 16, 2025

> “The strong jobs report shows how President Trump is fixing the damage caused by Joe Biden and creating a strong, America First economy in record time. Since President Trump took office, 100% of the job growth has come in the private sector and among native-born Americans — exactly where it should be. Workers’ wages are rising, prices are falling, trillions of dollars in investments are pouring into our country, and the American economy is primed to boom in 2026.”
> — White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt

Today’s jobs report shows the strength of President Donald J. Trump’s economy is in the private sector — where it should be.

Here’s what you need to know:

- Since September, the private sector has gained 121,000 jobs, while the federal government has shed 168,000 jobs as the Trump Administration shrinks the runaway federal bureaucracy.
  - Federal employment is now at the lowest level in over a decade — down 271,000 jobs since President Trump took office.
  - Since August, the private sector has added 225,000 jobs.
- Under President Trump, 100% of the job growth has come in the private sector and among native-born Americans — NOT illegals.
  - Since taking office, President Trump has added 687,000 private sector jobs.
  - Between January and November 2025, 2.7 million native-born Americans GAINED employment, while 972,000 foreign-born workers LOST employment; 2.75 million native-born Americans JOINED the labor force, while 1.1 million foreign-born workers LEFT the labor force.
- 52,000 construction jobs have been added over the past three months as we build in America — with American workers leading the way.
- Americans’ real wages are on track to rise by 4.2% in the first full year of the Trump Administration — far outpacing inflation and a complete reversal from the Biden era.
- Labor force participation rose between September and November as more Americans come back to the workforce in the Trump Economy.
  - The slight increase in the unemployment rate is entirely because more Americans are jumping back into the job market as the booming Trump Economy brings them off the sidelines.
- The Democrat Shutdown is estimated to have cost the private sector as many as 62,000 new jobs in October.

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