The US jobs market added 119,000 jobs in September, according to the latest monthly jobs report, which was delayed by six weeks due to the shutdown of the federal government.<\/p>\n
Amid heightened uncertainty surrounding the strength of the US economy, the much-anticipated reading was higher than the 51,000 jobs expected<\/a> by analysts to be added in September. <\/p>\n The unemployment rate, meanwhile, ticked up from 4.3% to 4.4%: its highest level since 2021.<\/p>\n The Bureau of Labor Statistics revised down previous readings for July and August, which had already raised fears that growth in the labor market had stalled in recent months.<\/p>\n The agency now estimates that US economy<\/a> added 72,000 jobs in July, down from 79,000, and shed 4,000 jobs in August, down from growth of 22,000.<\/p>\n September\u2019s jobs report was initially scheduled to be released in October, only to be delayed by the shutdown. ADP\u2019s unofficial private sector jobs report for September noted<\/a> a loss of 29,000 jobs; its report<\/a> for October pointed to an increase of 42,000 jobs.<\/p>\n bar chart of jobs growth<\/a><\/p>\n The complete official jobs report for October will not be released, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Wednesday, as a result of the prolonged shutdown, during which data collection and processing was not conducted<\/a>. Official data on the number of jobs created or lost in October will be released alongside the full report for November, in mid-December, according to the BLS.<\/p>\n The latest jobs report follows a slowdown of 22,000 jobs added<\/a> to the US economy in August 2025, with the unemployment rate ticking up to 4.3%, the highest since 2021.<\/p>\n The report was followed by a revision of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data that announced 911,000 fewer jobs<\/a> were added to the labor force in the year to March 2025.<\/p>\n Sagging job numbers incited Donald Trump to fire<\/a> BLS commissioner Erika McEntarfer in August, following a weak July jobs report, as Trump made baseless claims the numbers were \u201crigged\u201d to make him and Republicans look bad.<\/p>\n