Where US lost and gained the most jobspublished at 14:02 British Summer Time
14:02 BST
Lisa Lambert
Reporting from Washington DC
Few sectors had job growth last month, with healthcare and social assistance notching the most gains of 48,000 jobs.
Goods-producing industries led the losses, down 25,000 jobs. That sector includes manufacturing and construction.
Economists have been warning that tariffs could hurt factories, as the prices for raw materials go up, and that Trump’s immigration crackdown could lead to fewer workers on construction sites. Leisure and hospitality, which includes restaurants, though, gained 28,000 jobs.
The next biggest losses were in government, which shed 16,000 jobs.
When Trump first took office he put many federal workers on leave, and then went on to fire them or offer them incentives to resign, which put the government losses on a slower rate.
States where many federal workers live are now experiencing financial troubles from the cuts, with Washington DC’s neighbour Maryland recently announcing plans to lay off workers from its government.