2025 Employment Picture
The latest year-over-year comparison by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, updated monthly.
Year-over-year through March 2025, the total number of jobs increased by 2,453,000, marking a 1.5 percent increase in total hires. Within the same timeframe, the total number of unemployed grew by 686,000, marking an 11.6 percent increase in job losses.
Over the same period, the largest year-over-year job increases were for farming, fishing and forestry occupations, which saw a dramatic 20.3 percent uptick in hires. Management, business and financial operations occupations saw the second-largest increase, with a 4.9 percent jump in total hires. Service occupations saw the third-largest change, with the total number of employed moving up by 3.2 percent over the same period.
Year-over-year, the overall unemployment rate grew by 0.4 percent.
—Posted on May 27, 2025
Year-over-year through March 2025, the total number of jobs increased by 2,056,000, marking a 1.3 percent increase in total hires. Within the same timeframe, the total number of unemployed grew by 638,000, marking a 9.7 percent increase in job losses.
Over the same period, the largest year-over-year job increases were for farming, fishing and forestry occupations, which saw a 10.5 percent uptick in hires. Office and administrative support occupations saw the second-largest increase, with a 5.5 percent jump in total occupations. Production occupations saw the third-largest change, with the total number of employed moving down by 4.9 percent over the same period.
Year-over-year, the overall unemployment rate grew by 0.3 percent.
—Posted on April 24, 2025
From February 2024 to February 2025, the total number of jobs increased by 2,229,000, marking a 1.4 percent increase in total hires. Within the same timeframe, the total number of unemployed grew by 602,000, marking a 8.6 percent increase in job losses.
Over the same period, the largest year-over-year job decreases were for farming, fishing and forestry occupations, which saw a 7.8 percent decline in hires. Office and administrative support occupations saw a comparable increase, with a 6.3 percent jump in total occupations. Construction and extraction occupations saw the third-largest change, with the total number of employed moving down by a near-even 5 percent over the same period.
Year-over-year, the overall unemployment rate grew by 0.3 percent.
—Posted on March 24, 2025
From February 2024 to February 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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