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"Below the surface, there's a lot more to worry about," University of Michigan economics professor Justin Wolfers wrote in a post on X. "April was revised down -30k, and March was revised down -95k. As a result, payrolls grew at only an average rate of +135k over the past three months, a notable slowing."
What’s more, almost all of the job growth was from the health care and hospitality industries, according to the BLS data.
Meanwhile, industries like manufacturing—which Trump was seeking to boost with his tariffs—actually lost jobs in May.
The manufacturing industry shed 8,000 jobs, with machinery manufacturing losing the lion's share of that number with 7,300 jobs shed.