Women have accounted for essentially all net U.S. job growth since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data, a trend that widened sharply in the most recent employment report.
The Labor Department’s Employment Situation report for August, released Friday, showed total non-agricultural payrolls rose by 162,000 for the month, well above the 31,000 average monthly gain of the prior year. Women accounted for the vast majority of that growth, continuing a pattern visible since January 2025.
**Women’s cumulative payroll employment has risen by roughly 765,000 since December 2024, while men’s employment is down slightly, by about 6,000, over the same period, according to Mike Konczal, director of policy and research at the Economic Security Project, a left-leaning nonprofit. Konczal’s analysis, drawn from the BLS Current Employment Statistics survey, found women accounted for the entirety of net job growth over that stretch and 82% of it over the past 12 months alone.**
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Probably because it’s 30% cheaper to hire women to do the same job.
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**This is a SERIOUS problem. From the article:**
Women have accounted for essentially all net U.S. job growth since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data, a trend that widened sharply in the most recent employment report.
The Labor Department’s Employment Situation report for August, released Friday, showed total non-agricultural payrolls rose by 162,000 for the month, well above the 31,000 average monthly gain of the prior year. Women accounted for the vast majority of that growth, continuing a pattern visible since January 2025.
**Women’s cumulative payroll employment has risen by roughly 765,000 since December 2024, while men’s employment is down slightly, by about 6,000, over the same period, according to Mike Konczal, director of policy and research at the Economic Security Project, a left-leaning nonprofit. Konczal’s analysis, drawn from the BLS Current Employment Statistics survey, found women accounted for the entirety of net job growth over that stretch and 82% of it over the past 12 months alone.**
Probably because it’s 30% cheaper to hire women to do the same job.