US employers add surprising 130,000 jobs last month, but revisions cut thousands of 2024-2025 jobs

Associated Press (AP)EN 4 min read 75% complete by By PAUL WISEMANFebruary 11, 2026 at 02:53 PM

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U.S. employers added 130,000 jobs in January, according to a Labor Department report released Wednesday. Despite this positive figure, significant revisions reduced the reported job creation for 2024-2025 by hundreds of thousands. The unemployment rate decreased to 4.3%. Healthcare accounted for the majority of January's new jobs, while the federal government experienced job losses. Average hourly wages saw a rise of 0.4% from the previous month. Weaker hiring in the past year is attributed to high interest rates, federal workforce reduction and trade policy uncertainty.

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