Latest Fact-Checks In Jobs

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 26, 2025 a Cabinet meeting
“The average American worker has already seen a $500 wage increase this year.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 5, 2025 an interview on CNBC
Bureau of Labor Statistics employment numbers “were rigged” when the agency revised them “down by almost 900,000 jobs” after the 2024 election.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 5, 2025
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 9, 2025 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
“The number of full-time jobs (was) dropping almost the entire Biden administration.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on March 7, 2025 on social media
During President Joe Biden’s four years in office, “31% of U.S. job growth” came from public-sector jobs.
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2025
Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul
stated on November 19, 2024 a public event
We’ve created 732,000 jobs since I've been governor.
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 26, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on December 6, 2024 social media posts
UnitedHealthcare posted a job opening for a CEO 24 hours after its CEO was killed.
False
December 9, 2024
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 10, 2024 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
Inflation-adjusted weekly wages “are lower today than they were 50 years ago.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on October 21, 2024 a Threads post
The Biden-Harris administration “brought over” 10 million migrants who got 9 million jobs.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2024
Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
stated on October 14, 2024 a debate
“About 400,000 manufacturing jobs in the state of Michigan will go away with EV mandates.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • October 18, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on October 7, 2024 an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes"
"We now have historic low unemployment in America among all groups of people."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on September 25, 2024 an interview with MSNBC
“Even before the pandemic, (Donald Trump) lost manufacturing jobs, by most people’s estimates at least 200,000.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 26, 2024
Julie Su
Julie Su
stated on August 15, 2024 News conference
“400,000 workers are now in a union that were not in a union when (Biden) became president.”
Mostly True
By Ricardo Torres • September 23, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 21, 2024 a Truth Social post
“The Harris-Biden Administration has been caught fraudulently manipulating Job Statistics.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 23, 2024
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on July 28, 2024 an interview on Fox News Sunday
“Even before the pandemic, America went into a manufacturing recession.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 15, 2024 remarks in Detroit
The Trump administration “achieved the lowest African American unemployment rate and the lowest African American poverty rate ever recorded.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 20, 2024
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on April 29, 2024 an interview with MSNBC
Former President Donald Trump “has the worst record of job loss of any president.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 2, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on March 31, 2024 a post on X
"The much-trumpeted job growth in the last year was ENTIRELY part-time jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 8, 2024 a speech
Speaking of semiconductor industry jobs, "Know what the average salary is? $110,000. You don't need a college degree."
Mostly False
April 15, 2024
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on March 3, 2024 TV interview
“We just had 100% increase in layoffs.”
Mostly True
By Ricardo Torres • March 29, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on March 14, 2024 an interview with Fox News
Says “100% of net job creation under the Biden administration has gone to the foreign-born.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 27, 2024
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