Jobs Scorecard true 0% 174 Checks mostly true 0% 230 Checks half true 0% 309 Checks mostly false 0% 199 Checks false 0% 219 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 50 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Jobs Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2025 a Cabinet meeting “The average American worker has already seen a $500 wage increase this year.” By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2025 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. By Louis Jacobson • August 5, 2025 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.” By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2025 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. By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2025 Kathy Hochul stated on November 19, 2024 a public event We’ve created 732,000 jobs since I've been governor. By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 26, 2024 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. December 9, 2024 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.” By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2024 Threads posts stated on October 21, 2024 a Threads post The Biden-Harris administration “brought over” 10 million migrants who got 9 million jobs. By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2024 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.” By Caleb McCullough • October 18, 2024 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." By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2024 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.” By Louis Jacobson • September 26, 2024 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.” By Ricardo Torres • September 23, 2024 Donald Trump stated on August 21, 2024 a Truth Social post “The Harris-Biden Administration has been caught fraudulently manipulating Job Statistics.” By Louis Jacobson • August 23, 2024 Pete Buttigieg stated on July 28, 2024 an interview on Fox News Sunday “Even before the pandemic, America went into a manufacturing recession.” By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2024 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.” By Louis Jacobson • June 20, 2024 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.” By Louis Jacobson • May 2, 2024 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." By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2024 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." April 15, 2024 Scott Walker stated on March 3, 2024 TV interview “We just had 100% increase in layoffs.” By Ricardo Torres • March 29, 2024 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.” By Louis Jacobson • March 27, 2024 Load More Latest Articles Reduction of jobs by 911,000 puts spotlight on BLS and Biden’s legacy By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2025 Fact-checking Trump on February job numbers: manufacturing, auto industry and native-born workers By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2025 ¿Qué tan ciertas son las declaraciones de Tim Walz, el candidato demócrata a la vicepresidencia? By Maria Briceño • September 30, 2024 Debate presidencial entre Kamala Harris y Donald Trump: PolitiFact verificó lo que dijeron September 11, 2024 ¿La economía de los latinos fue mejor con Joe Biden o con Donald Trump? By Louis Jacobson, Maria Briceño • July 12, 2024 Comparing economic performance for Latinos under Trump, Biden By Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2024 Comparing economic performance for Black Americans under Trump, Biden By Louis Jacobson • June 25, 2024 Fact-checking three claims from Joe Biden on Black employment, health insurance and wealth By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2024 Fact-checking Joe Biden on the economy in CNN interview By Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2024 Fact-checking Joe Biden on inflation, the deficit and consumer confidence in the State of the Union By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2024 Why do so many Americans think the economy is bad when the data says otherwise? By Louis Jacobson • March 6, 2024 The Biden-versus-Trump economy: Who did better on inflation, jobs, gasoline prices and more? By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2024 Critics say an Aldi job ad excluded white people. We took a closer look. March 1, 2024 Joe Biden links Donald Trump’s jobs record to Herbert Hoover’s, without any mention of COVID-19 By Louis Jacobson • January 16, 2024 ¿El desempleo hispano ha disminuido a la mitad bajo Joe Biden? Eso es Mayormente Cierto September 25, 2023 Fact-checking Donald Trump on his economy and Joe Biden’s By Louis Jacobson • August 21, 2023 Pregúntale a PolitiFact: ¿Por qué el gobierno excluye de las cifras de desempleo a ciertas personas? By Louis Jacobson, Maria Briceño • August 4, 2023 Ask PolitiFact: Why are millions of Americans not working but excluded from the ‘unemployed’ rate? By Louis Jacobson, Maria Briceño • August 4, 2023 Florida immigration law: Do new employment rules affect workers in seasonal, agricultural jobs? By Maria Ramirez Uribe • July 12, 2023 As Ron DeSantis kicks off his presidential bid, how has Florida fared economically on his watch? By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2023 Latest promises about Jobs Joe Biden Award federal contracts to companies that make all products in US Biden strengthened Buy American rules, but contractors still manufacture outside U.S. | December 16, 2024 Joe Biden Make 2 years of community college or a high-quality training program tuition-free Joe Biden’s free community college plan failed to get congressional support | December 6, 2024 Joe Biden Increase the federal minimum wage to $15/hour No national hike for the minimum wage | December 5, 2024 Joe Biden Guarantee 7 days of paid sick leave Joe Biden breaks promise to guarantee seven days of paid sick leave | December 5, 2024 Joe Biden Guarantee 12 weeks paid family and medical leave Joe Biden fails to fulfill promise guaranteeing 12 weeks of paid family leave | December 4, 2024 Joe Biden Create 1 million auto industry jobs Auto industry jobs expand under Joe Biden, but not by 1 million | December 2, 2024 Joe Biden Expand services for people during and after incarceration Biden increases funding, announces strategic plan to ease reentry for incarcerated individuals | July 24, 2024 Joe Biden Create a Public Health Jobs Corps The CDC and AmeriCorps train new public health workforce, but at a limited capacity | July 9, 2024 Joe Biden Tighten ‘Made In America’ rules New rules gradually raise the bar for Made-in-America | July 13, 2022 Donald Trump Bring back manufacturing No overall improvement for manufacturing sector under Trump | July 15, 2020 Donald Trump Save the Carrier plant in Indiana Fewer jobs, but plant remains open | July 15, 2020 Donald Trump Hire American workers first Trump promised immigration controls to prioritize American workers. He fulfilled his pledge, in part | July 15, 2020 Latest promises about Jobs
