April Jobs Report Shatters Expectations
The reality of the Trump economy smashed bleak projections to bits in April, according to new Department of Labor data.
April’s jobs report shows that employers added 115,000 jobs, according to CBS News.
Economists had gone all in on bleak and bleaker, with a forecast from FactSet predicting a gain of only 65,00 jobs.
Experts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal were even more pessimistic, predicting growth at only 55,000 jobs.
The unemployment rate was unchanged from March at 4.3 percent, CBS reported.
The health care sector added 37,000 jobs, while transportation and warehousing added 30,000 jobs. The federal government’s efforts to reduce its cost to taxpayers showed up in the jobs report as a loss of 9,000 positions.
The April jobs report DOUBLED expectations from economists.
These are good numbers, good for working families, good for their wallets, and good for our country! 🇺🇸 https://t.co/08SaDc6rnB
— Rep. Jason Smith (@RepJasonSmith) May 8, 2026
March has shown employers adding 185,000 jobs.
“The addition of 115,000 jobs in April continues to highlight the resilience of the U.S. labor market,” Jerry Tempelman, vice president of economic and fixed income research at Mutual of America Capital Management, said in an email.
“In spite of higher gas prices, we’ve seen minimal disruptions to the U.S. economy due to the conflict in the Middle East. In fact, the equity markets continue to trade at or near new highs,” he said.
The report is “evidence of the underlying resilience of this economy and of this labor market, despite all of the slings and arrows of outrageous concerns about the Middle East and unemployment and inflation and the Fed,” said Scott Clemons, chief investment strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman, according to CNBC.
“This is a real tribute to a lot of Trump policies,” says economist @StephenMoore on the April jobs report.
“We saw the big, huge number on investment… that number was off the charts in the First Quarter—and why did that happen? In large part, because of the Trump tax cut.” pic.twitter.com/p3mgqhfiI7
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 8, 2026
Acting Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling noted in a statement that, “Despite doom-and-gloom rhetoric from pundits and economists, America’s economic comeback is clearly accelerating under President Trump, with job growth now shattering expectations two months in a row.”
Sonderling noted that since 2025, “total private sector job growth under this Administration now stands at more than 700,000 new jobs.”
“Thanks to President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts, job creators were clearly feeling empowered this tax season and are investing in American workers,” he said.
Another blockbuster jobs report for the month of April, with 115,000 jobs added to the economy, largely led by small business expansion.
Confident job creators invest in new employees. That is exactly and undeniably what’s happening now thanks to the massive tax cuts and…
— Kelly Loeffler (@SBA_Kelly) May 8, 2026
“Our skilled workforce is seeing the benefits, with continued job growth in construction and a strong 5.2 percent year-over-year increase in manufacturing weekly earnings,” Sonderling said.
“The president is bringing workers off the sidelines — growing the private sector while continuing to right-size the federal government, saving taxpayers billions of dollars per year,” he said.
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