2025 was the weakest year for U.S. job growth since which year (excluding pandemic)?

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With only 584,000 jobs added in 2025, it marked the weakest annual job growth since 2009, the year of the global financial crisis. This excludes 2020, which saw historic job losses during the COVID-19 pandemic. In contrast, the U.S. added more than 2 million jobs in each of the two prior years (2023 and 2024). The sharp slowdown in 2025 reflected mounting economic uncertainty, particularly around trade policy and tariffs implemented during the year, which weighed heavily on manufacturing and other sectors.

2025 was the weakest year for U.S. job growth since which year (excluding pandemic)?

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