US Adds 115,000 Jobs in April With Unemployment at 4.3%

The figures follow a similar trend observed in March and show an acceleration in job creation. The economy has produced 100,000 more jobs since the beginning of the year than during all of 2025. Growth in the first quarter reached a 2 percent annualized rate. That pace is below levels recorded at the end of the previous administration but remains higher than in other Western economies.

18 months after the current administration took office, the economy continues to expand despite uncertainty created by shifting trade policies. The word "resilience" is frequently used to characterize the ongoing expansion. A Republican lawmaker from Idaho told attendees at the Select USA investment summit in National Harbor, Maryland, that the economy has absorbed policy shifts across multiple administrations.

"Honestly, we have not seen any big slowdown," the lawmaker said. "We've been doing this through four presidential administrations. Everyone throws a curve ball or two of some kind, and everyone has winners and losers. " The labor market data released on May 8 reinforced the pattern of steady progress even as trade measures continue to affect business activity in some sectors.