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The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on 1 August 2025 that employers added 73,000 jobs in July, with unemployment at 4.2% and May and June cut by a combined 258,000.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on 5 September 2025 that employers added just 22,000 jobs in August, with unemployment at 4.3% and June revised to a loss of 13,000.

On 10 September 2025 Novo Nordisk announced it intends to cut about 9,000 of its 78,400 jobs worldwide, around 5,000 of them in Denmark, to save about DKK 8 billion a year by the end of 2026.

On 23 October 2025 Target said it was eliminating about 1,800 corporate positions, around 8% of its corporate workforce, with roughly 1,000 layoffs and 800 vacant roles removed, to speed up decisions under incoming CEO Michael Fiddelke.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics published September 2025 payrolls on 20 November, delayed from 3 October by the federal government shutdown, showing 119,000 jobs added and unemployment at 4.4%.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics published November payrolls on 16 December 2025 together with October, which had no separate release: +64,000 in November, -105,000 in October, and unemployment at 4.6%.

North Carolina Governor Josh Stein announced that Johnson & Johnson will build a second multibillion-dollar plant in Wilson, a drug product manufacturing facility for cancer and neurology medicines expected to create up to 500 jobs, beside the $2 billion biologics campus it is already building there.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on 9 January 2026 that employers added 50,000 jobs in December, with unemployment at 4.4% and October revised down to a loss of 173,000.

On 27 January 2026 UPS said on its fourth-quarter call that it would cut up to 30,000 operational positions in 2026 and close 24 buildings in the first half as it winds down its Amazon business, after cutting 48,000 jobs in 2025.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on 11 February 2026, delayed from 6 February by a funding lapse, that employers added 130,000 jobs in January, with unemployment at 4.3% and 2025 growth revised down to 181,000.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on 6 March 2026 that payrolls fell by 92,000 in February, with a health care strike weighing on the count and unemployment at 4.4%.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on 3 April 2026 that employers added 178,000 jobs in March, with unemployment at 4.3% and February revised down to a loss of 133,000.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on 8 May 2026 that employers added 115,000 jobs in April, with unemployment at 4.3% and February revised down to a loss of 156,000.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on 5 June 2026 that employers added 172,000 jobs in May, with unemployment at 4.3% and March and April revised up by 93,000.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on 2 July 2026 that employers added 57,000 jobs in June, with unemployment at 4.2% and April and May revised down by 74,000.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on 7 August 2026 that payrolls fell by 23,000 in July, with unemployment at 4.1% and May and June revised down by 103,000.

A third northwest Louisiana data center campus, at Resilient Technology Park in Shreveport, lifts Amazon's planned investment from $12 billion to $18 billion and its expected jobs to up to 750 across three campuses.

Amazon announced its third northwest Louisiana data-center campus at Resilient Technology Park in Shreveport on August 18, 2026. The campus adds USD 6 billion of planned investment and 210 expected direct jobs. STACK Infrastructure is the developer and owner. August reporting targets the first building in 2027, with full buildout over three to five years.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on 4 September 2026 that employers added 162,000 jobs in August, with unemployment unchanged at 4.1% and June and July revised up by 55,000.

Google announced at least €13 billion for data centres in Hamina, Kajaani, Muhos and Vaala in 2027 and 2028, its largest single investment in Europe, with a 22-year nuclear power deal to extend the Loviisa plant.

Wiwynn's server-rack plant in Socorro, near El Paso and its first US factory, is expanding to make hardware for Amazon's data centers, with nearly 1,000 new manufacturing jobs expected by the end of 2027 and a Wiwynn investment of over $1.6 billion.

President Donald Trump announced in the Oval Office at 2 p.m. ET on 28 September 2026 that Mesabi Metallics will invest about $15 billion in a steel plant in Iowa, which the White House calls the largest of its kind in US history and the first mega steel plant built in the country since the 1960s. The plant is due to start producing steel in 2030. Its first phase is put at about 7.5 million tons a year with up to 6,000 construction jobs, rising to 10 million tons a year and at least 1,750 permanent jobs. It will run on iron ore from Mesabi's new mine at Nashwauk on Minnesota's Iron Range, and Iowa lawmakers have discussed tax incentives for a plant in Lee County in the state's southeast. The announcement came weeks before the November midterm elections, as Trump pointed to his 50% steel tariffs as the driver of new US steel investment.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes September 2026's Employment Situation at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on 2 October. August added 162,000 jobs with unemployment at 4.1%; Kalshi prices 70% on another gain above 60,000.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the October 2026 Employment Situation at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on 6 November. On 3 November Kalshi priced payrolls above 0 at 82% and unemployment above 4.0% at 94%.