About 911,000 fewer jobs were created throughout the U.S. from April 2024 through March 2025 than previously thought, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Tuesday.

That amounts to around 76,000 fewer jobs per month , or 0.6% of overall employment during the 12-month period. Though only a small percentage of total employment, the revised numbers suggest a significant difference in previously reported job growth, which had been estimated at 146,500 new jobs per month.

Twice every year, the BLS updates its monthly job reports with more concrete data from tax reports. This year’s preliminary update is the largest downward edit in at least two decades.

The bureau gets its monthly data from wide-ranging company surveys, which allow it to publish monthly job reports that often affe

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