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DOL statement: over 650,000 jobs added since the President took office

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Bureau of Labor Statistics (or Department of Labor) employment data shows net payroll employment increased by more than 650,000 between the date the President took office and the December 2025 Employment Situation report.

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Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer issued a statement responding to the December 2025 Employment Situation Report, saying the report shows strong job and wage growth and lower inflation. The statement credits President Trump’s administration for adding “over 650,000 jobs” since he took office, cites 4.1% wage growth over the last three months, and says inflation is at its lowest level in nearly five years. The Department of Labor said it will continue efforts to prioritize “American Workers First” in 2026.
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The Department of Labor’s January 9, 2026 news release on the December 2025 jobs report explicitly states that 2025 was a strong year of job growth “with over 650,000 jobs added since he took office,” referring to President Trump. This wording appears verbatim in the official DOL statement by Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer. Because this fact-check concerns whether the Department of Labor said this, not whether the underlying jobs figure is accurate, the statement is accurate: the DOL did in fact make this claim in its release. Verdict: True, because the quoted language appears directly and unambiguously in the cited official Department of Labor news release.

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  1. Update · Jan 10, 2026, 05:42 AMTrue
    The Department of Labor’s January 9, 2026 news release on the December 2025 jobs report explicitly states that 2025 was a strong year of job growth “with over 650,000 jobs added since he took office,” referring to President Trump. This wording appears verbatim in the official DOL statement by Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer. Because this fact-check concerns whether the Department of Labor said this, not whether the underlying jobs figure is accurate, the statement is accurate: the DOL did in fact make this claim in its release. Verdict: True, because the quoted language appears directly and unambiguously in the cited official Department of Labor news release.
  2. Original article · Jan 09, 2026
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