So far in 2025, the job market for IT jobs in the United States has not shown great strength; downward revisions to the Bureau of Labor Statistics statistics for May and June indicate that job losses in July are part of the IT sector slowdown than had been earlier believed.
Although the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed little job increase last month, the weak payroll growth statistics obscured a more troubling problem. A significant percentage of the employment growth recorded for May and June was erroneous. Amidst U.S.-China trade war
According to the BLS, May’s statistics called for an IT sector slowdown revision of 125,000 jobs, hence resulting in only 19,000 jobs being added; June’s figures were adjusted even further, with 133,000 jobs falsely reported as added to payrolls that month. Thus, just 14,000 new positions were actually added in June.
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Victor Janulaitis
In a related development, US President Trump fired BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer
