Over 800,000 Fewer Native-Born Americans Are Employed Than Last Year
More than 800,000 fewer native-born Americans are employed than last year as job gains among Americans continue to lag behind those of foreign-born workers, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)…
More than 800,000 fewer native-born Americans are employed than last year as job gains among Americans continue to lag behind those of foreign-born workers, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
The number of foreign-born workers employed increased by approximately 1.2 million year-over-year in September, while 825,000 fewer native workers were employed, BLS data shows. The large annual difference is in spite of the roughly 920,000 upward employment fluctuation for native-born workers in September compared to August, after a 1,325,000 drop from July to August.
Top-line job growth was stronger than expected in September, with the U.S. adding 254,000 nonfarm payroll jobs, exceeding economist expectations of 150,000.
“Today, we received good news for American workers and families,” the Biden-Harris administration wrote in a press release Friday following the publication of the September jobs report. “With today’s report, we’ve created 16 million jobs, unemployment remains low, and wages are growing faster than prices.”