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2024 US Job Growth

The US job growth in 2024 as a comparison to 2025

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Jan 11, 2026

Average salary in U.S. is about $3,000 per month.

The claim that the average salary in the U.S. is about $3,000 per month (roughly $36,000 per year) does not match the major data snapshots available for 2025–2026: official and widely cited private so...

Jan 9, 2026

How do 2025 job additions compare to 2024 and pre-pandemic levels?

The U.S. added roughly 584,000 payroll jobs in 2025 — about one‑third of the gain recorded in 2024 and the weakest annual net hiring outside recession years since 2003 (preliminary BLS totals) . That ...