What is happening with US manufacturing employment?

The manufacturing sector shed -8,000 jobs in January, according to the ADP private employment report.

This marks the 32nd consecutive monthly decline, the longest streak since data began in 2010.

In 2024 and 2025, manufacturing employment fell -154,000 and -177,000, respectively.

Since the 2022 peak, -403,000 jobs have been lost, bringing total manufacturing employment down to 12.483 million, the lowest since November 2021.

The sector has now lost HALF the number of jobs wiped out during the 2020 pandemic.

The US manufacturing sector is in recession.$POWER

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