Job Market Winners, Losers: Healthcare, Federal, Young Job Seekers
Business Insider••business
Key Points:
- The US job market in 2025 showed significant slowdown, with only 584,000 jobs added, highlighting uneven growth concentrated mainly in healthcare, social assistance, and leisure and hospitality sectors.
- Healthcare led job growth, accounting for 69% of new jobs, driven by demand from an aging population and chronic conditions, while sectors like government, professional, business services, and manufacturing saw job declines.
- Federal employment experienced its largest single-year drop since 1946, with a reduction of 274,000 jobs due to voluntary departures and agency cuts, reflecting a government downsizing trend.
- White-collar sectors, especially professional and business services, faced job losses partly due to shifts toward AI investment, economic uncertainty, and over
