Fact-check · Oct 20, 2026
“I create one and a half million new jobs every year”
FALSE
What the record shows
BLS reports 730,000 nonfarm jobs created Jan-Sep 2026 (annualizes to ~973K); 12-month average 45,000/month (540K annually).
Claim states 1.5M jobs annually as accomplished fact. Actual 2026 pace is 35-65% of claimed figure.
Sources
- United States Nonfarm Payrolls
- Jobs report April 2026
- U.S. September 2026 jobs report: payrolls miss forecasts badly
- Nonfarm employment little changed in September 2026 : The Economics Daily : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Employment Situation News Release - 2026 M08 Results
- U.S. job creation cools in June with payrolls growth of just 57,000; unemployment rate at 4.2%
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