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Jobs

Jobs created under every president, ranked

Every president claims a jobs miracle. Only some of them have the payroll numbers. The full count, no spin.

nonfarm payrolls · September 2026
159.0 million
vs. a year ago
+0.5 million
Record high · September 2026
159.0 million
Record low · January 1939
29.9 million

The whole story, month by month

TrumanEisenhowerJohnsonNixonReaganClintonG.W. BushObama050100150200194019501960197019801990200020102020

Democrats vs. Republicans

Democrats+2.1 millionper year in office, over 40 years and 7 presidencies
Republicans+0.8 millionper year in office, over 42 years and 8 presidencies

Both sides have a chart to wave

The Democrats' best card

Clinton +22.9 million

From 109.8 million to 132.7 million, January 1993 to January 2001.

The chart they hide: Kennedy +3.6 million

The Republicans' best card

Reagan +16.1 million

From 91.0 million to 107.2 million, January 1981 to January 1989.

The chart they hide: Trump I −2.8 million

Every president, ranked

Jobs added or lost during each term. Best to worst.

  1. Clinton+22.9 million
  2. Reagan+16.1 million
  3. Biden+15.4 million
  4. Johnson+12.2 million
  5. Obama+11.5 million
  6. Carter+10.3 million
  7. Nixon+9.2 million
  8. Truman+8.7 million
  9. Kennedy+3.6 million
  10. Eisenhower+3.5 million
  11. G.H.W. Bush+2.6 million
  12. Ford+2.1 million
  13. G.W. Bush+1.4 million
  14. Trump II (so far)+0.8 million
  15. Trump I−2.8 million

Why this number starts fights

Payroll totals are the favorite campaign number because they are big and simple. The pandemic bends this ranking hard: millions of jobs vanished in 2020 and many came back afterward, which makes one term look terrible and the next look great. Longer terms also add more jobs simply by lasting longer, so check the per-year figure.

How to read it without getting played

No president controls this number alone. Congress, the Federal Reserve, global markets, wars, pandemics and the economy they inherited all move it. A term's score shows what happened on their watch, not what they caused. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling a side.

Method: payroll jobs in the month a president took office compared with the month the term ended. The party figure is jobs added per year in office.

More numbers people fight about

Unemployment4.2%−0.2 pts vs. a year agoof the labor force · September 2026Real wages$370−1.6% vs. a year agomedian weekly pay, 1982-84 $ · September 2026GDP growth2.2%−0.6 pts vs. a year agoreal growth per year · December 2025National debt$40.5 trillion+5.6% vs. a year agototal public debt · November 2026

Sources

Show the yearly table
Jobs: last reading of each year
YearValue
2026159.0 million
2025158.4 million
2024158.3 million
2023156.9 million
2022154.3 million
2021149.8 million
2020142.5 million
2019151.8 million
2018149.8 million
2017147.5 million
2016145.4 million
2015143.1 million
2014140.4 million
2013137.4 million
2012135.1 million
2011132.9 million
2010130.8 million
2009129.8 million
2008134.8 million
2007138.4 million
2006137.2 million
2005135.2 million
2004132.6 million
2003130.6 million
2002130.5 million
2001131.0 million
2000132.7 million
1999130.8 million
1998127.6 million
1997124.5 million
1996121.1 million
1995118.3 million
1994116.2 million
1993112.3 million
1992109.5 million
1991108.3 million
1990109.2 million
1989108.8 million
1988106.9 million
1987103.7 million
1986100.5 million
198598.6 million
198496.1 million
198392.2 million
198288.8 million
198190.9 million
198090.9 million
197990.7 million
197888.7 million
197784.4 million
197680.4 million
197578.0 million
197477.7 million
197378.0 million
197275.3 million
197172.1 million
197070.8 million
196971.2 million
196869.2 million
196766.9 million
196665.2 million
196562.3 million
196459.4 million
196357.4 million
196256.0 million
196154.9 million
196053.7 million
195954.2 million
195852.1 million
195752.4 million
195652.9 million
195551.8 million
195449.3 million
195349.7 million
195250.2 million
195148.3 million
195046.9 million
194943.5 million
194845.0 million
194744.6 million
194643.4 million
194539.1 million
194441.9 million
194342.7 million
194241.9 million
194138.1 million
194034.2 million
193931.5 million