The report follows several others that have reignited concerns about weakening job growth.

Job growth was stronger than expected to start 2026, providing some relief to concerns about the state of the U.S. labor market.

The report follows several others that have reignited concerns about weakening job growth.

Employers added a greater than expected 130,000 jobs in January, according to the latest figures.

U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong 130,000 jobs last month, but government revisions cut 2024-2025 U.S. payrolls by hundreds of thousands of jobs.

The United States added 130,000 jobs to start the year while the end of 2025 job gains were revised downward, Wednesday's jobs report said.

January job gains were better than anything the U.S. economy saw in 2025 but not still enough to sound an all-clear.

The country's unemployment rate stood at just 4.3% in January, according to official figures published on Wednesday, but hiring stalled across many sectors. Since Donald Trump…