Issues [1] Job seekers at a job fair in Sunrise, Florida, September 25, 2025. (Getty/Joe Raedle) The labor market remains weak, according to the the Employment Situation report for December 2025 from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). In December 2025, employers added 50,000 new jobs, the unemployment rate fell to 4.4 percent, in part because people left the labor force, and the prior two months of new jobs were revised down by a total of 76,000 jobs.