{"id":3373,"date":"2026-05-19T21:20:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T01:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/?p=3373"},"modified":"2026-05-19T21:20:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T01:20:53","slug":"april-jobs-report-shows-uneven-labor-market-growth-as-inflation-outpaces-wages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/?p=3373","title":{"rendered":"April Jobs Report Shows Uneven Labor Market Growth As Inflation Outpaces Wages"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Today\u2019s jobs report shows the labor market added 115,000 jobs in April, while the number of jobs added across February and March was revised down by 16,000. Since the start of 2026, job gains have averaged just 76,000 per month. The unemployment rate held at 4.3%, near its highest level in four years. Though topline job growth figures may appear steady, this report revealed average wages grew by just 0.2% last month, which next week\u2019s inflation print will almost certainly confirm are behind rising prices. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Groundwork\u2019s Managing Director of Policy and Advocacy <a href=\"https:\/\/us.cisionone.cision.com\/c\/eJwszUvO4yAQBODTwI6IR5vHgkU2vkbUhiZBsU0GmIw0p_-V6F_WVypVjtonkJZTVM55Dc4Gwx_RQfAbGJKmWE_KY8i2pM2UEnQ2S-E12lAyuULeabfclEp58-C0KomBHDXTs_4RB9ad-hAL-A3AO-9E6ksvl0_B9_iY8zWYuTK9Mr3ee_t75n-tP1Pbd9xax1nfdGn9zvT6oj7ayfRKe_2PG82HeOGZ2pyV6ZUflCuKTjvhIFFz_MLtF5i5ahc8SN4jnrkTMpCpHUf7hmN8TviYnej4jJWHTD5IIQtmAQWNCBhAFGUxLNYlpRR_R_0TAAD__0QNZZI\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Elizabeth Pancotti<\/a> released the following statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the president touts this lukewarm headline jobs report, Americans can look at their own paychecks to take the temperature of the labor market. Price hikes fueled by Trump\u2019s senseless war and misguided tariffs are forcing Americans to stretch already-thin budgets to the brink. Working families are being crushed under the weight of Trump\u2019s misguided economic agenda as wages slip behind the skyrocketing price of gas, groceries, and everyday goods.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s jobs report shows the labor market added 115,000 jobs in April, while the number of jobs added across February and March was revised down by 16,000. Since the start of 2026, job gains have averaged just 76,000 per month. The unemployment rate held at 4.3%, near its highest level in four years. Though topline [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[742],"class_list":["post-3373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ciencia-y-tecnologia","tag-vr-news-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}