1.3 Million Fewer Jobs Created in First 14 Months Compared to Biden’s Last 14
Over 1.3 million fewer jobs were created in industries with heavy Latino employment during the first 14 months of the second Trump administration compared to the last 14 months of the Biden presidency, according to a new study by Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF). This is a sharp worsening of the job-growth anemia in Latino-concentrated industries first reported by ATF last year, when nearly 300,000 fewer jobs were created in the period January to August 2025 compared to the same stretch of 2024. The latest dropoff represents a 72% deceleration in hiring.
“Now more than ever, Trump and the billionaire-backed GOP’s policies are deflating job growth in Latino-concentrated industries by 72%,” said David Kass, ATF’s executive director. “When leaders in Washington focus on tax giveaways to billionaires, cut investments in healthcare and nutrition, wage tariff battles, and engage in expensive wars of choice, the needs of workers and families—including Latino workers and families—will be lost in the shuffle. It’s no shock that Latino support for the GOP is collapsing alongside the job market as families feel the squeeze of GOP policies.”
Comparison of 14-Month Job Creation in Latino-Heavy Industries Under Trump and Biden
| Employment by Industry Categories | Mining & Logging | Construction | Transportation and warehousing | Leisure and hospitality | Manufacturing | Other Services | Private education and health services | TOTALS | |
| Jan ’25 – Mar ’26 Growth/(Loss) | -18000 | 44000 | -194000 | 34000 | -164000 | 7000 | 802000 | 511000 | |
| Oct ’23 – Dec ’24 Growth/(Loss) | -15000 | 209000 | 111000 | 290000 | -77000 | 109000 | 1196000 | 1823000 | |
| Trump-Biden Difference | -3000 | -165000 | -305000 | -256000 | -87000 | -102000 | -394000 | -1312000 | |
| Percentage Difference | 20.00% | -78.95% | -274.77% | -88.28% | 112.99% | -93.58% | -32.94% | -71.97% | |
SOURCE: Americans for Tax Fairness
The biggest Latino-industry employment difference between the Biden and Trump eras was in transportation and warehousing: whereas over 111,000 jobs were added to this category under Biden, under Trump it lost 194,000 jobs. Employment in “other services” jumped by 109,000 jobs during Biden’s last months, while the first 14 months of the second Trump administration saw an increase of only 7,000 jobs. Even in industries that lost jobs, fewer disappeared under Biden than under Trump: in manufacturing, the comparison was 77,000 fewer jobs during the end of Biden’s term, compared to 164,000 jobs lost under Trump.
SOURCE: Americans for Tax Fairness
METHODOLOGY: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics uses different industry classifications for its Current Population Survey–which reports Latino industry participation–and its monthly employment data. Best efforts were made to match up the two systems in order to determine the recent employment history in Latino-heavy industries.