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U.S. manufacturing employment in 2025 faced challenges, with employment dropping by approximately 108,000 jobs over the year, featuring widespread declines attributed to trade policy uncertainty
. By December 2025, manufacturing workers numbered nearly 13 million. Monthly data showed consistent declines, such as a 12,000-job drop in August 2025, as reported by the Statista and BLS data.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/217720/monthly-change-in-the-manufacturing-sector-employment-in-the-us/?__sso_cookie_checker=failedhttps://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2026/job-loss-rates-exceeded-job-gains-rates-in-40-states-and-dc-in-the-second-quarter-of-2025.htm40 Nations BUILD $45 Trillion Trade Bloc - USA LOSES Market Access
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