One million private sector jobs have been created in the United States in the last 19 months.
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Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnsonNov 10, 2026FactCheck.org's October 2026 tally shows 1,006,000 private-sector jobs added from January 2025 through September 2026, and the White House says the private sector has created over one million jobs under Trump, so the figure is supported at roughly the claimed magnitude.
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What was said
… We have the lowest poverty rate in America right now. We also have the safest streets. We have the lowest violent crime rate in 126 years. Because of our policies and what we did. We had the biggest decline in prescription drug costs in over 60 years. Yet a million jobs added in the private sector just in the last 19 months or so. And it goes on and on and on. Trump accounts. For every newborn, you have the first ever nationwide school choice program codified into law. Over 100 and nearly, I think, 130 executive orders codified and signed into law and so much more. …
Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnson · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. FactCheck.org (Oct 2026), citing BLS data, reports 1,006,000 private-sector jobs added during Trump's term through September 2026.[1]
Supports. The White House's September 2026 release states the private sector has created over one million jobs under President Trump's second term.[3]
Context. A August 2026 BLS benchmark revision cut estimated private employment growth to about 24,000 a month, showing job growth was weaker than first reported, though the revised data still feeds the roughly one-million total cited by FactCheck.org.[2]
Context. An unrated blog says Trump has created fewer than 900,000 total jobs over 19 months, but that counts all jobs including government declines rather than private-sector jobs, so it does not contradict the private-sector figure.[4]
Sources
4 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 1 not rated
- 1Trump's Numbers, October 2026 Updatefactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2US employment growth only modestly lower than thought in BLS ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Made in America: Manufacturing, Private Hiring Power ...whitehouse.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Labor Day Lies - Unprecedented - Ghostunprecedented.ghost.io · not rated · cited for: context
Where this claim was made
Said in 4 published posts
- Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnson · “A million jobs added in the private sector alone in the last 19 months.”Post →
The Dan Bongino Show · “We created a million private sector jobs in the last 19 months in this country”Post →- Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnson · “We've created a million private sector jobs in the last 19 months in this country.”Post →
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