The latest official US jobs data available in December 2025 covers November 2025 and show a clearly cooling labor market with modest job gains and higher unemployment.
Headline numbers
•Nonfarm payrolls: +64,000 jobs in November 2025, after an estimated loss of 105,000 in October, indicating very weak hiring momentum overall.
•Unemployment rate: 4.6% in November, up from 4.4% in September and 4.3% in August, the highest since 2021
•Total unemployed: about 7.8 million people, little changed from September but higher than mid‑2025.