Job Creation By Term
Numbers listed from 1941 and onward are BLS data of jobs (in thousands), and are shown from the year beginning and ending each presidential term. The monthly statistics are quoted from January, as U.S. presidents take office at the end of that month, and from September (bold), as this is the last month of the federal fiscal year. That is, the election in November will cause a president to take office at the end of January and begin the process of passing a federal budget which takes effect in the October following the election year.
| U.S. president | Party | Term years | Start jobs (Jan) |
Start jobs (Sept) |
End jobs (Jan) |
End jobs (Sept) |
Created (Jan) |
Created (Sept) |
Ave annual increase (Jan) |
Ave annual increase (Sept) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harding/Coolidge | R | 1921–1925 | 25,000 ** | 29,500 ** | +4,500 ** | +4.23% ** | ||||
| Calvin Coolidge | R | 1925–1929 | 29,500 ** | 32,100 ** | +2,600 ** | +2.13% ** | ||||
| Herbert Hoover | R | 1929–1933 | 32,100 ** | 25,700 ** | -6,400 ** | -5.41% ** | ||||
| Franklin Roosevelt | D | 1933–1937 | 25,700 ** | 31,200 ** | +5,500 ** | +4.97% ** | ||||
| Franklin Roosevelt | D | 1937–1941 | 31,200 ** | 34,480 | 37,836 | +3,280 ** | +2.53% ** | |||
| Franklin Roosevelt | D | 1941–1945 | 34,480 | 37,836 | 41,903 | 38,500 | +7,423 | +664 | +5.00% | +0.44% |
| Roosevelt/Truman | D | 1945–1949 | 41,903 | 38,500 | 44,675 | 43,784 | +2,772 | +5,284 | +1.61% | +3.27% |
| Harry Truman | D | 1949–1953 | 44,675 | 43,784 | 50,145 | 50,365 | +5,470 | +6,581 | +2.93% | +3.56% |
| Dwight Eisenhower | R | 1953–1957 | 50,145 | 50,365 | 52,888 | 52,932 | +2,743 | +2,567 | +1.34% | +1.25% |
| Dwight Eisenhower | R | 1957–1961 | 52,888 | 52,932 | 53,683 | 54,387 | +795 | +1,455 | +0.37% | +0.68% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | D | 1961–1965 | 53,683 | 54,387 | 59,583 | 61,490 | +5,900 | +7,103 | +2.64% | +3.12% |
| Lyndon Johnson | D | 1965–1969 | 59,583 | 61,490 | 69,438 | 70,918 | +9,855 | +9,428 | +3.90% | +3.63% |
| Richard Nixon | R | 1969–1973 | 69,438 | 70,918 | 75,620 | 77,281 | +6,182 | +6,363 | +2.16% | +2.17% |
| Nixon/Ford | R | 1973–1977 | 75,620 | 77,281 | 80,692 | 83,532 | +5,072 | +6,251 | +1.64% | +1.96% |
| Jimmy Carter | D | 1977–1981 | 80,692 | 83,532 | 91,031 | 91,471 | +10,339 | +7,939 | +3.06% | +2.30% |
| Ronald Reagan | R | 1981–1985 | 91,031 | 91,471 | 96,353 | 98,023 | +5,322 | +6,552 | +1.43% | +1.75% |
| Ronald Reagan | R | 1985–1989 | 96,353 | 98,023 | 107,133 | 108,326 | +10,780 | +10,303 | +2.69% | +2.53% |
| George H. W. Bush | R | 1989–1993 | 107,133 | 108,326 | 109,726 | 111,358 | +2,593 | +3,032 | +0.60% | +0.69% |
| Bill Clinton | D | 1993–1997 | 109,725 | 111,360 | 121,233 | 123,418 | +11,507 | +12,060 | +2.52% | +2.60% |
| Bill Clinton | D | 1997–2001 | 121,231 | 123,418 | 132,466 | 131,524 | +11,233 | +8,106 | +2.24% | +1.60% |
| George W. Bush | R | 2001–2005 | 132,466 | 131,524 | 132,453 | 134,240 | -13 | +2,716 | -0.00% | +0.51% |
| George W. Bush | R | 2005–2009 | 132,453 | 134,240 | 133,561 | 129,734 | +1,108 | -4,506 | +0.21% | -0.84% |
| Barack Obama | D | 2009–2013 | 133,561 | 129,734 | 132,461 (January 2012) |
133,500 (through Sept 2012) |
-1,152 (January 2012) |
+3,766 (through Sept 2012) |
-0.28% (January 2012) |
+0.97% (through Sept 2012) |
**Approximate
For information on the United States public debt divided by Gross Domestic Product by Presidential term, see National Debt by U.S. presidential terms
Read more about this topic: Jobs Created During U.S. Presidential Terms
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