Hiring grew a little warmer last month after a chilly year in 2025. A report from the Labor Department on Wednesday showed U.S. employers added a better-than-expected 130,000 jobs in January — but an annual update shows hiring last year was much weaker than initially reported. The news comes amid worries that the nation’s jobs engine has been sputtering. Employment gains for November and December were revised down by a total of 17,000 jobs. Once a year, the Labor Department updates its jobs tally with more accurate but less timely information drawn from unemployment tax records. Wednesday’s revision shows there were nearly 900,000 fewer jobs in the economy last March than originally counted. On average, employers added only 15,000 jobs a month in 2025. “This does not remotely look like a healthy labor market,” Federal Reserve governor Chris Waller said in a statement anticipating the revision. Waller urged his central bank colleagues to cut their benchmark interest rate last month in an effort to prop up the sagging job market. But most Fed policymakers voted to hold rates steady in January, after three rate cuts last year. – Health care and construction led the way – Health care and construction were among the few industries that saw significant job gains in January. The warehouses and transportation industry lost jobs and the federal government continued to shed workers. Manufacturing added 5,000 jobs, while hospitality added just 1,000…Read more