Sonderling says private-sector jobs grew in July labor report statement
Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling said the July 2026 jobs report showed continued private-sector growth, with gains in construction and manufacturing.
Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling said the July 2026 jobs report showed continued private-sector growth, with gains in construction and manufacturing.
The U.S. Department of Labor said on Aug. 7 that Acting Secretary Keith Sonderling issued a statement on the July 2026 Employment Situation Report.
In the statement, Sonderling said the labor market was seeing continued growth in private-sector employment.
He said private-sector employment added 30,000 jobs in July and 426,000 jobs so far this year, according to the department’s RSS release. He also said there were gains in construction and manufacturing.
The statement attributed those gains to “the trillions of dollars of investments” pouring into the United States.
The department’s item is identified as a news release dated Aug. 7, 2026, under the Office of the Secretary. The research brief says the underlying page text was not available, and the claims in this article are drawn from the RSS metadata and quoted statement supplied with the source.
No other details about the labor market report, its methodology or broader federal context were available in the source material reviewed for this story.
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