Where new jobs were in 2024, and potential growth areas in a second Trump term

The labor market may be poised for dislocation with President-elect Donald Trump set to take office for the second time later this month.

For the past two years, health care has dominated all other industries in terms of growth, aided partly by Covid-related spending. The health care and social assistance sectors added 902,000 jobs in 2024, according to

from the Bureau of Labor…