The job market is tipping in favor of blue-collar and service workers over white-collar fields.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ new jobs report showed August was a promising time to be a job seeker. The US added 162,000 jobs, about three times the expected gain of 55,000. Growth was widely distributed across sectors, and only two major industries lost jobs, both of which were white-collar fields.
Leisure and hospitality accounted for about 40% of job growth after the sector lost jobs in June and July. The industry has pretty much been flipping between gains and losses in 2026, and it typically has high churn. Employment in government bounced…
