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Sonderling on Fox & Friends: May Jobs Report Beat Expectations at 172,000

September 14, 2026 · USDepartmentofLabor · 0:09:18

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What happened

Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling, reacting on Fox & Friends to the May jobs report, said President Trump had described the moment as raining jobs in America and that the report blew out expectations, according to Sonderling. He said the report came in at 172,000 jobs, double the roughly 85,000 that he said all of the Bloomberg-surveyed economists had predicted, according to the interview.

Sonderling said the pattern had held for two months, saying March came in about 3.2 times higher than experts predicted and April, after revisions, came in at about triple, according to Sonderling. He said the experts continue to doubt President Trump’s economy and the economy continues to deliver, according to the interview.

Asked about the cause, Sonderling pointed to the $18 trillion of investment he said is coming back to the United States, citing Lockheed Martin’s planned additional $9 billion U.S. investment and Toyota’s $2 billion plant expansion in Texas in May, according to Sonderling. He said the Labor Department’s goal is to get American workers into the high-paying, high-skilled jobs that investment creates, including in construction and other sectors where jobs had left, according to the interview.

Why it matters

The segment is the Labor Department’s stated reading of a specific jobs report — 172,000 against an 85,000 consensus — tied to named corporate investment announcements.

Scoreboard watch

Sonderling’s figures — 172,000 May jobs against a roughly 85,000 Bloomberg consensus, with March and April described as roughly triple expectations after revisions — are checkable against the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases and their revision history.

Sources: USDepartmentofLabor, “Secretary Sonderling appears on Fox and Friends to speak about the May jobs report”, 2026-09-14 (official upload, embedded above; published 2026-09-14). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.