The creation of jobs in sectors with high presence of Hispanic workers fell 35 % year -on -year in the first eight months of 2025, which coincides with the beginning of the Donald Trump administration, a study of the Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) organization revealed.
This means that 296,000 less positions arose in industries with high concentration of Hispanics from January to August that in the same period of 2024, which includes mining and forestry, construction, transport and logistics, recreation and hospitality, manufacturing, private education and health, and other services.
Of the 842,200 new places in these sectors together in the first eight months of 2024, in 2025 there were only 546,200, according to the report, based on data from the Office of Labor Statistics (BLS, in English).
The main difference occurred in construction, the industry with the greatest Hispanic workforce, as it represents more than 40 % of the total sector, where so far this year only 9,000 jobs have emerged, 115,000 less than the 124,000 of the same period of 2024.
It is followed by transport, where more than a quarter of the employees are Latin, since only 3,200 places, 76,000 less than 79,200 of the previous year were created.
In addition, 12,000 jobs were lost in mining and forestry, 2,000 more than the 10,000 lost from January to August 2024.
The only item with better comparative performance was manufacturing, but still the balance is negative, since 33,000 places were lost these months, half of the 66,000 that disappeared in the same period last year.
In recreation and hospitality, 13,000 less jobs emerged as a whole, a total of 85,000, while in private education and health, 100,000 less, that is, 459,000.
On the other hand, ATC recalled that in July he estimated that workers in these sectors would lose an average of $ 1,500 annually due to the combination of tariffs and tax and services cuts promoted by the Trump government.
“Republican fiscal policies are damaging the entire country, but as usual, Latinos are receiving a particularly hard blow,” David Kass, executive director of ATF, said in a pronouncement.
The 7 industries analyzed used, each, at least 1 million Hispanic workers, who represented at least 20 % of the total workforce in these bouquets.
In this context, ATF cited that the president’s approval fell to 37 % among Latin voters in September, while his disapproval rose to 60 %, according to a survey of Global Strategy Group and we are voters last month.
“It is not surprising that Latin support for the Trump administration is collapsing next to the Hispanic labor market,” said Kass.
