The Center for American Progress published a new report showing that the Trump administration’s first year back in office has harmed the working class, with fewer job opportunities, slowing wage growth, and increasing living costs. President Donald Trump promised to be a "champion for the American worker," but his signature tariffs and his administration's attacks on unions, the minimum wage, and agencies that protect workers are setting workers without college degrees up for failure.
Our analysis finds that 361,000 working-class jobs were lost from January to September 2025, and 58,000 net manufacturing jobs have been lost from April—when the administration announced "Liberation Day" tariffs—to September 2025. Wage growth has slowed for workers without college degrees even while prices for electricity and basic household goods are rising.
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