Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer fired

Date

Aug 1, 2025

Kind

Statistics & science

Legal outcome

Unchallenged

Source

nbcnews.com ↗

Agency or court

BLS

What happened

McEntarfer was dismissed hours after a jobs report showing 73,000 jobs added in July and downward revisions of 258,000 for May and June. Trump said the numbers were "rigged." The commissioner has no role in producing the estimates and does not see them until shortly before release. She was in the second year of a four-year term.

Publisher

NBC News

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