Job creation in sectors with a high concentration of Latino workers fell by an alarming 35% in the U.S. during the first eight months of 2025. The collapse has affected hundreds of thousands of workers in specific industries, according to a report by Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF).
This outcome reflects the impact of the harsh anti-immigrant policies promoted by the Trump Administration since late January.
The report, which analyzes data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), estimates the loss of 296,000 jobs in industries with a high concentration of Hispanic workers, compared to the January-August 2024 period: mining and forestry, construction, transportation and logistics, recreation and hospitality, manufacturing, private education and health, among other services.
The seven industries analyzed each employed at least 1 million Latino workers, who represented at least 20% of the total workforce in those sectors.
The Collapse in Latino Employment in 2025
Of the 842,200 new jobs created in these sectors combined during the first eight months of 2024, only 546,200 were generated in the same period of 2025, the study indicates.
The hardest-hit sector was the construction industry, which employs the largest Latino workforce in the country, with over 40% of the sector’s total workers. However, so far this year, only 9,000 jobs have been created, compared to 124,000 jobs in the same period last year.
Next is the transportation sector, where more than a quarter of employees are Latino. In 2025, only 3,200 positions were created, 76,000 fewer than the 79,200 recorded the previous year.
Finally, in mining and forestry, 12,000 jobs were lost, 2,000 more than those lost from January to August of 2024.
Unfavorable Employment Data for Latinos in 2025
The only sector that performed better than last year was manufacturing, though it still posted a negative balance: so far in 2024, 33,000 positions were lost, exactly half of the 66,000 that disappeared in the same period last year.
In recreation and hospitality, 85,000 jobs were created, 13,000 fewer than in 2024, while in private education and health, 459,000 jobs were created, 100,000 fewer than in 2024.
Additionally, ATF estimated in July that workers in these sectors would lose an average of $1,500 annually due to the combination of tariffs and the tax and service cuts pushed by the Trump administration.
“Republican fiscal policies are harming the entire country, but as usual, Latinos are taking a particularly hard hit,” said David Kass, executive director of ATF.
With this data, ATF noted that possibly as a result of its policies, the president’s approval rating among Latino voters fell to 37% in September, while disapproval rose to 60%, according to a survey by Global Strategy Group and Somos Votantes last month.
“It’s no surprise that Latino support for the Trump Administration is collapsing along with the Latino job market,” Kass commented.
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