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Labor Secretary Sonderling Discusses the April Jobs Report on Newsmax: 115,000 Jobs Added, Sept. 14, 2026

September 14, 2026 · USDepartmentofLabor · 0:04:59

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What happened

Keith Sonderling of the Department of Labor discussed the newly released April jobs report in an interview on Newsmax’s National Report, aired May 8, 2026, and posted by the Department of Labor on September 14, 2026, according to the department’s upload. Sonderling said, as he stated the figures, that the report showed 115,000 jobs added — roughly double the 50,000 to 65,000 that surveyed economists had expected — and that the prior month’s figure had been revised upward from 178,000 to 185,000, making it, as he stated it, the second consecutive month the labor market beat expectations. He attributed the resilience, as he stated it, to investment flowing into America and said job growth under the administration had been in the private sector, with first-quarter gains in construction and a return of manufacturing.

Asked about a court ruling against the President’s blanket 10 percent tariffs, Sonderling responded, as the interview records, by returning to the administration’s focus on job creation and the Labor Department’s work on skills and training. He said, as he stated it, that the department works alongside employers to ensure they have the skilled labor they need and that workers have opportunities at high wages, and he characterized the month’s report as clearer than prior months because, as he stated it, it lacked the usual seasonal complications of illness or weather.

Why it matters

The interview is the Labor Department’s public case that the 2026 labor market is outperforming expert expectations, with specific figures — 115,000 jobs added against 50,000–65,000 expected, and an upward revision to 185,000 — that can be checked against the underlying reports.

Scoreboard watch

Sonderling’s stated figures — 115,000 jobs added in the April report against expectations of 50,000 to 65,000, and the prior month revised from 178,000 to 185,000, as stated in the May 8, 2026 interview — are dated, checkable claims flagged for the scoreboard editor. No verdict is published from this page.

Sources: USDepartmentofLabor, “Secretary Sonderling goes on National Report to discuss May jobs report (NEWSMAX)”, 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.