U.S. Travel Industry Jobs Show Healthy Growth During Trump's First 100 Days
Skift Take
Much of the hiring that happened during the past four months was likely planned last year and before President Trump took office. Travel industry employers, however, don't seem shaken by the president's first 100 days and leisure, hospitality and aviation jobs growth have been leading the way so far this year.
U.S. leisure and hospitality job hiring has surged in recent months with 55,000 such jobs added in April.
U.S. leisure and hospitality jobs grew 155 percent in April 2017, compared with the year-ago period, making it the fastest growing category for the month.
With 15.8 million employees, leisure and hospitality was the top sector for U.S. jobs growth in April with some 7,500 accommodations or hotels jobs added and 26,200 food and beverage jobs gained, for example, according to data from the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for April.
U.S. leisure and hospitality jobs grew 2 percent to 15.8 million jobs in April compared with the same period last year.
Compared with the 55,000 leisure and hospitality jobs added in April, education and healthcare ranked second with 41,000 new jobs and professional and business services" was third with 39,000 new jobs.
The April jobs report is significant as it was released less than a week after President Trump's 100-day mark in office. Combining all leisure, hospitality, travel agent and air transportation (the three travel job categories tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics) the travel industry has added more than 128,800 jobs since January 1 with about 100,000 jobs added after the president was inaugurated on January 20.
Although the U.S. travel industry added nearly 20 percent fewer jobs during the past four months than the
