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Chart with more historical revision context: https://www.statista.com/chart/34931/difference-between-prel...

That gives context, but lacks the final ~900K downward revision the article is about. If it had been shown, it would be the largest revision on the chart.

I think that statista chart is month to month revisions, while the 900K figure is year over year, March 2024 to March 2025.

I believe you may correct; the final point is still absent (since the link chart predates the data in the story) and would (I think) continue the downward trend, but by how much is not clear.

Nate Silver has a previous analysis of this data

https://www.natesilver.net/p/trumps-jobs-data-denialism-wont...

The monthly revisions are historically all over the place, up and down. My 2024 count says six months were revised up and six were revised down.

The downward revisions were overall a lot bigger than the upward revisions. BLS methodology causes it to get data from larger companies first, and this tends to systemically bias it towards downward revisions

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