Durable goods manufacturing added 18,000 jobs in July, its best month of the year. Durable goods payrolls have now risen in every month of 2026, adding 72,000 jobs and averaging better than 10,000 a month. The last two years of the Obama administration went in reverse, shedding 55,000 durable goods jobs. The Trump Revival 1.0Beginning in August 2017, durable goods employment rose for 18 consecutive months, adding 340,000 jobs through January 2019. By January 2019, durable goods employment had reached 8,025,000, its highest level since December 2008.