The most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that Black women lost 251,000 jobs between January and August of 2025. While this number reflects a downward revision from a higher estimate last year, it still represents a large and unequal decrease in employment for Black women, whose job losses made up more than half (54.7 percent) of job losses for all women in that period. Given that Black women only represented 14.1 percent of the female workforce at the start of 2025, this meant they overwhelmingly bore the brunt of job losses.