Manufacturing job losses are accelerating faster than most realize. It's not just total employment declining—the real alarm is how many sectors have stopped hiring altogether. Out of 72 different manufacturing subsectors tracked by the BLS, only 38.2% are still adding jobs now. Compare that to a year ago: 47.2%. In just twelve months, nearly 10% of manufacturing categories have gone from job creation to contraction. This shrinking breadth suggests the weakness runs deeper than cyclical noise. When fewer sectors are hiring simultaneously, it signals underlying structural pressure in the economy.