U.S. job growth was probably far less robust in the year through March than previously reported, according to government data out Aug. 21.

A month after President Donald Trump moved to shore up workers’ incomes by giving employers the option of deferring payroll taxes, the effort has failed to energize a U.S. economy still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic.

For-hire trucking lost 3,600 jobs in September, while overall payrolls increased by 156,000 the Labor Department reported Oct. 7.

Payrolls increased in 31 states in June, and the unemployment rate fell in 21 as the labor market made strides across the nation.