Despite a chaotic period for the economy, the job market has remained fairly steady. Uncertainty was rampant, with on-again-off-again tariffs, geopolitical conflicts reaching new levels of intensity (and directly involving the United States), immigration crackdowns and other policy changes impacting workforce availability, and surging investment in and use of AI. Even amidst this milieu, overall jobs data looks okay (at least on the surface and for the moment).