Using the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, I created the following table and sorted the numbers by private sector job creation.
| 19,495 | Bill Clinton | Democrat |
| 13,594 | Ronald Reagan | Republican |
| 8,892 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Democrat |
| 8,752 | Harry S. Truman | Democrat |
| 8,592 | Jimmy Carter | Democrat |
| 6,551 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democrat |
| 5,255 | Richard Nixon | Republican |
| 2,728 | John F. Kennedy | Democrat |
| 2,234 | Gerald Ford | Republican |
| 1,555 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Republican |
| 1,042 | George H. W. Bush | Republican |
| -563 | George W. Bush | Republican |