President Barack Obama has spent nearly all of his tenure with a net loss in jobs during his time in office. Now that has changed.

The number of jobs is now up slightly since Mr. Obama took office in January 2009. With the latest jobs report, current Labor Department figures show the total number of payroll jobs at 133.8 million, up 194,000 from January 2009. (The president actually topped the hurdle in September, based on the upward revision to that month released today.)

Private-sector payrolls are up 759,000 since January 2009. Government jobs are down 565,000 under Mr. Obama’s tenure.

The payroll growth is more substantial once the Labor Department‘s annual revisions are taken into account. The preliminary benchmark revision, which takes effect in February 2013, would add 386,000 overall jobs, or 453,000 private-sector jobs, to the payroll count for March 2012.