The key words???
“According to CURRENT ESTIMATES of the same period”.
How come there aren’t actual figures recorded somewhere?
We are only comparing figures that are about 4 years apart—not 104 years apart.
The rest of the story.
“The data that was reported eight years ago was somewhat different, compared with current figures looking at that period, since revisions have taken place in the months and years that followed. But on Election Day 2004, the readings at the time showed the economy with 585,000 fewer jobs than when Bush took office.”