87,438
Worldwide verified job cuts ▲ 53% vs June 2026
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
129,113 including announced cuts. Announced cuts are plans companies have stated that no filing or named report verifies yet.
5,153
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 6% of the total
AI or automation named as a cause, in the company’s own words.
Every figure below is a live link: click any number, company or industry to open the exact rows and sources behind it, filtered to this period.
Across 373 separate verified layoff entries in 21 countries · 10,006 AI-attributed including announced plans.
AI, in the employer’s own words 3 attributions this period, each with its source
This is the receipt behind the number above. Every cut we count as AI carries the company’s own statement, quoted verbatim, and a link to where they said it. Nothing here is inferred.
- Microsoft AI named among the causes
“AI is changing how work gets done”
See the source → - Sprout Social, Inc. AI named among the causes
“including its ongoing investments in AI-powered social intelligence”
See the source → - Patreon AI named among the causes
“Shifts to AI-First Strategy”
See the source →
Biggest single cuts
| Aeternum Health, Inc. | 20,000 |
| Ideal US Talent Systems Worker OpCo LLC · RI | 9,891 |
| BMW · China | 8,000 |
| Los Angeles Unified School District · CA | 6,000 |
| LAUSD · CA | 6,000 |