320,604
US verified job cuts ▼ 39% vs 2025
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
3,510
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 1% of the total
AI or automation named as a cause, in the company’s own words.
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Across 2,669 separate verified layoff events · 12,410 AI-attributed including announced plans.
AI, in the employer’s own words 7 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.
- Snap AI named among the causes
“Evan Spiegel memo: "rapid advancements in artificial intelligence enable our teams to reduce repetitive work, increase velocity, and better support our community, partners, and advertisers." (TechCrunch)”
See the source → - Rackspace AI named among the causes
“This realignment is predominantly driven by the company's strategic decision to deemphasize certain legacy service delivery functions (primarily within its Public Cloud business unit) and geographic rationalizations in favor of redeploying resources toward its enterprise AI buildout," read the SEC filing”
See the source → - Meta AI named as the cause
“amid AI-led restructuring”
See the source → - GitLab AI named among the causes
“Agents work at machine scale, and they're pushing competitors to the brink. This quarter we began a generational rebuild of git to support the scale and features required for 100x growth. This is a scale requirement that didn't exist before and has become a real pain point for every team on their agentic journey." (CEO Bill Staples, conference call)”
See the source → - Angi Inc. AI named among the causes
“leans on artificial intelligence to improve efficiency”
See the source → - Sprout Social, Inc. AI named among the causes
“including its ongoing investments in AI-powered social intelligence”
See the source → - Amazon AI named among the causes
“tying them to efficiency gains from artificial intelligence”
See the source →
Biggest employers cut (full year)
| Internal Revenue Service | 31,000 |
| UPS | 30,000 |
| Ideal US Talent Systems Worker Opco LLC · 4 events | 11,975 |
| Dell | 11,000 |
| Social Security Administration | 7,000 |
| LAUSD | 6,000 |
| Meta · 8 events 🤖 | 5,834 |
| Spirit Airlines · 8 events | 4,925 |