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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Year in Review Job Cuts Report · 2018 · 🇺🇸 US only Data as of Jul 28, 2026 · 11:45 AM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
170,284
US verified job cuts ▼ 2% vs 2017
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
0
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 0% 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 1,583 separate verified layoff events.

Month by month, verified cuts in 2018

Jan 16,937
Feb 9,238
Mar 14,694
Apr 14,630
May 13,662
Jun 13,904
Jul 12,948
Aug 12,371
Sep 14,479
Oct 13,084
Nov 9,888
Dec 24,449

Methodology: Verified cuts have a primary source behind each figure, an SEC filing, a state WARN notice, or a named news report with a quote. AI attribution requires the employer’s own words. Machine-extracted numbers are double-checked and every correction is disclosed openly.

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