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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Year in Review Job Cuts Report · 2019 · 🇺🇸 US only Data as of Jul 28, 2026 · 10:57 AM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
227,830
US verified job cuts ▲ 34% vs 2018
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 1,982 separate verified layoff events.

Month by month, verified cuts in 2019

Jan 20,792
Feb 14,988
Mar 20,046
Apr 14,172
May 17,160
Jun 21,375
Jul 13,384
Aug 31,919
Sep 15,103
Oct 22,594
Nov 13,633
Dec 22,664

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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