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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Year in Review Job Cuts Report · 2020 · 🇺🇸 US only Data as of Jul 28, 2026 · 10:10 AM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
1,753,612
US verified job cuts ▲ 670% vs 2019
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 12,187 separate verified layoff events.

Month by month, verified cuts in 2020

Jan 29,495
Feb 18,904
Mar 702,073
Apr 333,136
May 107,869
Jun 76,408
Jul 160,693
Aug 58,995
Sep 52,868
Oct 129,525
Nov 30,388
Dec 53,258

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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