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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Year in Review Job Cuts Report · 2021 · 🌐 Worldwide Data as of Jul 28, 2026 · 7:15 AM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
189,345
Worldwide verified job cuts ▼ 90% vs 2020
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 1,449 separate verified layoff events in 31 countries.

Month by month, verified cuts in 2021

Jan 26,022
Feb 10,541
Mar 16,425
Apr 53,980
May 10,439
Jun 13,468
Jul 11,560
Aug 8,165
Sep 8,794
Oct 10,868
Nov 6,515
Dec 12,568

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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