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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Year in Review Job Cuts Report · 2021 · 🇺🇸 US only Data as of Jul 28, 2026 · 8:12 AM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
180,895
US 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 1,444 separate verified layoff events.

Month by month, verified cuts in 2021

Jan 20,522
Feb 10,541
Mar 16,425
Apr 53,980
May 10,439
Jun 13,418
Jul 11,560
Aug 8,165
Sep 8,094
Oct 10,868
Nov 6,515
Dec 10,368

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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