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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Year in Review Job Cuts Report · 2022 · 🇺🇸 US only Data as of Jul 28, 2026 · 7:15 AM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
171,800
US verified job cuts ▼ 5% vs 2021
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 1,459 separate verified layoff events.

Month by month, verified cuts in 2022

Jan 25,217
Feb 10,828
Mar 11,107
Apr 8,147
May 10,727
Jun 12,214
Jul 9,295
Aug 9,752
Sep 13,543
Oct 23,989
Nov 16,308
Dec 20,673

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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