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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Year in Review Job Cuts Report · 2023 · 🇺🇸 US only Data as of Jul 28, 2026 · 5:22 AM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
463,631
US verified job cuts ▲ 170% vs 2022
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
500
🤖 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 3,227 separate verified layoff events.

AI, in the employer’s own words 1 attribution this period, each with its source

This is the receipt behind the number above. Every cut we count as AI carries the company’s own statement, quoted verbatim, and a link to where they said it. Nothing here is inferred.

  • Dropbox 500 jobs · 2023-04-27 · United States AI named among the causes
    “the AI era of computing has finally arrived”
    See the source →

Open every AI-attributed cut in the tracker, filtered →

Month by month, verified cuts in 2023

Jan 48,901
Feb 21,652
Mar 47,007
Apr 45,109 🤖1%
May 23,219
Jun 70,483
Jul 51,665
Aug 41,625
Sep 17,384
Oct 29,738
Nov 28,232
Dec 38,616

Biggest employers cut (full year)

Amazon · 2 events27,100
Yellow Corporations22,000
Meta · 3 events21,026
Alphabet12,000
Google parent10,000
Microsoft10,000
Meta Platforms · 2 events9,100
Yellow Corporation · 53 events8,688

Top industries

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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