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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Year in Review Job Cuts Report · 2024 · 🇺🇸 US only Data as of Jul 28, 2026 · 5:22 AM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
415,382
US verified job cuts ▼ 10% vs 2023
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
1,004
🤖 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 3,320 separate verified layoff events.

AI, in the employer’s own words 2 attributions 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.

  • BlackRock 600 jobs · 2024-05-19 · United States AI named among the causes
    “AI to automate tasks these workers performed”
    See the source →
  • UPS 404 jobs · 2024-11-18 · CO · United States AI named as the cause
    “UPS plans to lay off 404 workers at its Commerce City facility in January as it adds more automated processing equipment”
    See the source →

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

Month by month, verified cuts in 2024

Jan 64,488
Feb 33,229
Mar 26,502
Apr 33,783
May 44,752 🤖1%
Jun 33,583
Jul 25,184
Aug 29,310
Sep 25,807
Oct 17,501
Nov 51,768 🤖1%
Dec 29,475

Biggest employers cut (full year)

Amazon27,000
UPS · 11 events 🤖13,849
Tesla · 3 events11,188
Paramount Global · 23 events10,845
Disney7,000
Infosys Ltd6,000
rue214,900
Microsoft · 2 events4,900

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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