525,442
US verified job cuts ▲ 26% vs 2024
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
8,158
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 2% of the total
AI or automation named as a cause, in the company’s own words.
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Across 3,764 separate verified layoff events · 8,506 AI-attributed including announced plans.
AI, in the employer’s own words 7 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.
- Salesforce AI named as the cause
“I've reduced it from 9,000 heads to about 5,000 because I need less heads. So we have now done about a million-and-a-half conversations with customers, and at the same time, that's the agentic layer speaking to the customers”
See the source → - Workday AI named among the causes
“Companies everywhere are reimagining how work gets done, and the increasing demand for AI has the potential to drive a new era of growth for Workday”
See the source → - Indeed AI named among the causes
“AI is changing the world, and we must adapt by ensuring our product delivers truly great experiences for job seekers and employers”
See the source → - CrowdStrike AI named among the causes
“AI has always been foundational to how we operate. AI flattens our hiring curve, and helps us innovate from idea to product faster”
See the source → - Chegg AI named as the cause
“the new realities of AI and its impact on traffic”
See the source → - Microsoft AI named among the causes
“navigating a job search shaped by automation, AI tools, and broader industry belt-tightening”
See the source → - Amazon Web Services AI named as the cause
“adoption of generative AI tools would trigger a workforce reduction”
See the source →
Biggest employers cut (full year)
| Department of Government Efficiency Service (DOGE) | 60,000 |
| United Parcel Service | 48,000 |
| US Department of Veterans Affairs | 30,000 |
| Rite Aid | 24,500 |
| Internal Revenue Service | 20,000 |
| Joann | 19,000 |
| Microsoft · 3 events 🤖 | 17,120 |
| Tend Exchange Subsidiary LLC and Delaware Tender Staffing LLC | 16,132 |