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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Quarterly Job Cuts Report · Q2 2025 · 🇺🇸 US only Data as of Jul 28, 2026 · 5:22 AM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
121,313
US verified job cuts ▲ 16% vs Q1 2025
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 1,028 separate verified layoff events · 848 AI-attributed including announced plans.

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.

  • CrowdStrike 500 jobs · 2025-05-07 · United States 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 →

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

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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