{"id":7996,"date":"2026-07-19T06:21:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T06:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/press\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T19:26:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T19:26:03","slug":"press","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/press\/","title":{"rendered":"Press kit and soundbites"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- alt-build ver=2.20.168 build=8115d2ef0d2e8216 -->\n<span class=\"alt-build\" hidden aria-hidden=\"true\" data-alt-build-ver=\"2.20.168\" data-alt-build=\"8115d2ef0d2e8216\"><\/span>\n<main class=\"alt-wrap alt-press-page\">\n    <p class=\"alt-eyebrow\">AskTheRecruiter \u00b7 press &amp; media kit<\/p>\n  <div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_87 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span 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(rolling 7 days to Sep 5, 2026)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/press\/#August_2026_complete_calendar_month\" >August 2026 (complete calendar month)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/press\/#2026_year_to_date_1_January_to_today\" >2026 year to date (1 January to today)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/press\/#Soundbite_library\" >Soundbite library<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/press\/#2026_year_to_date\" >2026 year to date<\/a><\/li><li 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href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/press\/#Why_its_worth_citing\" >Why it&#8217;s worth citing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/press\/#Editorial_independence\" >Editorial independence<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/press\/#Brand_assets\" >Brand assets<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/press\/#Press_contact\" >Press contact<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/press\/#Get_the_monthly_brief\" >Get the monthly brief<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Press_kit_and_soundbites\"><\/span>Press kit and soundbites<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n  <p class=\"alt-lead\"><span class=\"alt-lead-text\">AskTheRecruiter is the open intelligence platform helping workers understand the changing job market and improve their chances of getting hired. Live layoff numbers you can quote, each with a link to the exact rows behind it.<\/span><\/p>\n    <nav class=\"alt-press-toc\" aria-label=\"On this page\">\n    <span class=\"alt-toc-label\">On this page<\/span>\n    <a href=\"#alt-press-basis\">Which basis<\/a>\n    <a href=\"#alt-press-period\">Which period<\/a>\n    <a href=\"#alt-press-vs-survey\">Versus the survey<\/a>\n    <a href=\"#alt-press-statements\">Numbers to use now<\/a>\n    <a href=\"#alt-soundbites\">Soundbites<\/a>\n    <a href=\"#alt-evidence-ladder\">What counts as AI<\/a>\n    <a href=\"#alt-monthly-release\">Monthly releases<\/a>\n    <a href=\"#alt-key-stats\">Yearly totals<\/a>\n    <a href=\"#alt-cite\">How to cite us<\/a>\n    <a href=\"#alt-boilerplate\">About<\/a>\n    <a href=\"#alt-press-signup\">Contact &amp; brief<\/a>\n  <\/nav>\n\n    <p class=\"alt-muted\">Figures update automatically from the tracker's database and are reproducible from the public API.<\/p>\n\n  <p class=\"alt-sb-disclaimer\"><b>Every number on this page traces to an SEC filing, a state WARN notice, or a named news report. Nothing is estimated.<\/b> That makes our totals a documented floor, deliberately smaller than announcement surveys: surveys count intentions, including multi-year plans and cuts with no public paper trail. We count what can be verified, on the day each cut takes effect.<\/p>\n  <p><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/\">&larr; Back to the tracker<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/methodology\/\">How every number is built<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/sources\/\">Data sources<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/contact\/\">Contact us<\/a><\/p>\n\n  <h2 id=\"alt-press-basis\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Before_you_quote_a_number_which_basis\"><\/span>Before you quote a number: which basis<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p>Our published US headline counts <b>jobs physically located in the US<\/b>. Most announcement surveys count <b>US-company announcements wherever the jobs land<\/b>. Those are different questions, so the totals differ by design. Both of ours are below, live, so you can quote the one that matches your comparison.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"alt-health-table-wrap\">\n    <table class=\"alt-basis-table\">\n      <thead><tr><th>Counting basis<\/th><th>United States 2026<\/th><th>What it counts<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n      <tbody>\n        <tr><th>Job location <span class=\"alt-muted\">(verified + announced, as the tracker's location totals count)<\/span><\/th>\n            <td><b>454,775<\/b><\/td>\n            <td>Only jobs physically located in United States. The stricter, more conservative basis, so a global figure can never inflate it.<\/td><\/tr>\n        <tr><th>Employer basis <span class=\"alt-muted\">(verified + announced, for like-for-like survey comparison)<\/span><\/th>\n            <td><b>526,635<\/b><\/td>\n            <td>Job location <em>or<\/em> employer domicile, so a United States-headquartered employer's multi-country cut is included. This is how announcement surveys count, so it is the only fair basis to compare us against one.<\/td><\/tr>\n        <tr><th>Difference<\/th>\n            <td><b>71,860<\/b><\/td>\n            <td>Multi-country cuts by employers headquartered in United States. Each stays labeled &ldquo;Multiple countries&rdquo; in the data and is never silently recounted as United States-only.<\/td><\/tr>\n      <\/tbody>\n    <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"alt-muted\">Figures update automatically as records are verified. Compare like with like: quoting our job-location headline against a survey that counts by employer will understate us by the difference above, and the reverse will overstate us.<\/p>\n      <p>If you are comparing us against an announcement survey, use the <b>employer basis<\/b> row. If you want the most conservative documented figure, use <b>job location<\/b>. Say which one you used and the number is reproducible from our public API.<\/p>\n\n      <h2 id=\"alt-press-period\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Before_you_quote_a_number_which_period\"><\/span>Before you quote a number: which period<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p>We date every cut on this page by the day it <b>takes effect<\/b>, and WARN notices are filed weeks ahead by law. So 2026 has two correct totals on that basis, and they are not in conflict. Quote the one that matches your sentence, and say which. The tracker home page counts on a <a href=\"#alt-press-which-date\">different date basis again<\/a>, and that figure is named below too.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"alt-health-table-wrap\">\n  <table class=\"alt-basis-table\">\n    <thead><tr><th>Counting period<\/th><th>Verified job cuts<\/th><th>What it counts, and where we publish it<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n    <tbody>\n      <tr><th>Taken effect, as of Sep 5, 2026 <span class=\"alt-muted\">(the figure for a &ldquo;so far&rdquo; sentence)<\/span><\/th>\n          <td><b>602,186<\/b><\/td>\n          <td>Cuts whose effective date has arrived. Every statement on this page, the tracker's cite line and the FAQ quote this figure.<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><th>Filed for effective dates later in 2026<\/th>\n          <td><b>37,902<\/b><\/td>\n          <td>Notices already on file, each with a stated effective date still ahead. Documented, but they have not happened yet.<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><th>Calendar year 2026 <span class=\"alt-muted\">(the two rows above, added)<\/span><\/th>\n          <td><b>640,088<\/b><\/td>\n          <td>The whole year on this page's basis: the two rows above added, so cuts that have happened plus notices on file for effective dates still ahead.<\/td><\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n  <\/table>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"alt-press-split\">602,186 have taken effect as of Sep 5, 2026. The other 37,902 are on notices already filed for effective dates later in 2026. Together they make the 640,088 total for 2026.<\/p>\n  <p class=\"alt-muted\">Both figures come from the same query. Only the end date changes, so you can reproduce either one from the public API. For the first row, use <code>aggregate?from=2026-01-01&amp;to=2026-09-05<\/code>. For the third row, use <code>to=2026-12-31<\/code>. Verified job cuts are <code>jobs<\/code> minus <code>announced_jobs<\/code>. Every date on this page is EDT, including the cut-off for today, so the whole page shares one dateline.<\/p>\n\n    <h3 id=\"alt-press-which-date\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Before_you_quote_a_number_which_date\"><\/span>Before you quote a number: which date<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n  <p class=\"alt-press-basis-cross\">The tracker home page headlines 607,109 for 2026, counted by the date each cut was filed. This page counts by the date each cut takes effect, which is 640,088 for 2026. Neither is a correction of the other, and both are reproducible from the public API.<\/p>\n  <p class=\"alt-muted\">Filing date is when the notice was lodged; effective date is when the cut lands. The same records, sorted into years by two different dates, so the two totals are not a discrepancy and neither is a revision of the other. Reproduce the home page's figure with <code>aggregate?years=2026&amp;date_basis=notice<\/code> and this page's with <code>date_basis=effective<\/code>. <a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?years=2026&#038;date_basis=notice\">Open the tracker on the filing basis<\/a> &middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?years=2026&#038;date_basis=effective\">on the effective basis<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n    <span class=\"alt-press-stamp\" hidden data-alt-press-stamp=\"{&quot;aggregate_params&quot;:{&quot;years&quot;:&quot;2026&quot;,&quot;date_basis&quot;:&quot;effective&quot;},&quot;to_date&quot;:602186,&quot;calendar&quot;:640088,&quot;home&quot;:{&quot;date_basis&quot;:&quot;notice&quot;,&quot;calendar&quot;:607109}}\"><\/span>\n  <script>window.ALT_PRESS_STAMP={\"aggregate_params\":{\"years\":\"2026\",\"date_basis\":\"effective\"},\"to_date\":602186,\"calendar\":640088,\"home\":{\"date_basis\":\"notice\",\"calendar\":607109}};<\/script>\n  \n      <h2 id=\"alt-press-vs-survey\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Month_by_month_against_the_national_announcement_survey\"><\/span>Month by month against the national announcement survey<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p>Two lenses on the same months, side by side. Our columns count jobs located in the US, verified and announced tiers together, recomputed live from the database. The survey column is the published national monthly total of announced cuts.<\/p>\n  <p><b>Effective basis<\/b> dates each cut on the day it takes effect. <b>Notice basis<\/b> dates it on the day its notice or announcement entered the record. The survey books each announcement in the month it was made.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"alt-health-table-wrap\">\n  <table class=\"alt-basis-table alt-press-table\">\n    <thead><tr><th>Month<\/th><th class=\"num\">Ours, effective basis<\/th><th class=\"num\">Ours, notice basis<\/th><th class=\"num\">National survey, announcement basis<\/th><th class=\"num\">Effective vs survey<\/th><th class=\"num\">Notice vs survey<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n    <tbody>\n          <tr>\n        <th>January 2026<\/th>\n        <td class=\"num\">64,551<\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\">73,374<\/td>\n                <td class=\"num\">108,435<\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\">60%<\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\">68%<\/td>\n              <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n        <th>February 2026<\/th>\n        <td class=\"num\">31,763<\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\">38,968<\/td>\n                <td class=\"num\">48,307<\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\">66%<\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\">81%<\/td>\n              <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n        <th>March 2026<\/th>\n        <td class=\"num\">40,104<\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\">38,582<\/td>\n                <td class=\"num\">60,620<\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\">66%<\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\">64%<\/td>\n              <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n        <th>April 2026<\/th>\n        <td class=\"num\">46,188<\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\">39,904<\/td>\n                <td class=\"num\">83,387<\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\">55%<\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\">48%<\/td>\n              <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n        <th>May 2026<\/th>\n        <td class=\"num\">58,276<\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\">70,923<\/td>\n                <td class=\"num\">97,006<\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\">60%<\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\">73%<\/td>\n              <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n        <th>June 2026<\/th>\n        <td class=\"num\">43,416<\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\">37,205<\/td>\n                <td class=\"num\">45,849<\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\">95%<\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\">81%<\/td>\n              <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n        <th>July 2026<\/th>\n        <td class=\"num\">85,146<\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\">55,176<\/td>\n                <td class=\"num\">33,429<\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\">255%<\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\">165%<\/td>\n              <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n        <th>August 2026<\/th>\n        <td class=\"num\">41,133<\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\">41,396<\/td>\n                <td class=\"num alt-muted\">not published yet<\/td>\n        <td class=\"num alt-muted\">n\/a<\/td>\n        <td class=\"num alt-muted\">n\/a<\/td>\n              <\/tr>\n              <tr>\n        <th>Published months, added<\/th>\n        <td class=\"num\"><b>369,444<\/b><\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\"><b>354,132<\/b><\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\"><b>477,033<\/b><\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\"><b>77%<\/b><\/td>\n        <td class=\"num\"><b>74%<\/b><\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n  <\/table>\n  <\/div>\n  <p>The two columns of percentages are a comparison of lenses, not a score. The survey also counts federal reductions, voluntary buyout offers, employer estimates never filed anywhere, and unnamed small announcements. We count only cuts with a filing or a named public report behind them.<\/p>\n  <p>A month above 100 percent is not an error. The two lenses date and admit cuts differently, so a notice filed in one month for a cut landing in another sits in different rows under each. The difference is the lens, not a shortfall in either count.<\/p>\n    <p class=\"alt-muted\">Our columns read live from the same database as every other figure on this page, so this table re-derives itself as records arrive. The survey column is hand entered from the survey's published releases, read 2026-08-13, and a released month missing here is flagged automatically rather than left to age. Reproduce our cells from the public API with <code>aggregate?country=United%20States&amp;from=&lt;month-start&gt;&amp;to=&lt;month-end&gt;<\/code>, adding <code>date_basis=notice<\/code> for the notice column.<\/p>\n  \n  <h2 id=\"alt-press-statements\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Numbers_you_can_use_right_now\"><\/span>Numbers you can use right now<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p>This week, the latest complete month, and the year to date. Each card is ready to paste into a pitch or a story. Each one ends with a link that opens the live tracker, filtered to the exact rows behind the number. An editor can check the claim in one click.<\/p>\n  <p class=\"alt-muted\"><b>Generated Sep 5, 2026, 05:14 EDT.<\/b> Figures refresh hourly; the wording stays stable. When a period rolls over, it moves to the archive below, so a number you already quoted stays reachable. Largest-cut examples come only from entries backed by an SEC filing, a WARN notice or a corroborated report, and never from a row still marked provisional in review.<\/p>\n\n    <h3 id=\"alt-ps-weekly\" class=\"alt-sb-grouptitle\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"This_week_rolling_7_days_to_Sep_5_2026\"><\/span>This week <small class=\"alt-muted\">(rolling 7 days to Sep 5, 2026)<\/small><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n  <div class=\"alt-soundbites\">\n        <figure class=\"alt-soundbite alt-press-statement\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">The documented floor<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">For the last seven days, 78,756 job cuts are documented worldwide, across 125 companies, each counted on the day it takes effect. No employer has named AI as a cause in this window yet. That is normal for a short window: filings record a cut&#039;s size, date and location first, and the company&#039;s stated reason often arrives later. Including announced cuts, the figure is 183,549. Announced cuts are plans companies have stated that no filing or named report verifies yet.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy statement<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-08-29&#038;to=2026-09-05\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the rows behind this number &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n        <figure class=\"alt-soundbite alt-press-statement\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 Top US state<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">Washington recorded more documented job cuts than any other US state for the last seven days: 1,459 jobs. Every row names the employer, the site and the effective date. The source is the state&#039;s own WARN notice or the company&#039;s SEC filing.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy statement<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-08-29&#038;to=2026-09-05&#038;country=United%20States&#038;state=WA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the Washington rows &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n        <figure class=\"alt-soundbite alt-press-statement\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">Sector concentration<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">Automotive took the biggest hit of any sector for the last seven days, with 50,328 documented job cuts. Industry labels come from a fixed list, so the same filter always reproduces this breakdown.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy statement<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-08-29&#038;to=2026-09-05&#038;industry=Automotive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the Automotive rows &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n        <figure class=\"alt-soundbite alt-press-statement\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">Largest single documented cut<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">The largest single documented cut for the last seven days: Microsoft, at 605 jobs. We draw this example only from entries with strong evidence and no open review flag. The entry links to the filing or named report that put the number on the record, so it can be checked at source before it is quoted.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy statement<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-08-29&#038;to=2026-09-05&#038;company=Microsoft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the Microsoft entries &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n      <\/div>\n    <h3 id=\"alt-ps-monthly\" class=\"alt-sb-grouptitle\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"August_2026_complete_calendar_month\"><\/span>August 2026 <small class=\"alt-muted\">(complete calendar month)<\/small><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n  <div class=\"alt-soundbites\">\n        <figure class=\"alt-soundbite alt-press-statement\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">The documented floor<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">For August 2026, 88,108 job cuts are documented worldwide, across 312 companies, each counted on the day it takes effect. Employers themselves blamed AI or automation for 12,000 of those jobs (14%), each with the quote on file. Including announced cuts, the figure is 107,943. Announced cuts are plans companies have stated that no filing or named report verifies yet.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy statement<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-08-01&#038;to=2026-08-31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the rows behind this number &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n        <figure class=\"alt-soundbite alt-press-statement\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 Top US state<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">California recorded more documented job cuts than any other US state for August 2026: 5,188 jobs. Every row names the employer, the site and the effective date. The source is the state&#039;s own WARN notice or the company&#039;s SEC filing.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy statement<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-08-01&#038;to=2026-08-31&#038;country=United%20States&#038;state=CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the California rows &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n        <figure class=\"alt-soundbite alt-press-statement\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">Sector concentration<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">Manufacturing took the biggest hit of any sector for August 2026, with 21,289 documented job cuts. Industry labels come from a fixed list, so the same filter always reproduces this breakdown.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy statement<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-08-01&#038;to=2026-08-31&#038;industry=Manufacturing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the Manufacturing rows &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n        <figure class=\"alt-soundbite alt-press-statement\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">Largest single documented cut<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">The largest single documented cut for August 2026: Tyson Foods, Inc., at 2,495 jobs. We draw this example only from entries with strong evidence and no open review flag. The entry links to the filing or named report that put the number on the record, so it can be checked at source before it is quoted.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy statement<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-08-01&#038;to=2026-08-31&#038;company=Tyson%20Foods,%20Inc.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the Tyson Foods, Inc. entries &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n      <\/div>\n    <h3 id=\"alt-ps-yearly\" class=\"alt-sb-grouptitle\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2026_year_to_date_1_January_to_today\"><\/span>2026 year to date <small class=\"alt-muted\">(1 January to today)<\/small><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n  <div class=\"alt-soundbites\">\n        <figure class=\"alt-soundbite alt-press-statement\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">The documented floor<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">For 2026 so far, 602,186 job cuts are documented worldwide, across 2,356 companies, each counted on the day it takes effect. Employers themselves blamed AI or automation for 62,953 of those jobs (10%), each with the quote on file. Including announced cuts, the figure is 1,197,799. Announced cuts are plans companies have stated that no filing or named report verifies yet.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy statement<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-01-01&#038;to=2026-09-05\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the rows behind this number &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n        <figure class=\"alt-soundbite alt-press-statement\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 Top US state<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">California recorded more documented job cuts than any other US state for 2026 so far: 59,397 jobs. Every row names the employer, the site and the effective date. The source is the state&#039;s own WARN notice or the company&#039;s SEC filing.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy statement<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-01-01&#038;to=2026-09-05&#038;country=United%20States&#038;state=CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the California rows &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n        <figure class=\"alt-soundbite alt-press-statement\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">Sector concentration<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">Technology took the biggest hit of any sector for 2026 so far, with 116,258 documented job cuts. Industry labels come from a fixed list, so the same filter always reproduces this breakdown.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy statement<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-01-01&#038;to=2026-09-05&#038;industry=Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the Technology rows &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n        <figure class=\"alt-soundbite alt-press-statement\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">Largest single documented cut<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">The largest single documented cut for 2026 so far: Ideal US Talent Systems Worker OpCo LLC, at 9,891 jobs. We draw this example only from entries with strong evidence and no open review flag. The entry links to the filing or named report that put the number on the record, so it can be checked at source before it is quoted.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy statement<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-01-01&#038;to=2026-09-05&#038;company=Ideal%20US%20Talent%20Systems%20Worker%20OpCo%20LLC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the Ideal US Talent Systems Worker OpCo LLC entries &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n      <\/div>\n  \n    <details class=\"alt-methodology\" id=\"alt-ps-archive\">\n    <summary>Statement archive (earlier months and years)<\/summary>\n    <div class=\"alt-method-body\">\n      <p>Every period keeps its own preset view, so a figure you quoted last quarter stays reachable and checkable.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"alt-health-table-wrap\"><table class=\"alt-sortable alt-sources-table\">\n        <thead><tr><th>Period<\/th><th>Documented job cuts<\/th><th>AI, employer's own words<\/th><th>Preset view<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n                  <tr>\n            <th>July 2026<\/th>\n            <td>90,444<\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-07-01&#038;to=2026-07-31&#038;ai=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Open this period filtered to cuts the employer attributed to AI\">5,153 &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-07-01&#038;to=2026-07-31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open this period &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n                  <tr>\n            <th>June 2026<\/th>\n            <td>56,296<\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-06-01&#038;to=2026-06-30&#038;ai=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Open this period filtered to cuts the employer attributed to AI\">10,350 &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-06-01&#038;to=2026-06-30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open this period &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n                  <tr>\n            <th>May 2026<\/th>\n            <td>64,185<\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-05-01&#038;to=2026-05-31&#038;ai=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Open this period filtered to cuts the employer attributed to AI\">900 &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-05-01&#038;to=2026-05-31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open this period &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n                  <tr>\n            <th>April 2026<\/th>\n            <td>76,453<\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-04-01&#038;to=2026-04-30&#038;ai=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Open this period filtered to cuts the employer attributed to AI\">22,000 &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-04-01&#038;to=2026-04-30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open this period &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n                  <tr>\n            <th>March 2026<\/th>\n            <td>46,915<\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-03-01&#038;to=2026-03-31&#038;ai=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Open this period filtered to cuts the employer attributed to AI\">2,400 &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-03-01&#038;to=2026-03-31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open this period &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n                  <tr>\n            <th>February 2026<\/th>\n            <td>39,433<\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-02-01&#038;to=2026-02-28&#038;ai=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Open this period filtered to cuts the employer attributed to AI\">5,000 &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-02-01&#038;to=2026-02-28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open this period &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n                  <tr>\n            <th>January 2026<\/th>\n            <td>67,701<\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-01-01&#038;to=2026-01-31&#038;ai=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Open this period filtered to cuts the employer attributed to AI\">5,150 &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-01-01&#038;to=2026-01-31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open this period &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n                  <tr>\n            <th>December 2025<\/th>\n            <td>50,157<\/td>\n            <td>0<\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2025-12-01&#038;to=2025-12-31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open this period &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n                  <tr>\n            <th>November 2025<\/th>\n            <td>95,104<\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2025-11-01&#038;to=2025-11-30&#038;ai=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Open this period filtered to cuts the employer attributed to AI\">4,120 &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2025-11-01&#038;to=2025-11-30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open this period &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n                  <tr>\n            <th>October 2025<\/th>\n            <td>107,299<\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2025-10-01&#038;to=2025-10-31&#038;ai=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Open this period filtered to cuts the employer attributed to AI\">16,468 &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2025-10-01&#038;to=2025-10-31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open this period &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n                  <tr>\n            <th>September 2025<\/th>\n            <td>69,542<\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2025-09-01&#038;to=2025-09-30&#038;ai=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Open this period filtered to cuts the employer attributed to AI\">34,984 &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2025-09-01&#038;to=2025-09-30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open this period &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n                  <tr>\n            <th>August 2025<\/th>\n            <td>63,509<\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2025-08-01&#038;to=2025-08-31&#038;ai=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Open this period filtered to cuts the employer attributed to AI\">450 &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2025-08-01&#038;to=2025-08-31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open this period &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n                  <tr>\n            <th>Full year 2025<\/th>\n            <td>821,055<\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;years=2025&#038;ai=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Open this period filtered to cuts the employer attributed to AI\">98,362 &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;years=2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open this period &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n                  <tr>\n            <th>Full year 2024<\/th>\n            <td>590,850<\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;years=2024&#038;ai=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Open this period filtered to cuts the employer attributed to AI\">2,078 &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;years=2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open this period &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n                  <tr>\n            <th>Full year 2023<\/th>\n            <td>619,721<\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;years=2023&#038;ai=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Open this period filtered to cuts the employer attributed to AI\">523 &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;years=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open this period &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n                  <tr>\n            <th>Full year 2022<\/th>\n            <td>195,981<\/td>\n            <td>0<\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;years=2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open this period &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n                  <tr>\n            <th>Full year 2021<\/th>\n            <td>191,348<\/td>\n            <td>0<\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;years=2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open this period &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n                  <tr>\n            <th>Full year 2020<\/th>\n            <td>1,868,133<\/td>\n            <td>0<\/td>\n            <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;years=2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open this period &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody>\n      <\/table><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/details>\n  \n    <h2 id=\"alt-soundbites\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Soundbite_library\"><\/span>Soundbite library<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p>One-line versions of the same numbers, grouped by period and by region. Copy, cite, done. Attribute to \"the AI Layoff Tracker by AskTheRecruiter.com.\" Each links to the chart or rows behind it.<\/p>\n  <p class=\"alt-sb-disclaimer\"><b>Two AI measures, always labeled.<\/b> <b>Verified<\/b> means the employer named AI in its own words, quote on file. The <b>broad measure<\/b> adds looser AI-linked cases, such as an AI pivot underway or press AI-framing. It is never smaller than the verified measure. Right now the two are equal at the verified stage: every AI-linked case on record for 2026 sits in the announced stage. That is why the paired percentages below match. The two are never merged. Pick the standard your story needs. <b>Two stages, always labeled too.<\/b> The verified figure leads every soundbite. Announced cuts are plans companies have stated that no filing or named report verifies yet. A figure that says including announced adds that tier.<\/p>\n      <h3 id=\"sb-ytd\" class=\"alt-sb-grouptitle\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2026_year_to_date\"><\/span>2026 year to date<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n  <div class=\"alt-soundbites\">\n          <figure class=\"alt-soundbite\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">Headline<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">The AI Layoff Tracker verified 602,186 job cuts worldwide in 2026 so far. Employers themselves blamed AI for 10% of them; counting every cut with any AI link, the share reaches 10%. Including announced cuts, 1,197,799.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-01-01&#038;to=2026-09-05\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the rows behind this number &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n          <figure class=\"alt-soundbite\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">Top industry<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">Technology was the hardest-hit industry in 2026 so far, with 116,258 recorded job cuts.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-01-01&#038;to=2026-09-05&#038;industry=Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the Technology rows &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n          <figure class=\"alt-soundbite\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">Top country<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">United States led the world in recorded job cuts in 2026 so far, with 354,308.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-01-01&#038;to=2026-09-05&#038;country=United%20States\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the United States rows &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n          <figure class=\"alt-soundbite\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">Top US state<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">California recorded the most US layoffs in 2026 so far, with 59,136.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-01-01&#038;to=2026-09-05&#038;country=United%20States&#038;state=CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the California rows &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n          <figure class=\"alt-soundbite\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">Roles hit hardest<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">Manufacturing &amp; production was the job function hit hardest in 2026 so far, across 81,654 cuts where the source named the team affected.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-01-01&#038;to=2026-09-05&#038;roles=manufacturing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the Manufacturing &amp; production rows &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n          <figure class=\"alt-soundbite\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">Largest single cut<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">The largest single layoff in 2026 so far, among entries with strong evidence and no open review flag: Ideal US Talent Systems Worker OpCo LLC, at 9,891 jobs.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-01-01&#038;to=2026-09-05&#038;company=Ideal%20US%20Talent%20Systems%20Worker%20OpCo%20LLC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the Ideal US Talent Systems Worker OpCo LLC entries &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n        <\/div>\n      <h3 id=\"sb-month\" class=\"alt-sb-grouptitle\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Latest_complete_month_August_2026\"><\/span>Latest complete month (August 2026)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n  <div class=\"alt-soundbites\">\n          <figure class=\"alt-soundbite\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">Headline<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">The AI Layoff Tracker verified 88,108 job cuts worldwide in August 2026. Employers themselves blamed AI for 14% of them; counting every cut with any AI link, the share reaches 14%. Including announced cuts, 107,943.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;years=2026&#038;months=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the rows behind this number &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n          <figure class=\"alt-soundbite\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">Top industry<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">Manufacturing was the hardest-hit industry in August 2026, with 21,289 recorded job cuts.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;years=2026&#038;months=8&#038;industry=Manufacturing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the Manufacturing rows &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n          <figure class=\"alt-soundbite\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">Top country<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">United States led the world in recorded job cuts in August 2026, with 36,010.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;years=2026&#038;months=8&#038;country=United%20States\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the United States rows &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n          <figure class=\"alt-soundbite\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">Top US state<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">California recorded the most US layoffs in August 2026, with 5,060.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;years=2026&#038;months=8&#038;country=United%20States&#038;state=CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the California rows &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n          <figure class=\"alt-soundbite\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">Roles hit hardest<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">Manufacturing &amp; production was the job function hit hardest in August 2026, across 18,844 cuts where the source named the team affected.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;years=2026&#038;months=8&#038;roles=manufacturing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the Manufacturing &amp; production rows &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n          <figure class=\"alt-soundbite\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">Largest single cut<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">The largest single layoff in August 2026, among entries with strong evidence and no open review flag: Tyson Foods, Inc., at 2,495 jobs.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;years=2026&#038;months=8&#038;company=Tyson%20Foods,%20Inc.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the Tyson Foods, Inc. entries &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n        <\/div>\n      <h3 id=\"sb-geo\" class=\"alt-sb-grouptitle\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"By_region_and_country_2026\"><\/span>By region and country (2026)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n  <div class=\"alt-soundbites\">\n          <figure class=\"alt-soundbite\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">\ud83c\udf10 World<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">Worldwide, 602,186 job cuts are on record for 2026. Employers blamed AI for 10% of them; 10% carry any AI link. Including announced cuts, 1,197,799.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-01-01&#038;to=2026-09-05\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the rows behind this number &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n          <figure class=\"alt-soundbite\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 the United States<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">In the United States, 354,308 job cuts are on record for 2026. Employers blamed AI for 1% of them; 1% carry any AI link. Including announced cuts, 418,493.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-01-01&#038;to=2026-09-05&#038;country=United%20States\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the rows behind this number &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n          <figure class=\"alt-soundbite\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea Germany<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">In Germany, 53,346 job cuts are on record for 2026. Employers blamed AI for 0% of them; 0% carry any AI link. Including announced cuts, 178,720.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-01-01&#038;to=2026-09-05&#038;country=Germany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the rows behind this number &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n          <figure class=\"alt-soundbite\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 the United Kingdom<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">In the United Kingdom, 12,300 job cuts are on record for 2026. Employers blamed AI for 73% of them; 73% carry any AI link. Including announced cuts, 43,292.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-01-01&#038;to=2026-09-05&#038;country=United%20Kingdom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the rows behind this number &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n          <figure class=\"alt-soundbite\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 France<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">In France, 500 job cuts are on record for 2026. Employers blamed AI for 0% of them; 0% carry any AI link. Including announced cuts, 23,390.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-01-01&#038;to=2026-09-05&#038;country=France\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the rows behind this number &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n          <figure class=\"alt-soundbite\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 Canada<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">In Canada, 11,662 job cuts are on record for 2026. Employers blamed AI for 0% of them; 0% carry any AI link. Including announced cuts, 44,002.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-01-01&#038;to=2026-09-05&#038;country=Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the rows behind this number &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n          <figure class=\"alt-soundbite\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Australia<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">In Australia, 6,095 job cuts are on record for 2026. Employers blamed AI for 31% of them; 31% carry any AI link. Including announced cuts, 9,964.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-01-01&#038;to=2026-09-05&#038;country=Australia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the rows behind this number &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n          <figure class=\"alt-soundbite\">\n      <span class=\"alt-sb-label\">\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 India<\/span>\n      <blockquote class=\"alt-sb-text\">In India, 17,980 job cuts are on record for 2026. Employers blamed AI for 74% of them; 74% carry any AI link. Including announced cuts, 20,570.<\/blockquote>\n      <figcaption class=\"alt-sb-actions\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"alt-btn alt-btn-sm alt-sb-copy\">Copy<\/button>\n        <a class=\"alt-sb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?date_basis=effective&#038;from=2026-01-01&#038;to=2026-09-05&#038;country=India\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#128202; See the rows behind this number &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n        <\/div>\n      <p class=\"alt-muted\">Figures are current live values and change as new sources are verified. Every number is reproducible from the public API. Largest-cut examples come only from entries backed by an SEC filing, a WARN notice or a corroborated report, and never from a row still marked provisional in review.<\/p>\n  \n  <h2 id=\"alt-evidence-ladder\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_counts_as_an_AI_layoff\"><\/span>What counts as an AI layoff<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p>The hardest question about any AI layoff number is what counts as AI. We never publish one blended figure. Every entry records how directly the employer tied the cut to AI. So you can pick the standard your story needs, and see exactly what falls in or out at each step.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"alt-health-table-wrap\"><table class=\"alt-sources-table\">\n    <thead><tr><th>Tier<\/th><th>What has to be true<\/th><th>Where it appears on the tracker<\/th><th>2026 jobs<br><small>verified tier<\/small><\/th><th>Preset view<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n    <tbody>\n      <tr>\n        <td><b>Tier 1<\/b><br><small>AI named as the cause<\/small><\/td>\n        <td>The employer states AI or automation is <b>the<\/b> reason for the cut, with the exact quote on file.<\/td>\n        <td rowspan=\"2\" class=\"alt-tier-map\">Together these are the <b>&#34;AI cuts, verified (specific)&#34;<\/b> box on the tracker, and the AI figure we headline. Each also has an announced-stage counterpart in <b>&#34;AI cuts, announced&#34;<\/b>.<\/td>\n        <td><b>36,600<\/b><\/td>\n        <td rowspan=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?years=2026&#038;ai=1&#038;date_basis=effective\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tiers 1 + 2 &rarr;<\/a><br><small class=\"alt-muted\">One view: the employer's own words. The per-tier split is in the table.<\/small><\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td><b>Tier 2<\/b><br><small>AI named among the causes<\/small><\/td>\n        <td>The employer names AI as <b>a<\/b> contributing cause alongside others, again with the quote on file.<\/td>\n        <td><b>16,653<\/b><\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td><b>Tier 3<\/b><br><small>AI-linked, no direct statement<\/small><\/td>\n        <td>No employer statement. An AI pivot is underway, or the press framed the cut that way. Reported separately and <b>never<\/b> merged into the tiers above.<\/td>\n        <td>This tier is what the <b>&#34;AI-linked, broad&#34;<\/b> box adds on top of the specific figure, and the only reason that box can be larger. For 2026 it is empty at the verified stage, so the two boxes match here. Every AI-linked case on record sits in the announced stage instead.<\/td>\n        <td><b>0<\/b><\/td>\n        <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/?years=2026&#038;ai_broad=1&#038;date_basis=effective\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tiers 1 + 2 + 3 &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n  <\/table><\/div>\n  <p><b>These are not a second set of numbers.<\/b> The tiers are the same rows you already see on the tracker, sorted by how directly the employer tied the cut to AI. Verified and announced sort those same rows a second way: by whether the cut has happened yet.     Tier 1 and Tier 2 add to 53,253 of the tracker's verified AI box of 62,953. The 9,700-job difference is rows where the employer named AI as context rather than as a stated cause. Those rows count in the box and in no tier here. Tier 3 is reported on its own and is never folded into either figure above. Nothing is double counted and nothing is invented for this table.<\/p>\n  <p class=\"alt-muted\">Counts are <b>verified-tier<\/b> jobs (announced-stage plans excluded) for rows where the employer's stated reason is on record. The tier columns count the stored cause on each row; the tracker's AI box counts every row where the employer named AI, which is the wider of the two. Our headline AI figure is <b>Tiers 1 and 2 only<\/b>: the employer's own words. Investment in AI, a future automation projection, or AI used to pick who goes does not qualify by itself. If you want the wider lens, cite Tier 3 explicitly and say so.<\/p>\n\n  <h2 id=\"alt-monthly-release\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Monthly_release_schedule\"><\/span>Monthly release schedule<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p>Each month's figures are final once that month has closed, and the one-page report for it lives at a permanent link. The release date is the <b>1st of the following month<\/b>. Nothing is embargoed and nothing is held back: the link is live the moment the month closes.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"alt-health-table-wrap\"><table class=\"alt-sortable alt-sources-table\">\n    <thead><tr><th>Period<\/th><th>Released<\/th><th>Documented job cuts<\/th><th>AI, employer's own words<\/th><th>One-page report<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n    <tbody>\n          <tr>\n        <th>August 2026<\/th>\n        <td>Sep 1, 2026<\/td>\n        <td>88,108<\/td>\n        <td>12,000<\/td>\n        <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/report\/?period=2026-08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the August 2026 report &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n        <th>July 2026<\/th>\n        <td>Aug 1, 2026<\/td>\n        <td>90,444<\/td>\n        <td>5,153<\/td>\n        <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/report\/?period=2026-07\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the July 2026 report &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n        <th>June 2026<\/th>\n        <td>Jul 1, 2026<\/td>\n        <td>56,296<\/td>\n        <td>10,350<\/td>\n        <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/report\/?period=2026-06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the June 2026 report &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n        <th>May 2026<\/th>\n        <td>Jun 1, 2026<\/td>\n        <td>64,185<\/td>\n        <td>900<\/td>\n        <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/report\/?period=2026-05\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the May 2026 report &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n        <th>April 2026<\/th>\n        <td>May 1, 2026<\/td>\n        <td>76,453<\/td>\n        <td>22,000<\/td>\n        <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/report\/?period=2026-04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the April 2026 report &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n        <th>March 2026<\/th>\n        <td>Apr 1, 2026<\/td>\n        <td>46,915<\/td>\n        <td>2,400<\/td>\n        <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/report\/?period=2026-03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the March 2026 report &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n        <th>February 2026<\/th>\n        <td>Mar 1, 2026<\/td>\n        <td>39,433<\/td>\n        <td>5,000<\/td>\n        <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/report\/?period=2026-02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the February 2026 report &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n        <th>January 2026<\/th>\n        <td>Feb 1, 2026<\/td>\n        <td>67,701<\/td>\n        <td>5,150<\/td>\n        <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/report\/?period=2026-01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the January 2026 report &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n        <th>December 2025<\/th>\n        <td>Jan 1, 2026<\/td>\n        <td>50,157<\/td>\n        <td>0<\/td>\n        <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/report\/?period=2025-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the December 2025 report &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n        <th>November 2025<\/th>\n        <td>Dec 1, 2025<\/td>\n        <td>95,104<\/td>\n        <td>4,120<\/td>\n        <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/report\/?period=2025-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the November 2025 report &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n        <th>October 2025<\/th>\n        <td>Nov 1, 2025<\/td>\n        <td>107,299<\/td>\n        <td>16,468<\/td>\n        <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/report\/?period=2025-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the October 2025 report &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n        <th>September 2025<\/th>\n        <td>Oct 1, 2025<\/td>\n        <td>69,542<\/td>\n        <td>34,984<\/td>\n        <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/report\/?period=2025-09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the September 2025 report &rarr;<\/a><\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n  <\/table><\/div>\n  <p class=\"alt-muted\">Every report link is permanent, so a story that cites the March figure still resolves to the March figure a year later.<\/p>\n\n  <h2 id=\"alt-key-stats\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Yearly_totals\"><\/span>Yearly totals<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p>Live figures from the same database the tracker serves, cut at today, so the current year is a part year. <b>These columns count the verified and announced tiers together<\/b>, which is why the current-year row runs above the verified headline at the top of this page. \"AI-attributed\" uses our strict standard: the company named AI as a primary or contributing cause, with a supporting quote on file. A separate broader measure is available in the <code>ai_broad_jobs<\/code> API field.<\/p>\n      <p class=\"alt-muted\"><b>Data last updated:<\/b> Sep 5, 2026 \u00b7 5:12 AM EDT, the moment the underlying database last changed (a new filing\/notice\/report was added), not the time you loaded this page. That is a different stamp from <b>Generated Sep 5, 2026, 05:14 EDT<\/b> higher up the page, which is when these figures were assembled.  In a citation, use the date you accessed the tracker.<\/p>  <div class=\"alt-health-table-wrap\"><table class=\"alt-press-table\">\n    <thead><tr><th>Year<\/th><th class=\"num\">Layoff entries recorded<\/th><th class=\"num\">Job cuts recorded<br><small>verified and announced<\/small><\/th><th class=\"num\">AI-attributed (strict)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n    <tbody>\n          <tr><td><b>2026<\/b><\/td><td class=\"num\">3,893<\/td><td class=\"num\">1,197,799<\/td><td class=\"num\">109,571<\/td><\/tr>\n          <tr><td><b>2025<\/b><\/td><td class=\"num\">5,353<\/td><td class=\"num\">1,483,425<\/td><td class=\"num\">101,205<\/td><\/tr>\n          <tr><td><b>2024<\/b><\/td><td class=\"num\">4,721<\/td><td class=\"num\">1,092,212<\/td><td class=\"num\">10,078<\/td><\/tr>\n          <tr><td><b>2023<\/b><\/td><td class=\"num\">4,034<\/td><td class=\"num\">972,449<\/td><td class=\"num\">523<\/td><\/tr>\n          <tr><td><b>2022<\/b><\/td><td class=\"num\">1,768<\/td><td class=\"num\">326,831<\/td><td class=\"num\">0<\/td><\/tr>\n          <tr><td><b>2021<\/b><\/td><td class=\"num\">1,788<\/td><td class=\"num\">404,700<\/td><td class=\"num\">0<\/td><\/tr>\n          <tr><td><b>2020<\/b><\/td><td class=\"num\">13,311<\/td><td class=\"num\">2,808,643<\/td><td class=\"num\">0<\/td><\/tr>\n          <tr><td><b>2019<\/b><\/td><td class=\"num\">2,633<\/td><td class=\"num\">730,754<\/td><td class=\"num\">541<\/td><\/tr>\n          <tr><td><b>2018<\/b><\/td><td class=\"num\">2,156<\/td><td class=\"num\">576,012<\/td><td class=\"num\">100<\/td><\/tr>\n          <tr><td><b>2017<\/b><\/td><td class=\"num\">2,088<\/td><td class=\"num\">473,984<\/td><td class=\"num\">12,540<\/td><\/tr>\n          <tr><td><b>2016<\/b><\/td><td class=\"num\">2,340<\/td><td class=\"num\">713,165<\/td><td class=\"num\">0<\/td><\/tr>\n          <tr><td><b>2015<\/b><\/td><td class=\"num\">2,374<\/td><td class=\"num\">637,350<\/td><td class=\"num\">0<\/td><\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n  <\/table><\/div>\n  <p>Coverage depth varies by year: 2015 to 2023 is primarily official US WARN filings; from 2024 on, worldwide news, SEC filings and European Restructuring Monitor coverage deepen. Methodology and per-country sources are documented on the tracker itself.<\/p>\n\n  <h2 id=\"alt-cite\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_cite_us\"><\/span>How to cite us<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p>The data is free for editorial, research, and educational use under <b>CC BY 4.0<\/b>. Attribute to asktherecruiter.com and link back where possible.<\/p>\n  <p><b>The accurate phrasing:<\/b> <em>\"According to AskTheRecruiter's AI Layoff Tracker, N job cuts are documented for [period].\"<\/em> Our totals are a verifiable floor, not a census. They cover what we can trace to a filing or a named report under a published methodology. Saying \"there were exactly N layoffs\" overstates what any tracker can know. Saying \"documented counts\" is precise, defensible, and survives fact-checking. Every number on this page links to the rows behind it, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/methodology\/#m-audit\">tracker audits its own published rows monthly<\/a> against their sources.<\/p>\n  <p><b>Suggested attribution:<\/b> \"According to the AI Layoff Tracker by AskTheRecruiter.com...\"<\/p>\n  <p><b>One-line description:<\/b> \"The AI Layoff Tracker by AskTheRecruiter.com, a source-linked database of layoffs worldwide, flagging the ones companies blame on AI.\"<\/p>\n  <ul>\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/methodology\/\">Methodology<\/a>: how every number is built, counted, and corrected.<\/li>\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/ai-quotes\/\">AI layoffs, in the employer&#039;s own words<\/a>: every employer AI attribution, verbatim, with its source.<\/li>\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/sources\/\">Data sources<\/a>: the full list of collectors and what each one covers.<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n  <h3 id=\"alt-dataset\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Get_the_full_dataset\"><\/span>Get the full dataset<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n  <p>Filtered or full CSV and JSON exports are on the <a href=\"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/ai-layoff-tracker\/\">tracker page<\/a>. The public REST API serves the same data live: <code>GET \/blog\/wp-json\/layoffs\/v1\/query<\/code> and <code>GET \/blog\/wp-json\/layoffs\/v1\/aggregate<\/code>. Company pages with stable, linkable URLs live under <code>\/company-layoffs\/<\/code>, so a reporter can cite one company's full source-linked history at a permanent address.<\/p>\n\n  <h2 id=\"alt-boilerplate\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"About_the_tracker\"><\/span>About the tracker<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p><b>Boilerplate:<\/b> AskTheRecruiter is the open, evidence-based intelligence platform helping workers understand the changing job market and improve their chances of getting hired. Its <b>AI Layoff Tracker<\/b> is a continuously updated, source-linked database of verified job cuts worldwide, purpose-built to flag which layoffs companies themselves attribute to AI or automation, every figure clickable back to a primary document.<\/p>\n  <p>Live editorial tracking began in January 2026. The database also carries historical records back to 2002 in Europe and 2015 in the US. Those older rows come from official WARN filings, SEC disclosures and the EU's restructuring monitor, so year-over-year comparisons are possible.<\/p>\n\n  <h3 id=\"alt-why-cite\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_its_worth_citing\"><\/span>Why it&#8217;s worth citing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n  <div class=\"alt-health-table-wrap\"><table class=\"alt-sources-table alt-angles-table\">\n    <thead><tr><th>The angle<\/th><th>Why it's a story<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n    <tbody>\n      <tr><td><b>We break out the AI cuts<\/b><\/td><td>Most layoff trackers give you one lump-sum number and stop. We flag the cuts a company itself pinned on AI or automation, each with the employer's own quote on file. That turns \"AI-attributed\" into a figure a reporter can source instead of guess at.<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><b>Every number is a receipt<\/b><\/td><td>Estimate-based trackers hand you a figure. We hand you the document behind it: an SEC filing, a WARN notice, or a named report. It's a floor you can prove, not a projection.<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><b>We count each cut once, on the day it happens<\/b><\/td><td>Every layoff is dated by when it takes effect, not when its notice was filed, and de-duplicated so one layoff is never summed twice. That is why we land within about 10 percent of independent WARN trackers. A tracker reporting several times higher is usually adding a company-wide headcount onto every state filing, which counts the same people over and over.<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><b>We show where AI is cutting<\/b><\/td><td>A live world map, the teams hit hardest, and AI's rising share month over month: the geographic and functional detail a press release can't give a reporter.<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><b>We audit our own completeness<\/b><\/td><td>We keep a standing checklist of 51 of the most significant layoffs major outlets have covered and re-check our database against it every week. We currently carry every one of them. Any gap is a finding we chase and backfill, not a number we quietly round up to.<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><b>Nothing is hidden<\/b><\/td><td>A public corrections log, open methodology, the full source list, and an API anyone can reproduce. When we catch an error, we publish it.<\/td><\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n  <\/table><\/div>\n\n  <h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Editorial_independence\"><\/span>Editorial independence<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n  <p>The tracker is a data product of AskTheRecruiter.com. Fixed, published rules produce its numbers. Counts come only from linked primary documents, AI labels require the employer's own words, and we adjust no figure for any commercial purpose. The full methodology, the per-country source list, the public corrections log and the collection code are open for inspection. 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