The AI Layoff Index.

AI Layoff Index = Σ(headcount × AI score/100) over events announced in the period: the number of workers in tracked layoffs that the model attributes to AI in expectation. It is a model-based estimate over tracked events only; events without a counted headcount contribute 0.

433,040
workers in tracked 2026 layoffs
95,460
AI Layoff Index (AI-attributable workers, model estimate)
22%
share of counted workers
1,478
events

By month.

Grey = counted workers in tracked events; red = AI Layoff Index. The dotted line is Challenger's U.S. announced job cuts, shown for scale. Their methods and coverage differ from ours.

MonthEventsWorkersAI Layoff IndexAI shareHigh-confidence (70+) workersChallenger U.S.

By industry.

IndustryEventsWorkersAI IndexShare

By state.

State / countryEventsWorkersAI IndexShare

State totals depend on which states publish WARN data we can load (see coverage).

By evidence grade.

GradeEventsWorkersAI Index

A = AI link stated by the company or in an SEC filing · B = executive statements, filing language, or reporting that AI is absorbing the work · C = press inference or a generic automation mention · D = no AI-specific evidence.

Changelog.