Talent Risk · Job cuts archive · March 2026
Job cuts in March 2026
76 announcements at 47 employers in March 2026: 39,571 jobs cut, counted once per announcement and only when the employer, a formal notice or two reports confirm the figure; 66 are US layoff notices (WARN).
76AnnouncementsCuts, consultations, buyouts and reported plans
40kJobs cut, counted39,571, once per announcement
47Employers22 of them in the Index
4Linked to AIBy the company or a major outlet
Day by day
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Each square is a day; the number is announcements that day, the smaller one jobs cut. Darker is busier.
The largest
- 31st Mar30,000jobs cut
- 4th Mar2,500jobs cut
- 30th Mar1,300jobs cut
- 31st Mar475jobs cut
- 16th Mar443jobs cut
- 16th Mar373jobs cut
- 18th Mar313jobs cut
- 4th Mar300jobs cut
- 31st Mar183jobs cut
- 31st Mar176jobs cut
Every announcement
Newest first. Employers in the Index and rounds of 250 jobs or more lead; smaller notices at other employers fold under each day, read under the same rule.
Tuesday 31st March 1131,592 jobs
- 30,000jobs cut
- 475jobs cut
- 183jobs cut
- 168jobs cut
- 168jobs cut
- 62jobs cut
- 54jobs cut
4 smaller notices at employers outside the Index: Maximus Inc., Packaging Corporation of America, Southwest Airlines, Hyster-Yale Materials Handling
- 31st Mar176jobs cut
- 31st Mar109jobs cut
- 31st Mar107jobs cut
- 31st Mar90jobs cut
Monday 30th March 41,501 jobs
- 1,300jobs cut
- 124jobs cut
- 74jobs cut
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: Experian
- 30th Mar3jobs cut
Sunday 29th March 190 jobs
- 90jobs cut
Friday 27th March 5250 jobs
- 111jobs cut
- 69jobs cut
- 36jobs cut
- 600jobs, not yet confirmed
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: University of Rochester
- 27th Mar34jobs cut
Thursday 26th March 1168 jobs
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: Tyson Foods
- 26th Mar168jobs cut
Wednesday 25th March 5189 jobs
- 700jobs, not yet confirmed
- 700jobs, not yet confirmed
3 smaller notices at employers outside the Index: Albertsons, Gilead Sciences
- 25th Mar82jobs cut
- 25th Mar56jobs cut
- 25th Mar51jobs cut
Tuesday 24th March 4175 jobs
- 76jobs cut
- 22jobs cut
- 12jobs cut
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: Mattel
- 24th Mar65jobs cut
Monday 23rd March 5206 jobs
- 53jobs cut
- 32jobs cut
- 31jobs cut
2 smaller notices at employers outside the Index: Synopsys, Experian
- 23rd Mar55jobs cut
- 23rd Mar35jobs cut
Friday 20th March 1
- No figure
Thursday 19th March 1170 jobs
- 170jobs cut
Wednesday 18th March 2313 jobs
- 313jobs cut
- 20,000jobs, not yet confirmed
Tuesday 17th March 4150 jobs
4 smaller notices at employers outside the Index: Blue Bird Corporation, LabCorp, Experian, Corteva
- 17th Mar82jobs cut
- 17th Mar60jobs cut
- 17th Mar5jobs cut
- 17th Mar3jobs cut
Monday 16th March 3816 jobs
- 443jobs cut
- 373jobs cut
- No figure
Friday 13th March 2123 jobs
- 123jobs cut
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: Vital Energy
- 13th MarNo figure
Wednesday 11th March 128 jobs
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: Experian
- 11th Mar28jobs cut
Monday 9th March 122 jobs
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: Horizon Therapeutics
- 9th Mar22jobs cut
Thursday 5th March 7273 jobs
- 120jobs cut
- 82jobs cut
- 61jobs cut
- 7jobs cut
- 2jobs cut
- 1jobs cut
- No figure
Wednesday 4th March 32,800 jobs
- 2,500jobs cut
- 300jobs cut
- 100jobs, not yet confirmed
Tuesday 3rd March 213 jobs
- 7jobs cut
- 6jobs cut
Monday 2nd March 7320 jobs
- 57jobs cut
- 51jobs cut
- 41jobs cut
- 50jobs, not yet confirmed
3 smaller notices at employers outside the Index: Kroger, Associated British Foods
- 2nd Mar64jobs cut
- 2nd Mar58jobs cut
- 2nd Mar49jobs cut
Sunday 1st March 6372 jobs
- 134jobs cut
- 103jobs cut
- 62jobs cut
- 18jobs cut
2 smaller notices at employers outside the Index: Prudential plc, Nordstrom
- 1st Mar54jobs cut
- 1st Mar1jobs cut
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