Talent Risk · Job cuts archive · September 2026
Job cuts in September 2026
58 announcements at 39 employers in September 2026: 8,587 jobs cut, counted once per announcement and only when the employer, a formal notice or two reports confirm the figure; 44 are US layoff notices (WARN).
58AnnouncementsCuts, consultations, buyouts and reported plans
8.6kJobs cut, counted8,587, once per announcement
39Employers19 of them in the Index
1Linked 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
- 6th Sep4,000jobs cut
- 23rd Sep1,000jobs cut
- 16th Sep419jobs cut
- 29th Sep300jobs cut
- 14th Sep279jobs cut
- 22nd Sep268jobs cut
- 1st Sep265jobs cut
- 15th Sep216jobs cut
- 23rd Sep175jobs cut
- 1st Sep150jobs 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 29th September 4452 jobs
- 300jobs cut
- 10jobs cut
- No figure
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: Workday, Inc.
- 29th Sep142jobs cut
Monday 28th September 2153 jobs
2 smaller notices at employers outside the Index: Leidos, Pharmaceutical Product Development
- 28th Sep84jobs cut
- 28th Sep69jobs cut
Thursday 24th September 3202 jobs
- No figure
2 smaller notices at employers outside the Index: BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Becton Dickinson
- 24th Sep117jobs cut
- 24th Sep85jobs cut
Wednesday 23rd September 21,175 jobs
- 1,000jobs cut
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: Domo
- 23rd Sep175jobs cut
Tuesday 22nd September 4328 jobs
- 268jobs cut
3 smaller notices at employers outside the Index: People Incorporated, RTX
- 22nd Sep58jobs cut
- 22nd Sep1jobs cut
- 22nd Sep1jobs cut
Monday 21st September 1
- No figure
Friday 18th September 452 jobs
- 24jobs cut
- 22jobs cut
- 5jobs cut
- 1jobs cut
Thursday 17th September 250 jobs
2 smaller notices at employers outside the Index: Safeway
- 17th Sep46jobs cut
- 17th Sep4jobs cut
Wednesday 16th September 3419 jobs
- 419jobs cut
- No figure
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: Aramark
- 16th SepNo figure
Tuesday 15th September 5405 jobs
- 91jobs cut
- 63jobs cut
- 35jobs cut
- 146jobs, part of a round already counted
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: Elevance Health, Inc.
- 15th Sep216jobs cut
Monday 14th September 4521 jobs
- 279jobs cut
- 143jobs cut
- 99jobs cut
- No figure
Friday 11th September 3
- 641jobs, not yet confirmed
- 131jobs, not yet confirmed
- No figure
Thursday 10th September 12 jobs
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: Parsons Corporation
- 10th Sep2jobs cut
Wednesday 9th September 960 jobs
- 300jobs, not yet confirmed
8 smaller notices at employers outside the Index: University of Southern California
- 9th Sep21jobs cut
- 9th Sep15jobs cut
- 9th Sep8jobs cut
- 9th Sep7jobs cut
- 9th Sep5jobs cut
- 9th Sep2jobs cut
- 9th Sep1jobs cut
- 9th Sep1jobs cut
Tuesday 8th September 173 jobs
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: SP+
- 8th Sep73jobs cut
Sunday 6th September 14,000 jobs
- 4,000jobs cut
Friday 4th September 1
- 305jobs, not yet confirmed
Wednesday 2nd September 1117 jobs
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: Qualtrics
- 2nd Sep117jobs cut
Tuesday 1st September 7578 jobs
- 265jobs cut
- 41jobs cut
- 5jobs cut
- 87jobs, part of a round already counted
3 smaller notices at employers outside the Index: Louisiana-Pacific, Ametek, Merck & Co.
- 1st Sep150jobs cut
- 1st Sep63jobs cut
- 1st Sep54jobs cut
Labels are our opinion, reached by applying one published rule to the sources listed on each employer’s page. Summaries are machine-written from the best source; the source is what counts. How it works