Us Job Layoffs 2024. Overall, march's total number of jobs lost was 7% higher than the 84,638 cuts announced in february, and contributed to a total number of 257,254 job eliminations in. American employers cut more than 84,000 jobs in the month of february, a new report by challenger, gray & christmas said thursday, making 2024 the year with.

Employers added 142,000 jobs in august. Companies have continued to cut jobs in 2024 after a wave of layoffs last year.