PRELIMINARY

The AI Layoff Index.

96,941workers in tracked 2026 layoffs that our model attributes to AI, as of Oct 26, 2026. That's 21% of 453,424 counted workers.
5,824
this week's Index: layoffs dated Oct 19–25, 2026
+2,715
week over week: up 87% from 3,109 the week before (Oct 12–Oct 18)
30
layoff events dated that week, 14,767 counted workers, 3 scored 70+

Updated every week. Recent weeks keep rising as late WARN notices and confirmed headcounts arrive, and every week is restated when the model is refit.

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Source: GOT REPL(AI)CED? AI Layoff Index (preliminary), gotreplaiced.com/index, week of Oct 19–25, 2026.

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Week by week.

AI-attributable workers in layoffs dated each Monday–Sunday week of 2026. settledfilling in (last 3 weeks)this editionin progress

05,00010,00015,00020,000Jan 1–Jan 4: 146 AI-attributable of 3,328 counted workers (17 events)JanJan 5–Jan 11: 549 AI-attributable of 7,022 counted workers (32 events)Jan 12–Jan 18: 1,181 AI-attributable of 7,084 counted workers (37 events)Jan 19–Jan 25: 960 AI-attributable of 4,143 counted workers (21 events)Jan 26–Feb 1: 15,161 AI-attributable of 62,333 counted workers (75 events)FebFeb 2–Feb 8: 484 AI-attributable of 8,231 counted workers (39 events)Feb 9–Feb 15: 4,053 AI-attributable of 9,759 counted workers (43 events)Feb 16–Feb 22: 118 AI-attributable of 2,544 counted workers (26 events)Feb 23–Mar 1: 7,279 AI-attributable of 13,586 counted workers (56 events)MarMar 2–Mar 8: 760 AI-attributable of 6,691 counted workers (27 events)Mar 9–Mar 15: 1,553 AI-attributable of 2,877 counted workers (21 events)Mar 16–Mar 22: 406 AI-attributable of 6,504 counted workers (33 events)Mar 23–Mar 29: 292 AI-attributable of 5,606 counted workers (35 events)Mar 30–Apr 5: 1,015 AI-attributable of 7,347 counted workers (43 events)AprApr 6–Apr 12: 169 AI-attributable of 2,585 counted workers (35 events)Apr 13–Apr 19: 1,533 AI-attributable of 7,004 counted workers (45 events)Apr 20–Apr 26: 8,290 AI-attributable of 16,395 counted workers (24 events)Apr 27–May 3: 796 AI-attributable of 21,648 counted workers (80 events)MayMay 4–May 10: 9,756 AI-attributable of 15,956 counted workers (39 events)May 11–May 17: 1,791 AI-attributable of 15,943 counted workers (28 events)May 18–May 24: 9,138 AI-attributable of 15,488 counted workers (30 events)May 25–May 31: 1,194 AI-attributable of 2,167 counted workers (20 events)Jun 1–Jun 7: 486 AI-attributable of 5,312 counted workers (45 events)JunJun 8–Jun 14: 1,022 AI-attributable of 5,179 counted workers (25 events)Jun 15–Jun 21: 1,356 AI-attributable of 6,846 counted workers (20 events)Jun 22–Jun 28: 226 AI-attributable of 2,202 counted workers (43 events)Jun 29–Jul 5: 5,627 AI-attributable of 11,197 counted workers (41 events)JulJul 6–Jul 12: 1,791 AI-attributable of 7,882 counted workers (29 events)Jul 13–Jul 19: 433 AI-attributable of 6,035 counted workers (28 events)Jul 20–Jul 26: 1,231 AI-attributable of 4,523 counted workers (28 events)Jul 27–Aug 2: 2,939 AI-attributable of 20,315 counted workers (44 events)AugAug 3–Aug 9: 155 AI-attributable of 4,158 counted workers (37 events)Aug 10–Aug 16: 157 AI-attributable of 6,119 counted workers (31 events)Aug 17–Aug 23: 233 AI-attributable of 3,283 counted workers (22 events)Aug 24–Aug 30: 91 AI-attributable of 2,213 counted workers (24 events)Aug 31–Sep 6: 2,371 AI-attributable of 60,446 counted workers (57 events)SepSep 7–Sep 13: 1,575 AI-attributable of 9,381 counted workers (25 events)Sep 14–Sep 20: 380 AI-attributable of 6,581 counted workers (33 events)Sep 21–Sep 27: 405 AI-attributable of 10,895 counted workers (32 events)Sep 28–Oct 4: 276 AI-attributable of 8,408 counted workers (59 events)OctOct 5–Oct 11: 630 AI-attributable of 5,463 counted workers (26 events) · filling inOct 12–Oct 18: 3,109 AI-attributable of 7,978 counted workers (22 events) · filling inOct 19–Oct 25: 5,824 AI-attributable of 14,767 counted workers (30 events) · filling inOct 26–Nov 1: 0 AI-attributable of 0 counted workers (2 events) · in progressNov

What moved it this week

WeekEventsCounted workersAI Layoff Index (week)AI shareScored 70+Year to date
Oct 26–Nov 1, 2026 in progress2000%096,941
Oct 19–Oct 25, 2026 filling in3014,7675,82439%396,941
Oct 12–Oct 18, 2026 filling in227,9783,10939%191,118
Oct 5–Oct 11, 2026 filling in265,46363012%288,009
Sep 28–Oct 4, 2026 598,4082763%087,379
Sep 21–Sep 27, 2026 3210,8954054%087,102
Sep 14–Sep 20, 2026 336,5813806%086,698
Sep 7–Sep 13, 2026 259,3811,57517%286,317
Aug 31–Sep 6, 2026 5760,4462,3714%084,743
Aug 24–Aug 30, 2026 242,213914%082,372
Aug 17–Aug 23, 2026 223,2832337%082,281
Aug 10–Aug 16, 2026 316,1191573%082,048
Aug 3–Aug 9, 2026 374,1581554%081,891
Jul 27–Aug 2, 2026 4420,3152,93914%281,735
Jul 20–Jul 26, 2026 284,5231,23127%078,796
Jul 13–Jul 19, 2026 286,0354337%177,565
Jul 6–Jul 12, 2026 297,8821,79123%177,132
Jun 29–Jul 5, 2026 4111,1975,62750%475,341
Jun 22–Jun 28, 2026 432,20222610%069,714
Jun 15–Jun 21, 2026 206,8461,35620%269,488
Jun 8–Jun 14, 2026 255,1791,02220%268,133
Jun 1–Jun 7, 2026 455,3124869%167,111
May 25–May 31, 2026 202,1671,19455%466,625
May 18–May 24, 2026 3015,4889,13859%365,431
May 11–May 17, 2026 2815,9431,79111%456,292
May 4–May 10, 2026 3915,9569,75661%754,502
Apr 27–May 3, 2026 8021,6487964%044,746
Apr 20–Apr 26, 2026 2416,3958,29051%243,950
Apr 13–Apr 19, 2026 457,0041,53322%135,660
Apr 6–Apr 12, 2026 352,5851697%134,127
Mar 30–Apr 5, 2026 437,3471,01514%033,957
Mar 23–Mar 29, 2026 355,6062925%032,943
Mar 16–Mar 22, 2026 336,5044066%132,650
Mar 9–Mar 15, 2026 212,8771,55354%132,245
Mar 2–Mar 8, 2026 276,69176011%030,692
Feb 23–Mar 1, 2026 5613,5867,27954%429,931
Feb 16–Feb 22, 2026 262,5441185%022,653
Feb 9–Feb 15, 2026 439,7594,05342%122,534
Feb 2–Feb 8, 2026 398,2314846%118,481
Jan 26–Feb 1, 2026 7562,33315,16124%217,997
Jan 19–Jan 25, 2026 214,14396023%12,836
Jan 12–Jan 18, 2026 377,0841,18117%01,876
Jan 5–Jan 11, 2026 327,0225498%1695
Jan 1–Jan 4, 2026 173,3281464%0146

What the Index measures.

Every layoff we track gets an AI score from 0 to 100: how strongly the public evidence (company statements, SEC filings, WARN notices, major-outlet reporting) ties that layoff to AI. The score comes from a published model fitted to hand-labeled cases. It is an estimate, not a measured probability and not a finding of cause.

The Index adds those scores up in workers: Σ (counted workers × AI score ÷ 100) over every tracked layoff dated in the period. A 1,000-person layoff scored 90 adds 900. A 1,000-person layoff scored 5 adds 50. A layoff with no confirmed headcount adds 0 until a number is confirmed. We never guess headcounts.

Coverage is the tracker: WARN notices from 16 U.S. states, SEC filings, and company and news announcements worldwide (1,509 events so far in 2026). It counts tracked layoffs, not every job in the economy. It's a different thing from Challenger, Gray & Christmas's count of U.S. cuts where employers cite AI.

How the weekly history is built: each week's number is recomputed from the current data on every rebuild, grouped by each event's announcement or filing date. Nothing is back-filled or estimated. Because WARN notices arrive late and scores are refit, past weeks get restated, so the CSV is the latest version, not a record of earlier releases.

As it stood.

The year-to-date Index at the last build of each week, as it stood at the time (not restated). This log starts with the week of Oct 19, 2026, the first week with a saved build. Earlier weeks exist only in the restated series above.

WeekBuild dateYear-to-date IndexEventsCounted workers
2026-W44 (week of Oct 26, 2026)Oct 26, 202696,9411,509453,424
2026-W43 (week of Oct 19, 2026)Oct 23, 202697,3831,501452,047

Monthly view, industries and states: Stats. Every event and its score: the tracker.