(Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - Milano, 7 mag - US-based employers announced 83,387 job cuts in April, a 38% increase from the 60,620 cuts announced one month prior, outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas said.

It is down 21.0% from the 105,441 cuts announced in April 2025.

April's total is the third highest since 2009 following 105,441 job cuts recorded in April 2025 and 671,129 in April 2020.

So far this year, employers have announced 300,749 job cuts, down 50% from the 602,493 cuts recorded through April 2025, the report said.

"Technology companies continue to announce large-scale cuts and are leading all industries in layoff announcements," said Andrew Challenger, workplace expert and Senior Vice President of Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

"They are also often citing AI spend and innovation.

Regardless of whether individual jobs are being replaced by.

AI, the money for those roles is."

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