Challenger tracks job cuts by company headquarters location, unless an announcement specifies the geographic location of the layoffs.<\/p>\n
The East<\/b> region continues to experience the largest year-over-year increase in job cuts, rising 193% from 166,060 in 2024 to 487,049 <\/b>in 2025. This surge is driven by reductions at Federal agencies counted in Washington, D.C., where cuts jumped 759%<\/b>, from 34,788 last year to 298,901 this year. New Jersey <\/b>posted one of the sharpest state-level increases, climbing 449% from 11,524 to 63,217, while New York<\/b> rose 24% from 65,070 to 80,428. By contrast, several states saw declines: Massachusetts<\/b> fell 31%, Vermont<\/b> slipped 5%, and Connecticut<\/b> declined 82%.<\/p>\n
The Midwest<\/b> has seen essentially flat job cuts compared to last year, totaling 102,838 in 2025 <\/b>versus 102,168 in 2024. Ohio<\/b> reported the largest increase, climbing 76%<\/b> from 22,651 to 39,847, while Nebraska spiked more than 500%<\/b> from 753 to 5,032. Meanwhile, Wisconsin<\/b> dropped 64%, Indiana<\/b> fell 49%, and Michigan<\/b> declined 34%.<\/p>\n
In the West<\/b>, job cuts dipped slightly, totaling 261,097 in 2025<\/b> compared to 266,716 in 2024. California<\/b> drove the largest share, rising 13% from 127,997 to 144,528. Arizona<\/b> also posted a notable increase of 78%, while Washington<\/b> nearly doubled, up 95% from 19,310 to 37,550. However, several states saw steep declines: Texas<\/b> fell 34%, Nevada<\/b> dropped 75%, and Oregon<\/b> declined 61%.<\/p>\n
The South<\/b> reported the steepest percentage growth, rising 29% from 74,298 in 2024 to 95,442 in 2025.<\/b> Georgia<\/b> jumped 80% from 17,422 to 31,339, while Florida<\/b> saw a 73% increase from 11,897 to 20,550. Alabama<\/b> also more than doubled, rising 118% from 3,250 to 7,089. By contrast, several states saw modest declines: North Carolina <\/b>(\u201311%), South Carolina<\/b> (\u201328%), Tennessee<\/b> (\u201333%), and Arkansas<\/b> (\u201363%).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Challenger tracks job cuts by company headquarters location, unless an announcement specifies the geographic location of the layoffs.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99003,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[22876,289,79,63106,63107,22877,18,19,17,227],"class_list":{"0":"post-99002","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jobs","8":"tag-al","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-challenger-report","12":"tag-corporate-restructuring","13":"tag-department-of-government-efficiency-doge","14":"tag-eire","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-jobs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}