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In California, job losses mount amid uncertainty and Al's rise
Los Angeles Times
|September 05, 2025
Job cuts so far this year have already surpassed the total for 2024, as government cost-cutting, economic uncertainty and AI have prompted employers to reduce staff.

MARTA LAVANDIER Associated Press THROUGH August, firms say about 892,000 jobs had been cut. Above, a job seeker last month in Florida.
California and the tech industry have been particularly hard hit, according to a report Thursday from Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a company that helps people pivot to new careers and monitors job cut announcements by U.S. companies.
In the eight months through August, U.S. companies announced about 892,000 cuts. That's 66% more than a year earlier and above the total for all of 2024. The last time the cut tally was higher was in the middle of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns in 2020.
The Trump administration’s initiative to cut government spending through what it calls the Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE — was the biggest culprit for the slashing of government jobs, while economic concerns and technological change weighed on sectors including tech, finance and retail.
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