U.S. tech layoffs reached 94K between Jan and Aug 2026... a 17% increase compared to the same period in 2025.... Large publicly traded cos drove 90% of these reductions as corps restructured ops to move $$$ toward AI work.
full analysis at Crunchbase News:
https://news.crunchbase.com/layoffs/2026-layoff-numbers-rise-ai-shift-orcl-meta-amzn/
My employment rate is already 0%
c'mon.
In the meantime there are still 1 million H1Bs/L1s visa holders who have high paying jobs in USA.
Within next 5 years your office job will be taken over by Ai, American knowledge souvernity will be transferred to India for more cheaper labor. You can all go and find some low paid manual job so that you can keep your unemployment rate down.