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US layoffs rate 1.0%

Aug 2026, preliminary

US layoffs rate fell 0.1 points since Jan 2019

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Jesse Hawkins, “Grapher: US layoffs rate”, jesseahawkins.com, data retrieved 11 Oct 2026. https://jesseahawkins.com/series/layoffs/. Data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, public domain.

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@misc{hawkins2026serieslayoffs,
  author = {Hawkins, Jesse},
  title = {{Grapher: US layoffs rate}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://jesseahawkins.com/series/layoffs/}},
  note = {Data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-11}
}

The series

Layoffs and discharges rate, total nonfarm, seasonally adjusted (Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey). Retrieved by this site on 2026-10-11.

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Newest reading, preliminary	Aug 2026	1.0%
A year before	Aug 2025	1.2%
Highest reading	Mar 2020	8.6%
Lowest reading	May 2021	0.9%
First reading	Jan 2019	1.1%

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Layoffs and discharges rate, total nonfarm, seasonally adjusted (Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey). Unit: percent. The newest reading is preliminary, and the source can revise it.

Terms: Seasonally adjusted

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, public domain: US layoffs rate. Retrieved 2026-10-11.