AI's Growing Imprint on Jobs: Tech and Finance Lose 28,000 Monthly

Whether artificial intelligence will cause mass workforce cuts over time remains up for debate, but it is starting to leave an imprint on US employment data. A decline in payrolls in the financial-activities and information sectors — where AI adoption rates have been fastest — has accelerated in 2026, to 28,000 per month on average based on government data.

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