US employers announced plans to hire 16,095 workers in July 2026, up 47% from the 10,933 plans announced in June and well above the 3,200 announced in July 2025. It is the highest July total since 2022. So far this year, companies have announced plans to hire 107,500 workers, up 25% from the 86,132 plans announced through July 2025. It is the strongest January-to-July total since 2023. source: Challenger, Gray and Christmas, Inc.

Hiring Plans Announcements in the United States averaged 86801.67 Persons from 2011 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 939790.00 Persons in September of 2021 and a record low of 1494.00 Persons in August of 2025. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Hiring Plans Announcements. United States Challenger Hiring Plans Announcements - values, historical data and charts - was last updated on August of 2026.

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
ADP Employment Change	44.00	95.00	Thousand	Jul 2026
Average Hourly Earnings MoM	0.10	0.30	percent	Jul 2026
Average Hourly Earnings YoY	3.20	3.40	percent	Jul 2026
Average Weekly Hours	34.30	34.30	Hours	Jul 2026
Challenger Job Cuts	33429.00	45849.00	Persons	Jul 2026
Continuing Jobless Claims	1799.00	1781.00	Thousand	Aug 2026
Employed Persons	162177.00	162264.00	Thousand	Jul 2026
Employment Cost Index	0.90	0.90	percent	Jun 2026
Employment Cost - Benefits	1.00	1.20	percent	Jun 2026
Employment Cost - Wages	0.90	0.80	percent	Jun 2026
Employment Rate	58.90	59.00	percent	Jul 2026
Full Time Employment	133553.00	133659.00	Thousand	Jul 2026
Government Payrolls	-53.00	-10.00	Thousand	Jul 2026
Challenger Hiring Plans	16095.00	10933.00	Persons	Jul 2026
Initial Jobless Claims	206.00	212.00	Thousand	Aug 2026
Job Layoffs and Discharges	1766.00	1761.00	Thousand	Jun 2026
JOLTs Job Openings	7359.00	7537.00	Thousand	Jun 2026
JOLTs Job Quits	3232.00	3153.00	Thousand	Jun 2026
Job Quits Rate	2.00	2.00	Percent	Jun 2026
Job Openings	7140.00	7500.00	Thousand	Jun 2026
Jobless Claims 4-week Average	204.00	199.75	Thousand	Aug 2026
Participation Rate	61.40	61.50	percent	Jul 2026
Labour Costs	123.78	123.22	points	Mar 2026
Long Term Unemployment Rate	1.05	1.14	percent	Jul 2026
Manufacturing Payrolls	5.00	11.00	Thousand	Jul 2026
Minimum Wages	7.25	7.25	USD/Hour	Dec 2026
Non Farm Payrolls	-23.00	20.00	Thousand	Jul 2026
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	30.00	30.00	Thousand	Jul 2026
Nonfarm Productivity	1.40	0.80	percent	Jun 2026
Part Time Employment	28764.00	28626.00	Thousand	Jul 2026
Population	342.28	340.97	Million	Dec 2025
Productivity	120.02	119.59	points	Jun 2026
Retirement Age Men	67.00	66.83	Years	Dec 2026
Retirement Age Women	67.00	66.83	Years	Dec 2026
U-6 Unemployment Rate	7.90	7.90	percent	Jul 2026
Unemployed Persons	6916.00	7094.00	Thousand	Jul 2026
Unemployment Rate	4.10	4.20	percent	Jul 2026
Unit Labour Costs	1.30	1.30	percent	Jun 2026
Wage Growth	3.47	4.17	percent	Jul 2026
Wages	32.40	32.36	USD/Hour	Jul 2026
Wages in Manufacturing	30.35	30.32	USD/Hour	Jul 2026
Youth Unemployment Rate	8.50	9.20	percent	Jul 2026

United States Challenger Hiring Plans Announcements

The Challenger Job-Cut Report provides information on the total number of announced corporate layoffs. Produced by Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., this monthly report collects and categorizes announcements of corporate layoffs using mass layoff data from state departments of labor.