US employers have announced 10,933 hiring plans in June 2026, down 44% from the 19,536 plans in May, though well above the 3,191 announced in June 2025. So far this year, companies have announced plans to hire 91,405 workers, up 10% from the first half in 2025. source: Challenger, Gray and Christmas, Inc.

Hiring Plans Announcements in the United States averaged 87181.82 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 July of 2026.

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
ADP Employment Change	98.00	122.00	Thousand	Jun 2026
Average Hourly Earnings MoM	0.30	0.30	percent	Jun 2026
Average Hourly Earnings YoY	3.50	3.40	percent	Jun 2026
Average Weekly Hours	34.30	34.30	Hours	Jun 2026
Challenger Job Cuts	45849.00	97006.00	Persons	Jun 2026
Continuing Jobless Claims	1814.00	1806.00	Thousand	Jun 2026
Employed Persons	162264.00	162771.00	Thousand	Jun 2026
Employment Cost Index	0.90	0.70	percent	Mar 2026
Employment Cost - Benefits	1.20	0.80	percent	Mar 2026
Employment Cost - Wages	0.80	0.70	percent	Mar 2026
Employment Rate	59.00	59.20	percent	Jun 2026
Full Time Employment	133659.00	134173.00	Thousand	Jun 2026
Government Payrolls	8.00	32.00	Thousand	Jun 2026
Challenger Hiring Plans	10933.00	19536.00	Persons	Jun 2026
Initial Jobless Claims	215.00	217.00	Thousand	Jul 2026
Job Layoffs and Discharges	1708.00	1667.00	Thousand	May 2026
JOLTs Job Openings	7594.00	7585.00	Thousand	May 2026
JOLTs Job Quits	3065.00	3043.00	Thousand	May 2026
Job Quits Rate	1.90	1.90	Percent	May 2026
Job Openings	7508.00	8160.00	Thousand	May 2026
Jobless Claims 4-week Average	218.75	222.50	Thousand	Jul 2026
Participation Rate	61.50	61.80	percent	Jun 2026
Labour Costs	123.78	123.22	points	Mar 2026
Long Term Unemployment Rate	1.14	1.17	percent	Jun 2026
Manufacturing Payrolls	3.00	-2.00	Thousand	Jun 2026
Minimum Wages	7.25	7.25	USD/Hour	Dec 2026
Non Farm Payrolls	57.00	129.00	Thousand	Jun 2026
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	49.00	97.00	Thousand	Jun 2026
Nonfarm Productivity	0.30	1.60	percent	Mar 2026
Part Time Employment	28626.00	28679.00	Thousand	Jun 2026
Population	342.28	340.97	Million	Dec 2025
Productivity	119.40	119.35	points	Mar 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	8.10	percent	Jun 2026
Unemployed Persons	7094.00	7307.00	Thousand	Jun 2026
Unemployment Rate	4.20	4.30	percent	Jun 2026
Unit Labour Costs	1.80	2.10	percent	Mar 2026
Wage Growth	3.82	3.53	percent	May 2026
Wages	32.38	32.31	USD/Hour	Jun 2026
Wages in Manufacturing	30.27	30.19	USD/Hour	Jun 2026
Youth Unemployment Rate	9.20	9.40	percent	Jun 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.