# Tech and finance sectors shedding 28,000 jobs monthly as AI adoption accelerates, hitting entry-level hardest

> New payroll data suggests AI is starting to leave a visible mark on employment. Bloomberg reports that the information and financial sectors, where AI adoption has moved fastest, are now shedding an average of 28,000 jobs a month, and that tech alone accounted for about a third of all announced layoffs in 2026. The pain is not spread evenly. A Stanford analysis of payroll records found a 16% drop in employment for workers aged 22 to 25 in the occupations most exposed to AI, a sign that entry-level roles, the traditional on-ramp into these industries, are absorbing the hit first. That is the part worth watching, because it reshapes how a whole generation enters the workforce. The picture is not uniformly grim. Demand for data scientists is still projected to grow sharply, and software-developer roles are expected to expand too. But the near-term signal is a net negative, and the concentration of losses among the youngest workers is exactly the pattern economists warned AI might produce.

_Section: [Daily AI Updates](https://www.wortins.com/daily-ai) · Source: Bloomberg · Published Thursday, July 23, 2026_

## Wortins' read

New payroll data suggests AI is starting to leave a visible mark on employment. Bloomberg reports that the information and financial sectors, where AI adoption has moved fastest, are now shedding an average of 28,000 jobs a month, and that tech alone accounted for about a third of all announced layoffs in 2026. The pain is not spread evenly. A Stanford analysis of payroll records found a 16% drop in employment for workers aged 22 to 25 in the occupations most exposed to AI, a sign that entry-level roles, the traditional on-ramp into these industries, are absorbing the hit first. That is the part worth watching, because it reshapes how a whole generation enters the workforce. The picture is not uniformly grim. Demand for data scientists is still projected to grow sharply, and software-developer roles are expected to expand too. But the near-term signal is a net negative, and the concentration of losses among the youngest workers is exactly the pattern economists warned AI might produce.

## Source

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