LINKEDIN DATA: HIRING is DOWN APPROX 20% SINCE 2022
The immediate story is not AI-driven job loss; it is a hiring market slowed by higher rates.
🔴 LinkedIn’s April 2026 analysis says hiring is down approximately 20% since 2022. The company points first to higher interest rates, not artificial intelligence, as the main reason.
🔴 That matters because LinkedIn reviewed more than a billion members and found no significant job losses in sectors typically exposed to AI automation. The expected labor-market shock is not showing up in the data yet.
🔴 It also found no disproportionate impact on entry-level roles. For employers and policy makers, the sharper question is whether weak hiring is still being driven more by macro conditions than by AI adoption.
That distinction will shape how governments regulate, how companies plan headcount, and how workers read the market.
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