Highest monthly total in 15 months.

The top 5 job cutting sectors in May were;

  1. Computer 18,799
  2. Transportation 6884
  3. Healthcare/products 3919
  4. Government 3248
  5. Services 2728
US Challenger jobs ytd 05 06 2014

US Challenger jobs ytd 05 06 2014

US Challenger jobs chart 05 06 2014

US Challenger jobs chart 05 06 2014

Not one to shake the market and there is a caveat that the layoff numbers don’t always equate into actual job losses.