Tech workers make up 9.3% of unemployment insurance claims in July, doubling share since 2022

Annalise Vance Sherman said tech-sector workers now represent about 9.3% of unemployment insurance claims in the most recent data, up from roughly 4.3% at the same point in 2022. "Tech workers, make up about 9.3% of all claims...if we look back to the same time of the year in 2022, that share was 4.3%." She said the information and professional business services categories both show weakness tied to concentrations of tech jobs.

Sherman linked the increase in tech-related claims to elevated unemployment insurance activity since late 2022 and pointed to concentrated losses in computer systems design and related services as part of the pattern. She framed the claim-share rise as part of a broader, multi-year shift in claim composition rather than a single-month phenomenon.