March 6 (UPI) -- With employers announcing close to 222,000 job cuts so far this year, the 2025 layoff rate is at its highest year-to-date total since 2009 when over 428,000 cuts were planned over the same period of time. February saw the largest amount of monthly job cuts in over four years, more than 172,000 job cuts according to United States-based employers, the highest total since July of 2020. The cuts are also the highest for the month of February since 2009 when more than 186,000