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CX Daily: Coding Jobs No Longer Sure Thing for U.S.-Educated Chinese

Published: Aug. 21, 2025  9:37 a.m.  GMT+8
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In Depth: Coding jobs no longer sure thing for U.S.-educated Chinese

Once seen as holding a “golden ticket,” computer coders in the U.S. are facing the toughest job market in years, with Chinese computer science students and related professionals hit especially hard.

As of Feb. 20, the unemployment rate for computer engineering and computer science graduates climbed to 7.5% and 6.1%, among the highest of all majors, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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