DETROIT -- A General Motors official says the automaker plans to cut 15 percent of its U.S. and Canadian salaried work force - or around 5,100 jobs - by November 1, according to The Associated Press.

The GM official declined to confirm the specific numbers Wednesday but indicated they were generally accurate. The official asked not to be named because the company had not planned to release the numbers until later.

GM had said in mid-July that it would cut white-collar costs in the U.S. and Canada by more than 20 percent, but it wouldn't say how many workers would leave.