2026 Tech Layoffs
170,492
Employees laid off
1,011
Layoff rounds
563
Companies
2026
Year
Monthly breakdown
Most affected companies
By industry
| Industry | Employees |
|---|---|
| Other | 35,497 |
| Retail | 25,729 |
| Consumer | 19,740 |
| Finance | 14,710 |
| Hardware | 13,045 |
| Infrastructure | 4,000 |
| Security | 2,768 |
| Logistics | 2,000 |
| HR | 1,713 |
| Recruiting | 1,481 |
All top companies in 2026
| Company | Employees laid off | Rounds |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle | 30,702 | 5 |
| Amazon | 21,771 | 54 |
| Meta | 14,240 | 19 |
| Dell | 11,000 | 1 |
| PayPal | 4,760 | 1 |
| Cisco | 4,000 | 1 |
| Block | 4,000 | 1 |
| Intuit | 3,910 | 5 |
| WiseTech | 2,000 | 1 |
| Republic National Distributing | 1,903 | 5 |
| Tyson Foods | 1,761 | 1 |
| ASML | 1,700 | 1 |
| Atlassian | 1,600 | 1 |
| Ericsson | 1,600 | 1 |
| 1,481 | 6 |