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Austin layoffs, tracked in full.

Austin has seen 45K job cuts across 25 tracked rounds since January 2020 — roughly 5.4% of all layoffs in our global dataset. The last 12 months alone saw 13K layoffs.

Last updated
City snapshot
45K
people laid off since Jan 2020
Companies tracked
11
active + historical
Rounds
25
total events
Top industry
Hardware
53% of cuts
Global city rank
#3
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
45K
Across 25 roundsRank #3
Last 12 months
Recent
13K
↓ 61% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
11
across 8 industriesHardware leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#3
5.4% of global totalof 137 cities
By industry · Austin· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

Hardware
5 ROUNDS
53% of Austin cuts
23,650
PEOPLE
Automotive / EV
3 ROUNDS
33%
14,500
PEOPLE
Recruiting
3 ROUNDS
7%
3,200
PEOPLE
HR Tech
1 ROUNDS
3%
1,300
PEOPLE
Dating
2 ROUNDS
1%
590
PEOPLE
MarTech
1 ROUNDS
1%
451
PEOPLE
Energy
1 ROUNDS
1%
450
PEOPLE
Sales Tech
3 ROUNDS
<1%
236
PEOPLE
Top companies · Austin

Where the cuts landed.

Top companies
#01
Dell
HARDWARE · 5 ROUNDS
23,650
#02
Tesla
AUTOMOTIVE / EV · 3 ROUNDS
14,500
#03
Indeed
RECRUITING · 3 ROUNDS
3,200
#04
Indeed + Glassdoor
HR TECH · 1 ROUNDS
1,300
#05
Bumble
DATING · 2 ROUNDS
590
#06
GoDaddy
MARTECH · 1 ROUNDS
451
#07
Workrise
ENERGY · 1 ROUNDS
450
Recent events · Austin· Latest

The latest Austin layoffs.

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Severity
Event
Location · When
Headcount
Source
Severe
D
Dell
Dell Layoffs — 2026-03-16
Austin ·
11,000
reuters.com ↗
Low
I
Indeed
Indeed Layoffs — 2025-11-05
Austin ·
—
businessinsider.com ↗
High
I+
Indeed + Glassdoor
Indeed + Glassdoor Layoffs — 2025-07-10
Austin ·
1,300
bloomberg.com ↗
Severe
B
Bumble
Bumble Layoffs — 2025-06-25
Austin ·
240
cnbc.com ↗
Low
K
Khoros
Khoros Layoffs — 2025-06-20
Austin ·
116
bizjournals.com ↗
Low
B
BigCommerce
BigCommerce Layoffs — 2024-11-08
Austin ·
—
bizjournals.com ↗
Low
D
Dell
Dell Layoffs — 2024-08-05
Austin ·
—
siliconangle.com ↗
High
I
Indeed
Indeed Layoffs — 2024-05-13
Austin ·
1,000
indeed.com ↗
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