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Austin layoffs, tracked in full.

Austin has seen 50K job cuts across 78 tracked rounds since January 2020 — roughly 5.3% of all layoffs in our global dataset. The last 12 months alone saw 14K layoffs.

Last updated
City snapshot
50K
people laid off since Jan 2020
Companies tracked
54
active + historical
Rounds
78
total events
Top industry
Hardware
53% of cuts
Global city rank
#3
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
50K
Across 78 roundsRank #3
Last 12 months
Recent
14K
↓ 60% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
54
across 8 industriesHardware leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#3
5.3% of global totalof 201 cities
By industry · Austin· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

Hardware
6 ROUNDS
53% of Austin cuts
23,650
PEOPLE
Automotive / EV
4 ROUNDS
32%
14,500
PEOPLE
Recruiting
3 ROUNDS
7%
3,200
PEOPLE
HR Tech
4 ROUNDS
3%
1,373
PEOPLE
MarTech
6 ROUNDS
2%
720
PEOPLE
Dating
2 ROUNDS
1%
590
PEOPLE
Energy
2 ROUNDS
1%
570
PEOPLE
E-commerce
11 ROUNDS
<1%
277
PEOPLE
Top companies · Austin

Where the cuts landed.

Top companies
#01
Dell
HARDWARE · 5 ROUNDS
23,650
#02
Tesla
AUTOMOTIVE / EV · 4 ROUNDS
14,500
#03
Indeed
RECRUITING · 3 ROUNDS
3,200
#04
Xbox
1 ROUNDS
3,200
#05
Indeed + Glassdoor
HR TECH · 1 ROUNDS
1,300
#06
Bumble
DATING · 2 ROUNDS
590
#07
GoDaddy
MARTECH · 1 ROUNDS
451
Recent events · Austin· Latest

The latest Austin layoffs.

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Severity
Event
Location · When
Headcount
Source
High
X
Xbox
Xbox cuts over 3,200 jobs
Austin ·
3,200
tech-insider.org ↗
High
W
Wix
Wix layoffs hit 100 Austin employees
Austin ·
100
bizjournals.com ↗
High
T
Tesla
Tesla cuts 22% of Texas Gigafactory workforce
Austin ·
—
techbuzz.ai ↗
Severe
D
Dell
Dell Layoffs — 2026-03-16
Austin ·
11,000
reuters.com ↗
Low
AF
AI Fleet
AI Fleet Layoffs — 2025-11-13
Austin ·
—
bizjournals.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 ↗
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