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Boston layoffs, tracked in full.

Boston has seen 22K job cuts across 192 tracked rounds since January 2020 — roughly 2.4% of all layoffs in our global dataset. The last 12 months alone saw 2K layoffs.

Last updated
City snapshot
22K
people laid off since Jan 2020
Companies tracked
132
active + historical
Rounds
192
total events
Top industry
E-commerce
29% of cuts
Global city rank
#7
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
22K
Across 192 roundsRank #7
Last 12 months
Recent
2K
↓ 91% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
132
across 8 industriesE-commerce leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#7
2.4% of global totalof 200 cities
By industry · Boston· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

E-commerce
11 ROUNDS
29% of Boston cuts
5,178
PEOPLE
HR Tech
7 ROUNDS
21%
3,780
PEOPLE
Fintech
7 ROUNDS
11%
2,035
PEOPLE
Cybersecurity
19 ROUNDS
11%
1,967
PEOPLE
Healthcare
41 ROUNDS
11%
1,936
PEOPLE
MarTech
12 ROUNDS
7%
1,213
PEOPLE
Travel & Hospitality
7 ROUNDS
6%
1,134
PEOPLE
Hardware
5 ROUNDS
4%
680
PEOPLE
Top companies · Boston

Where the cuts landed.

Top companies
#01
Wayfair
E-COMMERCE · 4 ROUNDS
4,610
#02
UKG
HR TECH · 2 ROUNDS
3,150
#03
Toast
FINTECH · 2 ROUNDS
1,850
#04
TripAdvisor
TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY · 5 ROUNDS
1,100
#05
iRobot
HARDWARE · 4 ROUNDS
680
#06
Akamai
CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE · 2 ROUNDS
540
#07
Cyberark
CYBERSECURITY · 1 ROUNDS
500
Recent events · Boston· Latest

The latest Boston layoffs.

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Severity
Event
Location · When
Headcount
Source
Low
R
Rapid7
Rapid7 lays off 21 employees
Boston ·
21
bostonglobe.com ↗
Low
C
Compass
Compass Group USA cuts 83 jobs at Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Boston ·
83
bizjournals.com ↗
Moderate
P
Pentera
Pentera Layoffs — 2026-04-27
Boston ·
40
calcalistech.com ↗
Moderate
U
UKG
UKG Layoffs — 2026-04-15
Boston ·
950
sun-sentinel.com ↗
Low
D
DraftKings
DraftKings Layoffs — 2026-02-24
Boston ·
—
next.io ↗
High
C
Cyberark
Cyberark Layoffs — 2026-02-17
Boston ·
500
calcalistech.com ↗
Low
Z
Zipcar
Zipcar Layoffs — 2026-02-02
Boston ·
126
boston.com ↗
Moderate
L
Lusha
Lusha Layoffs — 2025-12-10
Boston ·
24
calcalistech.com ↗
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