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Boston layoffs, tracked in full.

Boston has seen 19K job cuts across 75 tracked rounds since January 2020 — roughly 2.3% of all layoffs in our global dataset. The last 12 months alone saw 2K layoffs.

Last updated
City snapshot
19K
people laid off since Jan 2020
Companies tracked
34
active + historical
Rounds
75
total events
Top industry
E-commerce
31% of cuts
Global city rank
#10
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
19K
Across 75 roundsRank #10
Last 12 months
Recent
2K
↓ 91% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
34
across 8 industriesE-commerce leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#10
2.3% of global totalof 137 cities
By industry · Boston· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

E-commerce
9 ROUNDS
31% of Boston cuts
5,138
PEOPLE
HR Tech
4 ROUNDS
22%
3,635
PEOPLE
Fintech
4 ROUNDS
12%
2,035
PEOPLE
Cybersecurity
11 ROUNDS
11%
1,741
PEOPLE
Healthcare
8 ROUNDS
7%
1,103
PEOPLE
Travel & Hospitality
6 ROUNDS
7%
1,100
PEOPLE
MarTech
6 ROUNDS
6%
927
PEOPLE
Hardware
4 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
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 ↗
Low
E
ezCater
ezCater Layoffs — 2025-11-21
Boston ·
40
bizjournals.com ↗
High
T
TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor Layoffs — 2025-11-05
Boston ·
—
skift.com ↗
Severe
B
Brightcove
Brightcove Layoffs — 2025-03-19
Boston ·
198
boston.com ↗
Moderate
W
Wayfair
Wayfair Layoffs — 2025-03-07
Boston ·
340
yahoo.com ↗
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