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San Diego layoffs, tracked in full.

San Diego has seen 6K job cuts across 35 tracked rounds since January 2020 — roughly 0.7% of all layoffs in our global dataset. The last 12 months alone saw 260 layoffs.

Last updated
City snapshot
6K
people laid off since Jan 2020
Companies tracked
17
active + historical
Rounds
35
total events
Top industry
Healthcare
32% of cuts
Global city rank
#23
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
6K
Across 35 roundsRank #23
Last 12 months
Recent
260
↓ 96% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
17
across 8 industriesHealthcare leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#23
0.7% of global totalof 201 cities
By industry · San Diego· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

Healthcare
10 ROUNDS
32% of San Diego cuts
1,948
PEOPLE
Semiconductors
2 ROUNDS
23%
1,411
PEOPLE
Enterprise SaaS
6 ROUNDS
21%
1,250
PEOPLE
Biotech
4 ROUNDS
13%
762
PEOPLE
Autonomous Vehicles
3 ROUNDS
8%
500
PEOPLE
Logistics & Supply Chain
2 ROUNDS
2%
99
PEOPLE
Construction Tech
1 ROUNDS
<1%
60
PEOPLE
Cloud Infrastructure
3 ROUNDS
<1%
45
PEOPLE
Top companies · San Diego

Where the cuts landed.

Top companies
#01
Qualcomm
SEMICONDUCTORS · 2 ROUNDS
1,411
#02
Viasat
ENTERPRISE SAAS · 2 ROUNDS
1,100
#03
Cue Health
HEALTHCARE · 5 ROUNDS
1,075
#04
Illumina
BIOTECH · 4 ROUNDS
762
#05
Cue
HEALTHCARE · 2 ROUNDS
558
#06
TuSimple
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES · 3 ROUNDS
500
#07
Fate Therapeutics
HEALTHCARE · 1 ROUNDS
315
Recent events · San Diego· Latest

The latest San Diego layoffs.

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Severity
Event
Location · When
Headcount
Source
Moderate
SH
Sharp HealthCare
Sharp HealthCare announces restructuring that will impact 260 workers
San Diego ·
260
sandiegouniontribune.com ↗
Moderate
D
Drata
Drata Layoffs — 2024-09-26
San Diego ·
40
techcrunch.com ↗
High
T
Teradata
Teradata Layoffs — 2024-08-06
San Diego ·
—
marketwatch.com ↗
Severe
CH
Cue Health
Cue Health Layoffs — 2024-05-22
San Diego ·
180
fiercebiotech.com ↗
Severe
CH
Cue Health
Cue Health Layoffs — 2024-05-03
San Diego ·
230
beckershospitalreview.com ↗
High
SG
Singular Genomics
Singular Genomics Layoffs — 2024-03-19
San Diego ·
—
genomeweb.com ↗
Low
FF
Flock Freight
Flock Freight Layoffs — 2024-03-16
San Diego ·
54
freightwaves.com ↗
Low
K
Kandji
Kandji Layoffs — 2024-02-09
San Diego ·
—
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