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San Diego layoffs, tracked in full.

San Diego has seen 6K job cuts across 21 tracked rounds since January 2020 — roughly 0.7% of all layoffs in our global dataset. The last 12 months alone saw 0 layoffs.

Last updated
City snapshot
6K
people laid off since Jan 2020
Companies tracked
8
active + historical
Rounds
21
total events
Top industry
Healthcare
33% of cuts
Global city rank
#21
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
6K
Across 21 roundsRank #21
Last 12 months
Recent
0
↓ 100% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
8
across 5 industriesHealthcare leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#21
0.7% of global totalof 137 cities
By industry · San Diego· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

Healthcare
8 ROUNDS
33% of San Diego cuts
1,948
PEOPLE
Semiconductors
2 ROUNDS
24%
1,411
PEOPLE
Enterprise SaaS
4 ROUNDS
21%
1,250
PEOPLE
Biotech
4 ROUNDS
13%
762
PEOPLE
Autonomous Vehicles
3 ROUNDS
9%
500
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
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 ↗
Severe
CH
Cue Health
Cue Health Layoffs — 2024-02-02
San Diego ·
245
sandiegouniontribune.com ↗
Low
I
Illumina
Illumina Layoffs — 2024-02-01
San Diego ·
111
sandiegouniontribune.com ↗
High
CH
Cue Health
Cue Health Layoffs — 2024-01-05
San Diego ·
94
360dx.com ↗
Low
T
TuSimple
TuSimple Layoffs — 2023-12-04
San Diego ·
150
morningstar.com ↗
High
V
Viasat
Viasat Layoffs — 2023-11-02
San Diego ·
800
bloomberglaw.com ↗
High
Q
Qualcomm
Qualcomm Layoffs — 2023-10-12
San Diego ·
1,258
cnbc.com ↗
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