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Seattle layoffs, tracked in full.

Seattle has seen 119K job cuts across 194 tracked rounds since January 2020 — roughly 13.0% of all layoffs in our global dataset. The last 12 months alone saw 47K layoffs.

Last updated
City snapshot
119K
people laid off since Jan 2020
Companies tracked
90
active + historical
Rounds
194
total events
Top industry
Big Tech
90% of cuts
Global city rank
#2
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
119K
Across 194 roundsRank #2
Last 12 months
Recent
47K
↓ 34% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
90
across 8 industriesBig Tech leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#2
13.0% of global totalof 199 cities
By industry · Seattle· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

Big Tech
39 ROUNDS
90% of Seattle cuts
104,634
PEOPLE
PropTech
22 ROUNDS
5%
5,422
PEOPLE
Travel & Hospitality
9 ROUNDS
1%
1,700
PEOPLE
E-commerce
10 ROUNDS
1%
1,185
PEOPLE
Cybersecurity
10 ROUNDS
<1%
1,079
PEOPLE
Aerospace
3 ROUNDS
<1%
1,040
PEOPLE
Logistics & Supply Chain
9 ROUNDS
<1%
913
PEOPLE
Gaming
2 ROUNDS
<1%
470
PEOPLE
Top companies · Seattle

Where the cuts landed.

Top companies
#01
Amazon
BIG TECH · 20 ROUNDS
74,224
#02
Microsoft
BIG TECH · 16 ROUNDS
30,055
#03
Zillow
PROPTECH · 5 ROUNDS
2,523
#04
Redfin
PROPTECH · 7 ROUNDS
2,347
#05
Expedia
TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY · 9 ROUNDS
1,700
#06
F5
CYBERSECURITY · 6 ROUNDS
1,049
#07
Blue Origin
AEROSPACE · 3 ROUNDS
1,040
Recent events · Seattle· Latest

The latest Seattle layoffs.

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Severity
Event
Location · When
Headcount
Source
Severe
A
Amazon
Amazon cuts jobs in Selling Partner Services team
Seattle ·
16,100
businessinsider.com ↗
Severe
RR
Rec Room
Rec Room Layoffs — 2026-03-31
Seattle ·
—
techcrunch.com ↗
Low
A
Amazon
Amazon Layoffs — 2026-03-04
Seattle ·
100
yahoo.com ↗
Low
M
MicroVision
MicroVision Layoffs — 2026-03-03
Seattle ·
49
bizjournals.com ↗
Low
S
Smartsheet
Smartsheet Layoffs — 2026-02-04
Seattle ·
—
geekwire.com ↗
Low
Z
Zillow
Zillow Layoffs — 2026-02-02
Seattle ·
200
seattletimes.com ↗
Low
E
Expedia
Expedia Layoffs — 2026-02-01
Seattle ·
100
yahoo.com ↗
Severe
A
Amazon
Amazon Layoffs — 2026-01-28
Seattle ·
16,000
aboutamazon.com ↗
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