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Seattle layoffs, tracked in full.

Seattle has seen 101K job cuts across 107 tracked rounds since January 2020 — roughly 12.2% of all layoffs in our global dataset. The last 12 months alone saw 41K layoffs.

Last updated
City snapshot
101K
people laid off since Jan 2020
Companies tracked
22
active + historical
Rounds
107
total events
Top industry
Big Tech
88% of cuts
Global city rank
#2
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
101K
Across 107 roundsRank #2
Last 12 months
Recent
41K
↓ 33% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
22
across 8 industriesBig Tech leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#2
12.2% of global totalof 137 cities
By industry · Seattle· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

Big Tech
38 ROUNDS
88% of Seattle cuts
88,534
PEOPLE
PropTech
16 ROUNDS
5%
5,370
PEOPLE
Travel & Hospitality
9 ROUNDS
2%
1,700
PEOPLE
Cybersecurity
6 ROUNDS
1%
1,049
PEOPLE
Aerospace
3 ROUNDS
1%
1,040
PEOPLE
E-commerce
7 ROUNDS
1%
1,026
PEOPLE
Logistics & Supply Chain
7 ROUNDS
<1%
850
PEOPLE
Gaming
2 ROUNDS
<1%
470
PEOPLE
Top companies · Seattle

Where the cuts landed.

Top companies
#01
Amazon
BIG TECH · 19 ROUNDS
58,124
#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
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
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 ↗
Low
E
Expedia
Expedia Layoffs — 2026-01-26
Seattle ·
—
bizjournals.com ↗
Low
A
Amazon
Amazon Layoffs — 2025-12-15
Seattle ·
84
bizjournals.com ↗
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