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SF Bay Area layoffs, tracked in full.

SF Bay Area has seen 301K job cuts across 1,084 tracked rounds since January 2020 — roughly 32.9% of all layoffs in our global dataset. The last 12 months alone saw 64K layoffs.

Last updated
City snapshot
301K
people laid off since Jan 2020
Companies tracked
675
active + historical
Rounds
1,084
total events
Top industry
Big Tech
48% of cuts
Global city rank
#1
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
301K
Across 1,084 roundsRank #1
Last 12 months
Recent
64K
↓ 73% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
675
across 8 industriesBig Tech leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#1
32.9% of global totalof 199 cities
By industry · SF Bay Area· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

Big Tech
52 ROUNDS
48% of SF Bay Area cuts
97,495
PEOPLE
Fintech
128 ROUNDS
12%
24,646
PEOPLE
Semiconductors
14 ROUNDS
10%
19,432
PEOPLE
Cloud Infrastructure
31 ROUNDS
9%
18,746
PEOPLE
Hardware
24 ROUNDS
8%
16,912
PEOPLE
Ride-hailing
8 ROUNDS
5%
9,744
PEOPLE
Enterprise SaaS
55 ROUNDS
4%
8,678
PEOPLE
Social Media
22 ROUNDS
4%
8,298
PEOPLE
Top companies · SF Bay Area

Where the cuts landed.

Top companies
#01
Meta
BIG TECH · 12 ROUNDS
35,700
#02
Oracle
BIG TECH · 8 ROUNDS
31,032
#03
Salesforce
BIG TECH · 10 ROUNDS
16,352
#04
Intel
SEMICONDUCTORS · 5 ROUNDS
15,746
#05
Cisco
CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE · 5 ROUNDS
14,521
#06
Google
BIG TECH · 17 ROUNDS
13,697
#07
HP
HARDWARE · 2 ROUNDS
8,000
Recent events · SF Bay Area· Latest

The latest SF Bay Area layoffs.

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Severity
Event
Location · When
Headcount
Source
Moderate
L
LinkedIn
LinkedIn to cut 606 jobs in California
SF Bay Area ·
606
sfgate.com ↗
Severe
M
Meta
Meta Layoffs — 2026-04-17
SF Bay Area ·
8,000
reuters.com ↗
Low
Q
Quora
Quora Layoffs — 2026-04-16
SF Bay Area ·
—
quora.com ↗
Severe
P
Productboard
Productboard Layoffs — 2026-04-15
SF Bay Area ·
—
linkedin.com ↗
Low
E
Eventbrite
Eventbrite Layoffs — 2026-04-13
SF Bay Area ·
—
reuters.com ↗
Low
L
Life360
Life360 Layoffs — 2026-04-10
SF Bay Area ·
—
com.au ↗
High
G
GoPro
GoPro Layoffs — 2026-04-07
SF Bay Area ·
145
wsj.com ↗
Severe
B
Bolt
Bolt Layoffs — 2026-04-05
SF Bay Area ·
—
pymnts.com ↗
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