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SF Bay Area layoffs, tracked in full.

SF Bay Area has seen 303K job cuts across 1,086 tracked rounds since January 2020 — roughly 32.4% of all layoffs in our global dataset. The last 12 months alone saw 66K layoffs.

Last updated
City snapshot
303K
people laid off since Jan 2020
Companies tracked
676
active + historical
Rounds
1,086
total events
Top industry
Big Tech
47% of cuts
Global city rank
#1
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
303K
Across 1,086 roundsRank #1
Last 12 months
Recent
66K
↓ 72% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
676
across 8 industriesBig Tech leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#1
32.4% of global totalof 200 cities
By industry · SF Bay Area· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

Big Tech
52 ROUNDS
47% of SF Bay Area cuts
97,495
PEOPLE
Fintech
128 ROUNDS
12%
24,646
PEOPLE
Semiconductors
14 ROUNDS
9%
19,432
PEOPLE
Cloud Infrastructure
32 ROUNDS
9%
19,217
PEOPLE
Hardware
24 ROUNDS
8%
16,912
PEOPLE
Enterprise SaaS
56 ROUNDS
5%
10,178
PEOPLE
Ride-hailing
8 ROUNDS
5%
9,744
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 · 6 ROUNDS
14,992
#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
C
Cisco
Cisco to lay off 471 workers at 3 Bay Area offices
SF Bay Area ·
471
sfchronicle.com ↗
High
LS
Lucid Software
Lucid announces second round of layoffs in 2026
SF Bay Area ·
1,500
sfgate.com ↗
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 ↗
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