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Washington D.C. layoffs, tracked in full.

Washington D.C. has seen 3K job cuts across 37 tracked rounds since January 2020 — roughly 0.3% of all layoffs in our global dataset. The last 12 months alone saw 0 layoffs.

Last updated
City snapshot
3K
people laid off since Jan 2020
Companies tracked
25
active + historical
Rounds
37
total events
Top industry
Fintech
44% of cuts
Global city rank
#42
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
3K
Across 37 roundsRank #42
Last 12 months
Recent
0
↓ 100% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
25
across 8 industriesFintech leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#42
0.3% of global totalof 199 cities
By industry · Washington D.C.· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

Fintech
3 ROUNDS
44% of Washington D.C. cuts
1,163
PEOPLE
Cybersecurity
6 ROUNDS
17%
456
PEOPLE
MarTech
1 ROUNDS
15%
400
PEOPLE
Media & Entertainment
9 ROUNDS
10%
262
PEOPLE
Data & Analytics
6 ROUNDS
7%
174
PEOPLE
Biotech
1 ROUNDS
4%
95
PEOPLE
AI / ML
1 ROUNDS
2%
60
PEOPLE
E-commerce
1 ROUNDS
<1%
15
PEOPLE
Top companies · Washington D.C.

Where the cuts landed.

Top companies
#01
Capital One
FINTECH · 1 ROUNDS
1,100
#02
Cvent
MARTECH · 1 ROUNDS
400
#03
Vox Media
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT · 5 ROUNDS
169
#04
IronNet
CYBERSECURITY · 3 ROUNDS
145
#05
ID.me
CYBERSECURITY · 1 ROUNDS
130
#06
Cyren
CYBERSECURITY · 1 ROUNDS
121
#07
54gene
BIOTECH · 1 ROUNDS
95
Recent events · Washington D.C.· Latest

The latest Washington D.C. layoffs.

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Severity
Event
Location · When
Headcount
Source
Low
2
2U
2U Layoffs — 2025-03-31
Washington D.C. ·
—
classcentral.com ↗
Low
P
Prefect
Prefect Layoffs — 2025-03-25
Washington D.C. ·
20
bizjournals.com ↗
Low
VM
Vox Media
Vox Media Layoffs — 2024-12-05
Washington D.C. ·
—
adweek.com ↗
Low
2
2U
2U Layoffs — 2024-12-04
Washington D.C. ·
—
classcentral.com ↗
High
AM
Axios Media
Axios Media Layoffs — 2024-08-06
Washington D.C. ·
50
nytimes.com ↗
Low
2
2U
2U Layoffs — 2024-01-22
Washington D.C. ·
—
classcentral.com ↗
Low
MC
Morning Consult
Morning Consult Layoffs — 2024-01-09
Washington D.C. ·
—
bizjournals.com ↗
Low
C
Curbio
Curbio Layoffs — 2023-12-14
Washington D.C. ·
—
linkedin.com ↗
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