Notable U.S. tech layoffs are included. We only cover U.S.-based companies or companies with a strong U.S. presence.

We’ve included both startups and publicly traded tech-heavy companies. We’ve also included companies based elsewhere that have a sizable team in the United States, such as Klarna, even when it’s unclear how much of the U.S. workforce has been affected by layoffs.

Layoff and workforce figures are best estimates based on reporting. We source the layoffs from media reports, our own reporting, social media posts and layoffs.fyi, a crowdsourced database of tech layoffs. 

We recently updated our layoffs tracker to reflect the most recent round of layoffs each company conducted. This has allowed us to quickly and more accurately track layoff trends, which is why you might notice some changes in our most recent numbers.

If an employee headcount could not be confirmed to our standards, we noted it as “unclear.”

A layoff is typically a permanent termination of someone’s employment, usually for cost-saving reasons by the company.

A mass layoff is when a significant number of employees are cut from a company’s workforce in a short period of time, often as a result of economic conditions. 

Tech layoffs have increased in 2022 and 2023. Companies have given various reasons for conducting layoffs. 

Many large tech employers such as Salesforce and Google parent Alphabet have noted that the recent layoffs follow several years of rapid hiring fueled by fast growth. Several large tech companies that have done layoffs have also cited a decline in their stock price, slowing sales and fears of a recession as reasons for downsizing. 

Many venture-backed tech startups have also done layoffs, pointing to a slowdown in venture capital funding and falling startup valuations as factors in their decisions to conduct layoffs.

More than 140,000 U.S. tech employees were laid off in 2022. As of March 2023, more than 100,000 U.S. tech employees have lost their jobs this year.

Tech layoffs have hit across departments at many companies.

Google, for example, cut roles in its sales, recruiting, product and engineering teams. Amazon’s layoffs included jobs in its AWS cloud unit, at Twitch, and in its advertising department. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company’s recruiting department would be the first to see job cuts.

Follow tech layoffs news here and track which companies are cutting jobs with the layoffs tracker above.

Many tech companies continue to hire for open roles, despite layoffs in the sector. Find out more about Crunchbase’s Actively Hiring filter and how you can find companies with multiple open roles.

Crunchbase News also highlights recently funded startups that are actively hiring in our weekly Who’s Hiring feature. You can find all of our job market related news here.

Our hope is that this database will be as comprehensive as possible, so if we’ve missed any companies or if your company goes through layoffs, please let us know by filling out this form.

This layoff tracker will be updated at least weekly, if not more frequently.