The Crunchbase Tech Layoffs Tracker
More than 127,000 workers at U.S.-based technology companies lost their jobs in 2025, according to a running tally kept by Crunchbase News, and the cuts have carried into 2026. The deepest reductions came from established giants, with Intel eliminating 27,159 roles, Microsoft 15,387 and Amazon 14,709. Crunchbase ties much of the wave to cost cutting and a shift of hiring budgets toward AI development and automation.
Key Takeaways
- Tech layoffs: At least 127,000 workers at U.S.-based tech companies were laid off in mass job cuts in 2025.
Follow along here with our comprehensive tech layoffs tracker, updated weekly, of U.S. tech employers cutting jobs.
- It's unclear exactly how many of the workers in these divisions were let go.
According to the report , the cuts affected around 15% of the company's global tech workforce.
- In 2022: More than 93,000 jobs were slashed from public and private tech companies in the U.S. This tracker includes layoffs conducted by U.S.-based companies or those with a strong U.S. presence and is updated at least bi-weekly.
We've included both startups and publicly traded, tech-heavy companies.
- If an employee headcount cannot be confirmed to our standards, we note it as "unclear."
- Companies have given various reasons for conducting layoffs.
Stats & Key Facts
- #More than 127,000 workers at U.S.-based technology companies lost their jobs in 2025, according to a running tally kept by Crunchbase News, and the cuts have carried into 2026.
- #The tracker logs new company reductions week by week, including 4,375 employees affected in the seven days ending June 10, 2026.
- #Tech layoffs: At least 127,000 workers at U.S.-based tech companies were laid off in mass job cuts in 2025.
- #St. Louis-based enterprise software provider Amdocs leads the count with an announcement that 2,900 employees - many based in Israel - will lose their positions as part of the company's ongoing reorganization efforts.
Tech layoffs: At least 127,000 workers at U.S.-based tech companies were laid off in mass job cuts in 2025. Follow along here with our comprehensive tech layoffs tracker, updated weekly, of U.S. tech employers cutting jobs. St. Louis-based enterprise software provider Amdocs leads the count with an announcement that 2,900 employees - many based in Israel - will lose their positions as part of the company's ongoing reorganization efforts.
Since this is a global cut, it is unclear how many U.S. workers will be affected. San Francisco-based Salesforce 1 rejoins the tracker this week with a report it has trimmed its worker count in its Agentforce AI, Mulesoft IT and Marketing Cloud software products by about 86 positions. According to the report, workers based in California, Washington and overseas were affected.
In its efforts to prioritize its investments in AI, Mountain View, California-based internet giant Google has been paring the workforce in its Google Cloud division lately, with its Threat Intelligence Group also getting trimmed. It's unclear exactly how many of the workers in these divisions were let go. Making its debut on our Tech Layoffs Tracker, or any layoffs tracker, is Seattle-based logistics company Expeditors International .
For more details please read the original article at Crunchbase News.
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