Tech Layoffs 2026: Tracker & List by Company

This is a running tracker of 2026 tech layoffs, maintained by the team behind our managed IT services practice, which absorbs support work from companies that have cut internal IT staff. Every row below is a confirmed announcement with a month, a headcount figure, and a source. Last updated: August 5, 2026.

Tech layoffs 2026: list by company

Counts are announced figures at the time of disclosure. Where a company ran multiple rounds, the row shows the 2026 cumulative total and the notes column identifies the rounds. Rows without a verifiable month and count are excluded until confirmed.

Running total: 2026 vs 2025

Tracker totals differ by methodology. Layoffs.fyi counted roughly 173,900 tech workers laid off in 2026 as of early August; Yahoo Tech's tracker put the figure near 165,000, and narrower counts sit around 153,000. The realistic range as of August 5 is 153,000 to 174,000. For comparison, 2025 closed at roughly 245,000 tech layoffs; 2026 reached the 150,000 mark faster than 2025 did, so the year is on pace to match or exceed it. Q1 2026 alone accounted for about 82,000 cuts.

Monthly timeline, January to August 2026

January. Amazon opened the year with roughly 16,000 corporate role eliminations — about 30,000 combined with its October 2025 round — the largest confirmed announcement of early 2026.

February. Cuts continued at a steady pace across mid-size software firms as Q1 accumulated toward its ~82,000 total; Oracle's March 31 mass layoff was still ahead at that point.

March. Dell confirmed roughly 11,000 job cuts in a late-March reduction that took headcount from about 108,000 to 97,000.

April. Just under 12,000 workers were let go across companies including Disney's technology units, Amazon follow-on cuts, and Snap, per Yahoo Tech's monthly tally.

May. Meta laid off 8,000 employees effective May 20, about 10% of its workforce, and canceled 6,000 open requisitions, framing the cuts as funding for its AI programs, per Al Jazeera.

June. About 14,000 cuts were logged across Lucid, Bungie, Robinhood, and others; individual company figures were not broken out in most cases.

July. The busiest month of the summer: Microsoft cut 4,800 roles with Xbox hit hardest (~3,200), Monday.com eliminated ~630 positions (20%) in an AI platform pivot, Samsung cut 839 US roles including its New Jersey headquarters relocation, and Intel's manufacturing layoffs of up to 20% of that workforce began taking effect.

August. Magic Leap filed a WARN notice covering 193 jobs at its Florida headquarters, effective October 1, as it exits the headset business. Year-to-date totals crossed the 165,000 mark on broad-count trackers.

Why the cuts are happening

Companies cite AI restructuring more than any other reason. Meta, Monday.com, and Salesforce all tied their 2026 reductions directly to AI product pivots or AI-funded reorganizations. Analyses of Q1 announcements attribute roughly 42% of cuts to restructuring and 39% to budget reallocation toward AI projects. Intel and Dell cite cost reduction after revenue pressure; Samsung and Magic Leap cite site consolidation and business-model exits.

The counterweight is documented in hiring data: while these cuts ran, hiring for AI-related positions rose about 92%, and Indeed Hiring Lab found AI-mentioning postings growing against otherwise weak tech hiring. US AI-related vacancies reached 55,374 in Q1 2026, up 36% year over year. The same companies cutting general engineering, support, and marketing roles are posting AI engineering roles at record rates.

Biggest tech layoffs of 2026, ranked

1. Oracle — ~20,000–30,000 reported (March 31; total unconfirmed)
2. Amazon — ~16,000 (January; ~30,000 combined with the October 2025 round)
3. Intel — 2026 total undisclosed (more than 35,000 roles cut since 2024)
4. Microsoft — 4,800 (July 6, Xbox-heavy)
5. Dell — ~11,000 (March)
6. Meta — 8,000 (May, ~10%)
7. Wix — ~1,000 (~20%)
8. LinkedIn — ~875 (5%)
9. Samsung — 839 US roles (July)
10. Monday.com — ~630 (July, 20%)

What happens to the IT teams left behind

Layoff rounds rarely reduce the systems an IT department is responsible for; they reduce the people responsible for them. Surviving staff absorb the patching, backup, monitoring, and ticket queues of eliminated colleagues, and specialist coverage — database administration, Exchange, virtualization — is often the first depth lost. The documented industry response is outsourcing: companies that cut internal IT contract managed services providers to cover the workload that did not disappear with the headcount. This pattern held in the 2023-2024 cycle and is repeating in 2026, with server and helpdesk support the most commonly externalized functions.

Methodology

Rows in the master table require three things: a named company, a count and month from a company statement, SEC or WARN filing, or a reputable outlet (Reuters, CNBC, TechCrunch, Computerworld, NPR), and a linkable source. Aggregate totals reference layoffs.fyi and outlet trackers and are presented as ranges where trackers disagree. Reported-but-unconfirmed rounds are listed in the exclusions note, not the table. This page is updated monthly; the date stamp at the top reflects the last revision.

FAQ

How many tech layoffs have there been in 2026?

Between roughly 153,000 and 174,000 as of August 5, 2026, depending on tracker methodology. Layoffs.fyi counts about 173,900; narrower trackers count about 153,000.

Which company cut the most jobs in 2026?

By reported size, Oracle’s March 31 mass layoff (20,000–30,000 reported, unconfirmed by the company). Amazon’s January round (~16,000) is the largest company-confirmed single announcement of 2026.

Why are tech companies laying off employees?

The most-cited reasons are AI restructuring and budget reallocation toward AI programs, followed by conventional cost reduction and site consolidation. Analyses of 2026 announcements attribute about 42% to restructuring and 39% to AI-directed budget shifts.

Will layoffs continue through 2026?

Announced plans indicate yes. Meta has flagged additional cuts for the second half of 2026, Intel's manufacturing reductions run through year-end, and Magic Leap's WARN-filed cuts take effect October 1. The year's pace is ahead of 2025, which finished at about 245,000.