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Key Takeaways
- Amazon leads all companies with 30,184 disclosed layoffs across 2025 and 2026 to date.
- Intel (27,058) and Microsoft (15,347) rank second and third, far ahead of the rest.
- Just three companies account for roughly 64% of all layoffs shown in the ranking.
Layoffs in tech are increasingly concentrated among a handful of giant companies. Amazon, Intel, and Microsoft alone dominate this ranking, far outpacing the rest of the industry.
While the pace of layoffs has slowed from earlier peaks, companies are still trimming headcount as they balance profitability, slower growth, and increased investment in AI.
This visualization ranks the 15 tech companies that have cut the most jobs across 2025 and 2026 as of March 16, based on data from Layoffs.fyi.
Amazon Leads With Over 30,000 Layoffs
Amazon leads the ranking with 30,184 disclosed layoffs, followed by Intel at 27,058 and Microsoft at 15,347. Together, these three companies account for nearly two-thirds of all layoffs shown.
The data table below shows the top 15 companies by disclosed layoffs in 2025 and 2026 as of March 16, 2026:
| Rank | Company | Disclosed Layoffs in 2025 and 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon | 30,184 |
| 2 | Intel | 27,058 |
| 3 | Microsoft | 15,347 |
| 4 | HP | 8,000 |
| 5 | Meta | 5,800 |
| 6 | Salesforce | 5,385 |
| 7 | Block | 4,931 |
| 8 | Northvolt | 2,800 |
| 9 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 2,552 |
| 10 | Autodesk | 2,350 |
| 11 | Workday | 2,150 |
| 12 | Synopsys | 2,000 |
| 13 | WiseTech | 2,000 |
| 14 | Atlassian | 1,950 |
| 15 | ASML | 1,700 |
Since 2020, Amazon has disclosed layoffs of around 58,000 employees. While this is more than many companies’ entire workforce, for Amazon it represents less than 4% of its 1.56 million employees.
The next major Big Tech company on the list is Meta with 5,800 disclosed layoffs, and reports note that the company is eyeing additional 2026 cuts that could reduce headcount by 20%.
Why Big Tech Is Still Cutting Jobs
Many of the largest tech layoffs in 2025 and 2026 reflect a similar set of pressures: slower growth, tighter cost controls, and increased investment in AI.
Some companies have been explicit about AI’s role. Block, for example, cut nearly half its workforce in 2026 with 4,000 layoffs, as CEO Jack Dorsey pointed to AI automation as a driver of a broader, one-time reorganization instead of smaller, ongoing cuts. Following his announcement, the company’s share price rose more than 20% in a single day.
In other cases, companies have emphasized structural changes rather than AI directly. At Amazon, January 2026 layoffs were part of efforts to reduce management layers, streamline decision-making, and reallocate resources toward priority areas, while continuing to hire in select roles.
Intel, meanwhile, tied its cuts to a broader multiyear turnaround. The company said it aims to align its cost structure with a new operating model, pursue $10 billion in 2025 cost savings, and simplify operations amid ongoing margin pressure.
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