A massive tech layoff is already brewing for the year 2026.
Today’s visualization shows that the technology industry has eliminated approximately 100,443 jobs in the first four months of 2026.
The data comes from Skillsyncer, which tracks layoffs across 143 companies with reported headcount.
They are aggregated from official company announcements, SEC filings, reputable news outlets (Bloomberg, Reuters, TechCrunch), and LinkedIn.
Note: The figures include only layoffs with reported headcount. In other words, percentage-only layoffs are excluded from totals.
TL;DR
- In 2026, we have seen a total of 155 layoffs, impacting 100,443 individuals.
- Oracle cut 30,254 positions in March, accounting for approximately 60.7% of the month’s total and approximately 30.1% of all reported 2026 tech layoffs through April.
| wdt_ID | wdt_created_by | wdt_created_at | wdt_last_edited_by | wdt_last_edited_at | Month | Number of tech layoffs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 26/04/2026 08:43 AM | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 26/04/2026 08:43 AM | January | 28,683.0 |
| 2 | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 26/04/2026 08:43 AM | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 26/04/2026 08:43 AM | February | 20,138.0 |
| 3 | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 26/04/2026 08:43 AM | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 26/04/2026 08:43 AM | March | 49,802.0 |
| 4 | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 26/04/2026 08:43 AM | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 26/04/2026 08:43 AM | April | 1,820.0 |
March Did the Damage
January recorded 28,683 cuts across 40 companies. February recorded 20,138 across 41. Then, March saw 49,802 layoffs across 44 companies.
That’s nearly double January’s figure, more than double February’s, and approximately 49.6% of the entire 2026 running total in a single month.
Meanwhile, one company drove that spike.
Oracle cut 30,254 positions in March, accounting for approximately 60.7% of the month’s total and approximately 30.1% of all reported 2026 tech layoffs through April.
Oracle’s restructuring, aimed at shifting resources toward AI cloud infrastructure, is the single event that has defined the shape of 2026 tech job-loss data.
Who Is Cutting and Why
Beyond Oracle, Amazon cut 18,500 positions, the second-largest total in the dataset.
- Nokia cut 14,000,
- Block cut 5,100.
- Aumovio, an automotive technology firm, cut 4,000
By industry, IT Services and IT Consulting lead all categories at 30,213 layoffs, followed by Software and Tech at 19,758 and Telecommunications at 16,643.
Telecommunications at 16,643 is driven by Nokia’s 14,000 and Ericsson’s 1,600.
They are two of the three largest Western telecom equipment manufacturers cutting simultaneously as 5G infrastructure build-out plateaus and new network contract volumes decline.
Geographically, the United States accounts for 66,091 layoffs, approximately 65.8% of the dataset total.
The Wave That Has Not Arrived
Meta’s announcement of approximately 8,000 layoffs (framed explicitly as a reallocation of resources toward artificial intelligence) represents the most prominent addition to 2026’s layoff count that the Skillsyncer data does not yet reflect.
The cuts begin May 20.
Meta also canceled 6,000 open positions that will not appear in headcount-based layoff tracking since those roles were never filled.
Oracle, Amazon, and Meta (the three largest contributors to the 2026 tech workforce reductions) have all framed their cuts as AI investments rather than business contractions.
The companies doing the most job cuts are among the most profitable in the technology sector.
Here are other expectations for the year:
- Microsoft: While the company hasn’t announced any further layoffs, it is expected to offer buyouts to 7% of its U.S. workforce by the end of June. A buyout is when a company offers an employee a financial incentive to resign.
- Nike: The shoe giant announced in April that it was laying off about 2% of its workforce, or about 1,400 employees.
- Snapchat: On April 14, Snapchat maker Snap Inc. announced it would cut 16% of its global workforce. As CNBC reported, that equates to about 1,000 jobs, while another 300 currently empty roles will remain unfilled.
- GoPro: On April 7, wearable camera maker GoPro announced plans to lay off 145 workers.
ELI5
More than 100,000 people have already lost their tech jobs in 2026, and the year is barely four months old. One company, Oracle, cut approximately 30,000 of those jobs alone. Amazon and Nokia cut tens of thousands more. Meta is about to cut 8,000 starting in May, which isn’t even counted yet. Most companies say they’re cutting workers to spend money on AI instead.
Source:
Skillsyncer, 2026 Tech Layoffs Monthly Breakdown (captured April 26, 2026).