Amazon layoffs 2026: Company trims 1,400 workforce in Seattle as local tech jobs wither
Amazon’s 16,000 job cuts announced this week include about 1,400 in Seattle and approximately 700 in the neighboring suburb of Bellevue, according to documents filed with state and local authorities.
Those losses follow an October round of layoffs that impacted more than 2,000 Amazon employees in the region. Other tech companies have also shed jobs this year in the Seattle area: Expedia cut 162 jobs on Wednesday and Meta Platforms cut 331 jobs last week.
