Meta layoffs affect nearly 1,400 Washington state workers 33%
By Monica Nickelsburg0%
5/26/2026, 8:28:49 PM
Topics: Economy, Technology
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Meta’s sweeping layoffs over the past week had an outsized impact on employees in Washington, according to a filing with the state’s Employment Security Department.
Nearly 1,400 of the 8,000 employees Meta laid off last week were based in Washington.
Meta is headquartered in the Bay Area, but has a substantial presence in the Seattle region.
About 700 of the eliminated positions were based in Meta’s Bellevue office, according to the notice.
Other cuts affected Meta employees who worked in Seattle, Redmond, or from home.
All affected employees were notified last week.
Software engineers and engineering managers were the hardest hit in Washington, followed by technical program managers and data roles.
The layoff amounted to a 10% reduction of Meta’s workforce and came amid a multi-billion-dollar spending blitz on artificial intelligence.
Meta is just the latest tech company trimming its workforce to free up capital for AI data centers.
Since 2023, more than 20,000 tech workers in Washington have been laid off.
But whether AI is replacing those workers remains an open question.
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