"Two years ago, the picture was much bleaker, as the city's Office of Economic and Workforce Development tracked a whopping 10,200 layoffs when a swath of local residents lost their jobs amid 2023's huge cuts to the tech industry. But in 2025, the city's layoff tally was down to around 3,860 - the second straight year of improvement and a positive sign for residents dealing with high rents and child care costs."
"The data comes from WARN filings submitted to the city - which employers are mandated to send when cutting more than 50 workers or shutting down a facility - so they don't represent every single layoff. SFGATE obtained the tally from the city workforce office and cross-checked it with individual WARNs provided by California's Employment Development Department. Even with the lower numbers, the year's total indicates brutal impacts on the city's workforce and the communities that companies served."
San Francisco's layoff total declined to about 3,860 in 2025, down from 10,200 in 2023. The count is based on WARN filings employers must submit when cutting more than 50 workers or closing a facility, so smaller reductions are not included. Major layoffs affected both service-industry and tech workers, including pharmacy closures at Walgreens, cuts at Goodwill, and large staff reductions at the Mental Health Association of San Francisco. Retail departures such as Bloomingdale's and numerous tech-company layoffs — including repeated, large cuts at Cruise as it collapsed — contributed to community impacts.
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