Jan 28 (Reuters) - Less than 30 days into 2026, U.S. companies across sectors have announced layoffs as they cut costs and simplify operations in the backdrop of rising adoption of artificial intelligence tools.
On Wednesday, tech giant Amazon became the latest, cutting 16,000 roles worldwide in the second major round of job cuts at the company in three months.
Here are some of the U.S. companies that have announced job cuts so far in 2026:
Notes
Date of % of
Secto Announceme Company Job Total
r nt Cuts
Workforc
e
Technology
January Pinteres Less Reallocating
t than Less resources to
780 than 15% artificial
intelligence-focu
sed roles and
strategy
January Autodesk Roughly Aiming to
7% redirect spending
About to cloud platform
1,000 and artificial
intelligence
efforts
January * Meta Unknown Shifting focus to
wearables from
10% some virtual
of reality products
emplo
yees
in
Reali
ty
Labs
divis
ion
January Amazon Part
of broader goal
Rough Target of trimming some
ly of 30,000 corporate
16,00 30,000 workers
0 jobs
represen
ts nearl
y 10% of
corporat
e
workforc
e
January Angi Rough Unknown AI-driven
ly efficiency
350 improvements
Consumer and Retail
January ** Nike Unknown Consolidating
operations
775 footprint
Resources
January Tronox 550 Unknown Fuzhou pigment
in plant closure due
China to weak Chinese
domestic demand
and increasing
costs
Manufacturing
January FedEx Unknown Overhauling
France operations
Up to and trimming
500 i station footprint
n
Franc
e
January United Unknown Reducing
Parcel low-margin Amazon
Service Up to delivery volumes
30,0
00
Finance
January *** Unknown Part
Citigrou of previously
p About announced plan to
1,000 shed 20,000 jobs
by 2026
* Meta plans to cut around 10% of the employees in its Reality Labs division who work on products including the metaverse, according to a New York Times report
** Nike is laying off 775 employees, primarily impacting distribution center roles in Tennessee and Mississippi, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters *** Citigroup will cut about 1,000 jobs as part of a plan announced two years ago to reduce the workforce by 20,000, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters
(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru; Editing by Sahal Muhammed)
