5 tech sectors hit hardest by layoffs

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Technology is more vital to our lives than ever before — but the tech industry and its employees are currently experiencing some brutal growing pains. 

So far in 2022, more than 73,000 workers in the U.S. tech sector have been laid off, according to technology news site Crunchbase. The industry at large is suffering historic losses, but certain sectors are feeling the effects more than others. In order to provide more transparency, data insights platform CoinGecko recently released a study examining tech layoffs that were publicly reported between January 1, 2022 through November 13, 2022. 

Number of employees laid off: 18,486

Number of employees laid off: 13, 203

Paola Peralta
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Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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