The Bay Area has lost more than 11,000 tech jobs so far in 2025, a slump in hiring punctuated by disclosures of fresh layoffs in the region by big players such as Google, Walmart and Microsoft.

The three major companies disclosed their intentions to eliminate a combined 168 jobs, according to WARN letters the companies sent to the state Employment Development Department. All were described as permanent.

Walmart will slash 108 positions Aug. 22, affecting workers at a San Bruno site where the retailer crafts e-commerce and online services.

On July 6, Google will lay off 53 workers in Sunnyvale. In Mountain View and Sunnyvale, Microsoft announced plans for eight staffing reductions on Aug. 1.

The former autonomous vehicle company Cruise said one job cut occurred May 30.

The tech industry is no longer a robust engine that helps to power the Bay Area economy. Instead, it has begun to weigh down hiring.

The weakness in the Bay Area tech industry so far in 2025 is widespread, according to seasonally adjusted estimates that Beacon Economics derived from the monthly reports released by the state EDD.

Of the 11,200 net loss in tech jobs for the Bay Area, the majority occurred in the San Francisco-San Mateo region.

The nosedive in tech employment has materialized in the San Francisco metro area despite some optimistic assessments that the artificial intelligence industry was providing a jobs lift to the city.

Here is how tech job trends looked in the Bay Area’s three largest urban centers over the first four months of 2025, according to this news organization’s compilation of the Beacon Economics industry estimates:

• San Francisco-San Mateo suffered a net loss of 5,400 tech jobs.

• The South Bay lost 3,400 tech jobs.

• The East Bay shed a net total of 2,100 tech jobs.

In the North Bay, Sonoma County lost 200 tech jobs, and Marin County lost 100 positions. Tech job totals were unchanged in Solano County and Napa County over the first four months of this year.

The tech industry has entered what appears to be a protracted period of attempting to right-size its operations in the Bay Area after massive hiring sprees during the COVID-19 pandemic.

At the same time, companies also have jumped into new fields such as artificial intelligence even as they downsized in sectors that did not appear to be as promising.