Oracle to lay off nearly 500 WA employees, mostly affecting Seattle

Oracle announced it is laying off nearly 500 employees based in Washington.

Oracle, a global tech company that specializes in cloud computing, revealed thousands of workers are being laid off in a company announcement Tuesday. The Washington layoffs, affecting 491 employees, mostly impact those working at the two Oracle offices in downtown Seattle, according to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing.

According to Oracle, headquartered in Austin, Texas, ⁠its Seattle offices will remain open. The company stated the job cuts are a result of a “reduction in force and other terminations.” Oracle is additionally investing more in artificial intelligence (AI).

The layoffs are effective on June 1. According to Reuters, Oracle employs 162,000 full-time employees, as of May 2025. Reuters also reported that shares in the company climbed more than 5% in afternoon trade⁠, but remain down approximately 29% this year so far.

Layoffs.fyi revealed that nearly 41,500 tech jobs have been eliminated in 2026 by 78 tech companies.

Oracle laid off Seattle employees in 2 rounds in 2025

Oracle laid off 101 Seattle-based employees, according to a WARN filing in September 2025, one month after laying off 161 Seattle-based employees, bringing the total number of Seattle-based Oracle layoffs in 2025 to 262.

The layoffs affected workers in its cloud computing department, as the company joined other major tech companies in limiting spending amid the costs of investing in AI infrastructure, according to Bloomberg.

As of June 2025, Oracle was the seventh-largest tech employer in the Puget Sound region.

Contributing: Jason Sutich, MyNorthwest

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