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Apple Inc. Layoff — October 2026

SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGCalifornia Employment Development Department· filed August 20, 2026View the filing ↗

EMPLOYEES AFFECTED
147
PLANNED DATE
Oct 19, 2026
CONFIRMED IN SOURCE
147 OF 164,000 EMPLOYEES

What we know

Location: Apple Park Way Cupertino, CA · 3 locations (Santa Clara County).

A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on August 20, 2026.

Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the CA state workforce agency.

Summary

Apple Inc. disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the CA state workforce agency on August 20, 2026. The notice covers 147 employees in Apple Park Way Cupertino, CA (Santa Clara County), with the layoff effective October 19, 2026.

The state lists each affected employee separately by work location, so this filing spans 2 CA communities: Apple Park Way Cupertino, Sunnyvale.

That is roughly 0.1% of the 164,000 people Apple Inc. employs.

LayoffTalk has tracked 19 layoff events at Apple Inc. since April 2024, including 512 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 15 additional events known from news reporting.

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SOURCE
Official WARN notice
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Estimated figure based on a WARN filing. Not yet confirmed by Apple Inc..

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Apple Inc.AAPL
Information Technology · 164,000 employees
19
EVENTS TRACKED
512
JOBS IN WARN FILINGS
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CREATED AUG 26, 2026LAST UPDATED AUG 28, 2026