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REPORTED · WARN NOTICEPublished Dec 10, 2025

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) Layoff — December 2025

EMPLOYEES AFFECTED
543
SHARE OF WORKFORCE
~9.0%
EFFECTIVE DATE
Dec 13, 2025
543 OF 6,000 EMPLOYEES

What we know

Location: Oak Grove Drive La Canada Flintridge, CA (Los Angeles County).

A WARN notice was filed on October 14, 2025.

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

Summary

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice filed with the CA state workforce agency on October 14, 2025. The notice covers 543 employees in Oak Grove Drive La Canada Flintridge, CA (Los Angeles County), with the layoff effective December 13, 2025.

That is roughly 9% of the 6,000 people Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) employs.

LayoffTalk has tracked 14 layoff events at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) since October 2023, affecting a combined 4,493 employees.

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LTLayoffTalk StaffStaff22 hours ago

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) cut 543 jobs in Oak Grove Drive La Canada Flintridge, CA on December 13, 2025. If you were part of this round, what was your experience? Others going through it are reading. You can post anonymously below.

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology)
Industrials · 6,000 employees
14
EVENTS TRACKED
5,043
AFFECTED SINCE 2023
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