Stanford University Layoff — September 2025

Stanford University announced it would cut 363 jobs across multiple campus areas, including administrative services, research, facilities, communications, libraries, marketing, and student services. The university filed a notice under California's WARN Act providing required notice of the mass layoffs. Stanford leaders attributed the reductions to a challenging fiscal environment largely shaped by federal policy changes affecting higher education and as part of $140 million in budget cuts announced in June. President Jonathan Levin and Provost Jenny Martinez communicated the decision to faculty and staff and expressed regret for the effects on colleagues who contributed to the university's mission.

Stanford University disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the CA state workforce agency on July 31, 2025. The notice covers 363 employees in Jane Stanford Way Stanford, CA (Santa Clara County), with the layoff effective September 30, 2025.

That is roughly 2.4% of the 15,000 people Stanford University employs.

LayoffTalk has tracked 13 layoff events at Stanford University since June 2025, including 363 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 12 additional events known from news reporting.