San Francisco, CA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in San Francisco

• Senior Product DesignerGumloop
• Software Engineer, Growth Data PlatformOmni
• Staff Engineer, Full Stack (US, Canada, SF)Short Story
• VP, FinanceVori
• Product Engineer, Front EndFlux
• Member of Technical Staff - Engineering Lead, Compute PlatformReflection AI
• Engagement LeadSable Bio
• Scientist/Sr. Scientist, Computational ChemistryGeneral Proximity
• Healthcare & Medical Malpractice Associate AttorneyLewis Brisbois
• E-Discovery Project ManagerLatham & Watkins

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Employers hiring most in San Francisco

1. OpenAI526 open roles
2. Anthropic371 open roles
3. ScrumAID201 open roles
4. Amazon153 open roles
5. Crusoe128 open roles
6. Sierra116 open roles
7. UCSF (incl. UCSF Health)116 open roles
8. DoorDash115 open roles
9. Harvey112 open roles
10. Airwallex93 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in San Francisco

• Stripeabout 8,000 employees (2022)
• OpenAIabout 4,500 employees (2026)
• Databricksabout 4,000 employees (2022)
• Pinterestabout 3,200 employees (2021)
• Cloudflareabout 3,200 employees (2022)
• Flexportabout 2,100 employees (2026)
• JFrogabout 1,300 employees (2022)
• Harnessabout 1,200 employees (2026)
• Bechtel20,001–100,000 employees
• Doordash20,001–100,000 employees

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

San Francisco layoffs

• 17

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

• 2,464

  workers named

  A floor: states may leave out counts

• 13

  employers

All layoff notices in the state

Colleges in San Francisco

Job fairs and business events in San Francisco

Hiring events, career workshops and business events in San Francisco.

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Conferences in San Francisco

Industry conferences and trade shows held in San Francisco. 52 with dates announced.

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San Francisco County outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

• Private-sector jobs down 7.6% from 2022 to 2025
• Population down 5.6% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.0%, down 0.3 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+4,675 jobs), hotels & food (+3,858 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: professional & technical (−24,498 jobs), finance & insurance (−9,397 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in San Francisco. Each link goes to the publisher.

• Canva announces layoffs as part of restructuring impacting 1,200+ peopleKRON4 on MSN · Nov 4, 2026
• Dropbox, Front Cut 110 San Francisco Jobs as Bay Area Layoffs Near 14,500Hoodline · Oct 31, 2026
• Tech layoffs piling up as Bay Area companies slash 100+ workersNew York Post on MSN · Oct 30, 2026
• San Francisco startup recruits workers to train AI via robot dog walksTimes Now World on MSN · Oct 30, 2026
• San Francisco startup offered $20 an hour to walk robot dogs for AI training: reportFox Business · Oct 28, 2026
• Maya Aharon, Featured by Influential Women, Believes AI Will Bring More People Into the Skilled Trades, Not FewerNorthJersey.com · Oct 28, 2026
• This California city’s mayor declared rental emergency as rents soared 25% in 2026. Is AI to blame?The Economic Times · Oct 21, 2026
• California Attorney General Bonta Sues to Block Trump’s Closure of San Francisco National Archives, Says, “California Won’t Stand Idly By While The Trump Administration ...Sierra Sun Times · Oct 14, 2026

Learn and get funded in San Francisco

• Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
• Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
• Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving San Francisco. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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• Workforce Investment San Francisco

  San Francisco; City: San Francisco

• Chinatown Centralized Job Center

  San Francisco · Affiliate · 415-677-7500

  Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

• EDD Workforce Service - San Francisco Civic Center

  San Francisco · Affiliate · 415-749-7503

  Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

• Goodwill Centralized Job Center

  San Francisco · Comprehensive · 415-575-4570

  Monday - Friday 10:00am-4:00pm

• Human Services Agency of San Francisco

  San Francisco · Affiliate · 415-401-4800

  Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

San Francisco County economy

• 4.0%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.3% the month before

• 501,440

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 836,321

  people in San Francisco County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $141,446

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 63%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS