Sunnyvale, CA jobs, layoffs and employers

1,401 open professional jobs in Sunnyvale. Employers filed 11 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. Sunnyvale is in Santa Clara County.

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Employers hiring most in Sunnyvale

  1. Applied Intuition161 open roles
  2. Amazon127 open roles
  3. Cerebras Systems91 open roles
  4. Apple90 open roles
  5. Synopsys80 open roles
  6. Wayve78 open roles
  7. Google72 open roles
  8. Hewlett Packard Enterprise59 open roles
  9. Fortinet54 open roles
  10. Illumio35 open roles

Sunnyvale layoffs

  • 11

    Layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 500

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 6

    employers

Layoff notices filed in Sunnyvale, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
CepheidTakes effect Dec 28, 2026Santa Clara County6Layoff PermanentState record
CepheidTakes effect Dec 28, 2026Santa Clara County5Layoff PermanentState record
CepheidTakes effect Dec 28, 2026Santa Clara County5Layoff PermanentState record
Magic Leap, Inc.Takes effect Dec 1, 2026Santa Clara County5Layoff PermanentState record
Uber Technologies, Inc.Takes effect Nov 2, 2026Santa Clara County94Layoff PermanentState record
Uber Technologies, Inc.Takes effect Nov 2, 2026Santa Clara County43Layoff PermanentState record
SynopsysTakes effect Dec 16, 2026Santa Clara County128Layoff PermanentState record
AmazonTakes effect Oct 20, 2026Santa Clara County70Layoff PermanentState record
Apple, Inc. - Maude Ave.Takes effect Oct 19, 2026Santa Clara County40Layoff PermanentState record
Apple, Inc. - SunnyvaleTakes effect Oct 19, 2026Santa Clara County28Layoff PermanentState record
Magic Leap, Inc.Takes effect Oct 1, 2026Santa Clara County76Layoff PermanentState record

All layoff notices in the state

Conferences in Sunnyvale

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Sunnyvale. 1 with dates announced.

  • Elevate: Women's Leadership Forum

    May 6 to May 7, 2027 · Sunnyvale, CA

    Ticket $405 to $545. Standard $405 member / $545 non-member (early access was $375/$515). 7 CPE credits.

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Where Sunnyvale ranks

Where Sunnyvale placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

Santa Clara 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 0.4% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population down 0.9% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 4.2%, down 0.3 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: management of companies (+44,625 jobs), health care (+21,468 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−50,224 jobs), professional & technical (−12,753 jobs)

Local job-market news

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Workforce development and job centers

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

Laid off in California? How to file for unemployment in California (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

  • NOVAworks

    Sunnyvale · Comprehensive · 408-730-7232

    Mon - Fri 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Santa Clara County economy

  • 4.2%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    4.5% the month before

  • 1,040,676

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 1,903,297

    people in Santa Clara County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $159,674

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 59%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: Layoff notices from California’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. California unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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