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45%

45% -- share of laid off tech workers who are women for US tech industry (2023)

Name: Share Of Laid Off Tech Workers Who Are Women Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-10-04

2023 · n=3,404 · Layoffs.fyi

From October 2022 to June 2023, women made up 45% of laid-off tech employees according to an analysis of 3,404 workers by Layoffs.fyi.

Data comes from opt-in lists run through a gender name analyzer, which may have selection bias and is not perfect

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45%

Unit

Percentage

Data Vintage

2023

Entity

US tech industry

Sample Size

3,404

Geography

Evidence Quality

Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

61/100 confidence

Single source - not yet corroborated

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Source

Layoffs.fyi Primary Tier B

https://bertmartinez.com/tech-layoffs-hardest-on-women/ ↗

Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2023 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

Tech layoffs hardest on women

Original Research

Layoffs.fyi · Original study ↗

Methodology

Analysis of 3,404 laid-off tech workers by Layoffs.fyi, shared with Axios

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IndustryTech RegionUS

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US tech industry: 45% share of laid off tech workers who are women. Source: Layoffs.fyi (2023). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/tech-layoffs-women-share-2023

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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/tech-layoffs-women-share-2023" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>45%</strong> -- share of laid off tech workers who are women for US tech industry<br><small>Source: Layoffs.fyi (2023) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/tech-layoffs-women-share-2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>

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