A photo of Amazon’s headquarters in downtown Seattle. (Photo by Stephen Brashear/
SEATTLE —Amazon is planning another round of permanent layoffs in the Puget Sound region, with 121 workers expected to be affected in Seattle, Bellevue and Sumner, according to a state filing.
The Washington State Employment Security Department said it received a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, for Amazon. The expected beginning date of separations is Oct. 1, 2026, and the filing lists the layoffs as permanent.
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The notice did not indicate which departments would be hit by the layoffs, but said staff from the local Rapid Response team and WorkSource will contact employees to help ease their transition.
The filing comes as Amazon has initiated multiple rounds of layoffs in 2026, saying it is restructuring its workforce while investing heavily in <a href="https://bitcomme.com/a-new-artificial-intelligence-method-to-support-real-time-management-of-infectious-diseases/” title=”A new artificial intelligence method to support real-time management of infectious diseases”>artificial intelligence.
In January, the company eliminated roughly 16,000 corporate positions worldwide in its second major round of layoffs in three months. State filings showed 2,198 of those jobs were in the Seattle area, including more than 1,400 positions in Seattle and about 630 in Bellevue.
In July, Amazon eliminated an unspecified number of jobs within portions of its artificial general intelligence, or AGI, organization.
Those reductions followed another 14,000 corporate layoffs announced in October 2025, representing about 4% of Amazon’s corporate workforce at the time.
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Amazon executives have increasingly said generative AI will allow the company to reduce the need for some corporate positions. CEO Andy Jassy has told employees the technology is expected to automate portions of white-collar work over time while creating demand for new AI-focused roles. The company has also expanded investments in its AI infrastructure, foundation models and cloud-based AI services.
The continuing layoffs have raised concerns about the broader economic impact on Washington’s technology sector and the Seattle region, where Amazon remains one of the state’s largest private employers. Previous rounds of job cuts affected workers across human resources, retail, Amazon Web Services, Prime Video, and other corporate teams, fueling worries among economists and downtown businesses about reduced office occupancy, consumer spending and the pace of Seattle’s post-pandemic recovery.
Amazon has not indicated whether additional workforce reductions are planned.
