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Meta: layoffs and H-1B visas
From October 2025 to June 2026, the Labor Department certified 13,752 H-1B positions for Meta, the 8th-most of any employer. In the same months it announced about 8,700 layoffs: 1.6 H-1B positions for every worker laid off.
Data: Oct 2025–June 2026 · Labor Dept fiscal 2026 Q3 statistics · Checked Nov 6, 2026
The numbers
| H-1B positions certified, Oct 2025 to Jun 2026 | 13,752 |
|---|---|
| Rank among all H-1B employers | #8 |
| Layoffs announced, same months | 8,700 |
| H-1B positions per worker laid off | 1.6 (#2 of 3) |
| New H-1B workers approved by USCIS, fiscal 2025 | 1,555 |
H-1B positions certified: Meta Platforms, Inc. A certified position is the most the company may fill under that filing, not a hire, and it includes renewals and transfers. Layoffs are company-wide announcements and can include workers outside the U.S.
Layoffs, October 2025 to June 2026
- About 700 cuts across five divisions, March 2026.
- About 8,000 cuts, 10% of staff, carried out from May 20, 2026.
- Reality Labs cuts in January 2026 are left out because no head count was published.
Sources
- CNBC, Apr 23, 2026
- Labor Department LCA statistics, fiscal 2026 Q3
- New H-1B approvals: National Foundation for American Policy analysis of USCIS data, fiscal 2025
Other top H-1B employers
The Labor Department's top 10 H-1B employers for October 2025 to June 2026. See them side by side.
What this doesn't show
- That any visa worker replaced any laid-off worker. No public data links the two.
- Hires. Certified positions and visas issued are steps before or around hiring, not head counts.
- Immigration status. “Foreign-born” includes naturalized citizens, green card holders and others.