Workforce Watch / Applied Materials
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Applied Materialslayoffs and hiring
Workforce Watch has recorded 2 workforce changes at Applied Materials between May 2023 and October 2025: 1 job cut or closure and 1 expansion or hiring move. 2 events give a range rather than a number.
- Events recorded
- 2
- Roles cut (stated)
- Not stated
- Roles added (stated)
- Not stated
- Latest
- 23 Oct 2025
Events, newest first
, Company-wide (global), ~4% of workforce (~1,400 roles) (as stated), 1 source
Reason given: Cost realignment amid export-control-related headwinds in the China market.
, Silicon Valley, California (EPIC Center), up to 2,000 new engineering jobs (as stated), 1 source
Reason given: Accelerating semiconductor process-equipment R&D and reducing time-to-commercialization for new chip technologies.
Ranges as the sources give them, not added to the totals: ~4% of workforce (~1,400 roles); up to 2,000 new engineering jobs.
Sources
- Press reporting on Applied Materials restructuring (opens in a new tab) (reuters.com)
- Applied Materials investor press release (opens in a new tab) (ir.appliedmaterials.com)
How these figures are kept
Each event is a company-level record built from the sources listed with it: an official filing, a company statement or a credible report. A headcount is added up only where a source states an exact number; a range is shown as stated. Rumours are never published, and no person is named.
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