Timeplot · Layoff Report
Meta's open roles fell by half,
but hiring held up in AI and data centers.
Open job postings on metacareers.com · Mar 1 to Jun 19, 2026
Explore Meta's full hiring dashboardPeak open roles
886
Mar 26, 2026
At the layoff
456
-49% from peak · May 20
Open roles now
531
+16% off the low · Jun 19
AI & data centers
44%
of all open roles today
Open roles fell by nearly half, then began to recover
Active job postings, reconstructed from each role's open/close dates
Month
Net hiring per month
Roles opened minus closed · April was the cliff, June turned positive
Where Meta is still betting
Open roles by team in Jun · 233 of 531 in AI & data-center infrastructure
AI & data-center infrastructure
What the data says
- The pullback led into the layoff. Open roles dropped 49% from a late-March peak of 886 to 456 by the May 20 layoff, as Meta closed 853 postings across April and May.
- The rebound came fast. June was the first month with net-positive hiring (+57), lifting open roles back to 531 within weeks of the layoff, though still well below the peak.
- What's left is concentrated in AI. Nearly half (44%) of Meta's remaining open roles are in AI and data-center infrastructure, the clearest signal of where it is reinvesting.
Source: Timeplot · Meta job postings (metacareers.com). Fixed window Mar 1 to Jun 19, 2026. “Net hiring” counts roles opened minus closed each month. Layoff date (May 20, 2026) per public reporting.