Sanmina layoffs, on the record
Every job cut, severance charge and restructuring Sanmina reported in its annual reports, 2023 to 2025, quoted from the filings. Headcount went from approximately 34,000 to approximately 39,000.
Headcount, as reported
| Annual report | Employees | As of |
|---|---|---|
| 10-K for 2023 | approximately 34,000 | As of September 30, 2023 |
| 10-K for 2024 | approximately 37,000 | September 28, 2024 |
| 10-K for 2025 | approximately 39,000 | As of September 27, 2025 |
Job cuts, severance and restructuring
Our summarySanmina recorded restructuring and other costs of $6 million in 2023, and the note reports severance costs of $724 thousand for 2023 under the Q1 FY20 Plan.
Word for word“Restructuring costs were $ 6 million, $ 11 million, and $ 15 million in 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively.” 10-K for 2023
Our summaryThe filing notes that transfers of manufacturing could require closing or reducing operations at certain facilities, with future costs for facility closure and employee severance; it reports no specific layoff program.
Word for word“These transfers, and any decision by a significant customer to terminate manufacturing services in a particular facility, could require us to close or reduce operations at certain facilities and, as a result, we may incur in the future significant costs for the closure of facilities, employee severance and related matters.” 10-K for 2024
| Fiscal year ended | Restructuring charges |
|---|---|
| 2016-10-01 | $2.7 million |
| 2017-09-30 | $1.3 million |
| 2018-09-29 | $29.1 million |
| 2019-09-28 | $13.8 million |
| 2020-10-03 | $26.8 million |
| 2021-10-02 | $15.1 million |
| 2022-10-01 | $11.4 million |
| 2023-09-30 | $6.1 million |
Sanmina filed 2 restructuring notices (Form 8-K, Item 2.05) since 2016. This page shows what the company reported to the SEC, not news reports or state layoff notices.
Read from Sanmina’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2025-11-13. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.