Original link: Programmers bore the brunt of Microsoft’s layoffs in its home state / TechRadar.
6000-7000 world wide. 2000 in Washington State (Microsoft is headquartered in Seattle in Washington State).
Lot of technical people. The 2000 in Washinton State include: 817 software engineers, 373 product managers and 218 technical product managers. Lot of senior people including director and principal manager level.
Even some high profile names like Ron Buckton from TypeScript team and Mark Shannon from Python team.