Layoffs in 2020
In 2020, US employers filed 16,098 mass-layoff and plant-closure notices with state labor agencies under the federal WARN Act and equivalent state laws. Every record below comes directly from those official filings — company, location, number of affected employees, and the effective date.
Use this page to see which employers reported layoffs in 2020, where the cuts happened, and how many workers were affected. Notices are updated as states publish them, and may be amended by employers after the initial filing.
Filings
16,119
WARN notices
Workers affected
2,094,099
Companies
11,086
Top state
California
656,374 affected
Peak month
March
1,017,764 affected
Layoffs month by month in 2020
Workers affected by the month each layoff took effect.
All 2020 layoff filings
Every WARN notice on record for this year, newest first.
Layoffs by state in 2020
42 states reported layoffs, ranked by workers affected. Open a state for its full history.
California
656,374
workers affected
6,060 filings · 4,510 companies
New York
243,160
workers affected
2,232 filings · 1,735 companies
Florida
182,579
workers affected
1,339 filings · 613 companies
Nevada
144,931
workers affected
371 filings · 291 companies
Texas
89,703
workers affected
1,164 filings · 1,035 companies
New Jersey
74,350
workers affected
228 filings · 212 companies
Illinois
67,760
workers affected
502 filings · 363 companies
Washington
47,557
workers affected
268 filings · 213 companies
Indiana
45,146
workers affected
182 filings · 159 companies
Wisconsin
41,570
workers affected
308 filings · 236 companies
Massachusetts
40,904
workers affected
248 filings · 176 companies
Hawaii
40,318
workers affected
197 filings · 161 companies
Tennessee
34,611
workers affected
251 filings · 239 companies
Missouri
33,117
workers affected
155 filings · 155 companies
Colorado
32,143
workers affected
273 filings · 233 companies
Michigan
32,130
workers affected
142 filings · 135 companies
Arizona
31,052
workers affected
185 filings · 174 companies
Virginia
30,221
workers affected
228 filings · 170 companies
Maryland
29,924
workers affected
348 filings · 168 companies
South Carolina
21,874
workers affected
147 filings · 124 companies
Minnesota
21,176
workers affected
211 filings · 211 companies
Oregon
20,934
workers affected
114 filings · 107 companies
Louisiana
20,180
workers affected
115 filings · 95 companies
Mississippi
19,567
workers affected
143 filings · 132 companies
Kentucky
16,930
workers affected
132 filings · 123 companies
Kansas
15,888
workers affected
62 filings · 50 companies
District of Columbia
13,349
workers affected
54 filings · 54 companies
Connecticut
10,218
workers affected
125 filings · 88 companies
Alabama
6,453
workers affected
45 filings · 30 companies
Utah
5,503
workers affected
34 filings · 32 companies
Alaska
4,765
workers affected
24 filings · 23 companies
Delaware
4,216
workers affected
24 filings · 24 companies
New Mexico
3,583
workers affected
28 filings · 27 companies
Rhode Island
3,170
workers affected
23 filings · 22 companies
Maine
2,654
workers affected
34 filings · 22 companies
Idaho
2,158
workers affected
36 filings · 23 companies
North Dakota
1,560
workers affected
15 filings · 12 companies
South Dakota
804
workers affected
7 filings · 7 companies
Vermont
801
workers affected
10 filings · 10 companies
Montana
731
workers affected
12 filings · 12 companies
Iowa
35
workers affected
1 filings · 1 companies
Oklahoma
0
workers affected
42 filings · 34 companies