Layoffs in 2021
In 2021, US employers filed 1,922 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 2021, 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
1,923
WARN notices
Workers affected
183,335
Companies
1,367
Top state
California
50,016 affected
Peak month
April
25,771 affected
Layoffs month by month in 2021
Workers affected by the month each layoff took effect.
All 2021 layoff filings
Every WARN notice on record for this year, newest first.
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Layoffs by state in 2021
43 states reported layoffs, ranked by workers affected. Open a state for its full history.
California
50,016
workers affected
623 filings · 435 companies
Texas
13,823
workers affected
156 filings · 144 companies
Florida
12,136
workers affected
104 filings · 65 companies
New York
11,617
workers affected
147 filings · 113 companies
New Jersey
11,374
workers affected
61 filings · 57 companies
Illinois
8,778
workers affected
74 filings · 69 companies
Colorado
5,911
workers affected
42 filings · 29 companies
Hawaii
5,328
workers affected
49 filings · 40 companies
Missouri
4,646
workers affected
28 filings · 27 companies
Virginia
4,533
workers affected
46 filings · 32 companies
South Carolina
4,108
workers affected
31 filings · 20 companies
Massachusetts
3,834
workers affected
51 filings · 35 companies
Washington
3,254
workers affected
34 filings · 30 companies
Indiana
3,071
workers affected
33 filings · 30 companies
Iowa
3,020
workers affected
27 filings · 18 companies
Kentucky
2,960
workers affected
22 filings · 22 companies
Wisconsin
2,889
workers affected
44 filings · 36 companies
Tennessee
2,707
workers affected
22 filings · 22 companies
Louisiana
2,583
workers affected
19 filings · 18 companies
Oregon
2,371
workers affected
14 filings · 14 companies
Maryland
2,324
workers affected
87 filings · 40 companies
Ohio
2,281
workers affected
29 filings · 28 companies
Arizona
2,185
workers affected
11 filings · 11 companies
Minnesota
2,080
workers affected
34 filings · 33 companies
Nevada
1,643
workers affected
23 filings · 20 companies
West Virginia
1,611
workers affected
2 filings · 2 companies
Mississippi
1,593
workers affected
18 filings · 17 companies
Michigan
1,563
workers affected
13 filings · 12 companies
Utah
1,459
workers affected
11 filings · 11 companies
Kansas
1,106
workers affected
7 filings · 7 companies
Connecticut
1,084
workers affected
16 filings · 15 companies
Alabama
881
workers affected
9 filings · 9 companies
New Mexico
874
workers affected
7 filings · 7 companies
Idaho
758
workers affected
3 filings · 3 companies
Vermont
579
workers affected
4 filings · 4 companies
Rhode Island
558
workers affected
2 filings · 2 companies
Alaska
418
workers affected
4 filings · 4 companies
Maine
396
workers affected
2 filings · 2 companies
South Dakota
300
workers affected
1 filings · 1 companies
District of Columbia
264
workers affected
2 filings · 2 companies
Delaware
261
workers affected
3 filings · 3 companies
Montana
158
workers affected
2 filings · 2 companies
Oklahoma
0
workers affected
6 filings · 6 companies