Layoffs in 2022
In 2022, US employers filed 1,897 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 2022, 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
1,898
WARN notices
Workers affected
167,983
Companies
1,302
Top state
California
48,454 affected
Peak month
December
20,238 affected
Layoffs month by month in 2022
Workers affected by the month each layoff took effect.
All 2022 layoff filings
Every WARN notice on record for this year, newest first.
Layoffs by state in 2022
43 states reported layoffs, ranked by workers affected. Open a state for its full history.
California
48,454
workers affected
696 filings · 437 companies
New York
11,255
workers affected
103 filings · 91 companies
Florida
10,206
workers affected
116 filings · 68 companies
Texas
6,755
workers affected
81 filings · 75 companies
Indiana
6,721
workers affected
34 filings · 32 companies
Maryland
6,617
workers affected
88 filings · 55 companies
Ohio
6,564
workers affected
52 filings · 51 companies
Illinois
6,068
workers affected
56 filings · 53 companies
Wisconsin
5,493
workers affected
60 filings · 37 companies
Washington
4,503
workers affected
30 filings · 29 companies
Iowa
4,057
workers affected
89 filings · 51 companies
Massachusetts
3,948
workers affected
45 filings · 36 companies
New Jersey
3,851
workers affected
33 filings · 32 companies
South Carolina
3,667
workers affected
34 filings · 29 companies
Mississippi
3,592
workers affected
27 filings · 25 companies
North Carolina
3,511
workers affected
38 filings · 35 companies
Colorado
3,383
workers affected
29 filings · 20 companies
Virginia
2,577
workers affected
29 filings · 26 companies
Hawaii
2,315
workers affected
24 filings · 23 companies
Kentucky
2,293
workers affected
14 filings · 14 companies
Tennessee
2,232
workers affected
13 filings · 13 companies
Arizona
2,175
workers affected
16 filings · 15 companies
Nevada
2,160
workers affected
43 filings · 42 companies
Missouri
1,735
workers affected
9 filings · 9 companies
Minnesota
1,673
workers affected
31 filings · 31 companies
Oregon
1,589
workers affected
15 filings · 15 companies
Utah
1,464
workers affected
9 filings · 9 companies
District of Columbia
1,319
workers affected
8 filings · 8 companies
Louisiana
1,075
workers affected
11 filings · 11 companies
North Dakota
974
workers affected
2 filings · 2 companies
Kansas
859
workers affected
7 filings · 6 companies
Alabama
839
workers affected
7 filings · 7 companies
New Mexico
791
workers affected
12 filings · 8 companies
South Dakota
662
workers affected
5 filings · 4 companies
Connecticut
654
workers affected
11 filings · 11 companies
Idaho
410
workers affected
4 filings · 4 companies
West Virginia
396
workers affected
4 filings · 4 companies
Maine
369
workers affected
2 filings · 2 companies
Rhode Island
276
workers affected
3 filings · 3 companies
Vermont
228
workers affected
2 filings · 2 companies
Alaska
182
workers affected
1 filings · 1 companies
Delaware
91
workers affected
1 filings · 1 companies
Oklahoma
0
workers affected
4 filings · 4 companies