Layoffs in 2023
In 2023, US employers filed 4,232 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 2023, 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
4,234
WARN notices
Workers affected
383,322
Companies
2,109
Top state
California
97,929 affected
Peak month
July
57,378 affected
Layoffs month by month in 2023
Workers affected by the month each layoff took effect.
All 2023 layoff filings
Every WARN notice on record for this year, newest first.
Layoffs by state in 2023
47 states reported layoffs, ranked by workers affected. Open a state for its full history.
California
97,929
workers affected
1,702 filings · 658 companies
Texas
24,262
workers affected
228 filings · 157 companies
New York
24,089
workers affected
276 filings · 172 companies
Idaho
23,071
workers affected
16 filings · 14 companies
Washington
21,981
workers affected
72 filings · 62 companies
Connecticut
21,721
workers affected
27 filings · 23 companies
Illinois
16,598
workers affected
109 filings · 84 companies
New Jersey
10,937
workers affected
94 filings · 81 companies
Florida
9,605
workers affected
209 filings · 83 companies
Wisconsin
8,686
workers affected
132 filings · 59 companies
Arizona
7,765
workers affected
60 filings · 54 companies
Ohio
7,589
workers affected
82 filings · 71 companies
Georgia
7,548
workers affected
51 filings · 47 companies
Maryland
7,028
workers affected
75 filings · 64 companies
Massachusetts
6,889
workers affected
86 filings · 70 companies
Missouri
6,746
workers affected
36 filings · 34 companies
Minnesota
6,161
workers affected
157 filings · 157 companies
Indiana
5,322
workers affected
45 filings · 43 companies
Pennsylvania
5,170
workers affected
31 filings · 31 companies
Colorado
5,015
workers affected
89 filings · 77 companies
North Carolina
4,916
workers affected
60 filings · 40 companies
Tennessee
4,837
workers affected
50 filings · 47 companies
Virginia
4,808
workers affected
55 filings · 43 companies
South Carolina
4,686
workers affected
48 filings · 39 companies
Alabama
4,321
workers affected
30 filings · 27 companies
Kentucky
4,155
workers affected
44 filings · 42 companies
Nevada
3,952
workers affected
30 filings · 28 companies
Iowa
3,593
workers affected
92 filings · 48 companies
Oregon
3,295
workers affected
36 filings · 31 companies
Mississippi
3,130
workers affected
30 filings · 27 companies
Kansas
3,039
workers affected
21 filings · 19 companies
Hawaii
2,607
workers affected
20 filings · 20 companies
Utah
1,884
workers affected
22 filings · 22 companies
Michigan
1,399
workers affected
15 filings · 15 companies
Rhode Island
1,282
workers affected
8 filings · 7 companies
West Virginia
1,217
workers affected
12 filings · 11 companies
Nebraska
1,165
workers affected
18 filings · 13 companies
New Mexico
1,070
workers affected
16 filings · 16 companies
Maine
972
workers affected
13 filings · 11 companies
Delaware
613
workers affected
2 filings · 2 companies
South Dakota
612
workers affected
5 filings · 5 companies
Montana
559
workers affected
4 filings · 4 companies
Louisiana
516
workers affected
8 filings · 4 companies
District of Columbia
377
workers affected
4 filings · 4 companies
Alaska
128
workers affected
4 filings · 4 companies
North Dakota
77
workers affected
4 filings · 4 companies
Oklahoma
0
workers affected
6 filings · 6 companies