Layoffs in 2026
In 2026, US employers filed 3,793 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 2026, 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
3,793
WARN notices so far
Workers affected
348,630
in 2026 so far
Companies
1,974
Top state
California
70,047 affected
Peak month
April
45,626 affected
Layoffs month by month in 2026
Workers affected by the month each layoff took effect.
All 2026 layoff filings
Every WARN notice on record for this year, newest first.
Layoffs by state in 2026
48 states reported layoffs, ranked by workers affected. Open a state for its full history.
California
70,047
workers affected
1,406 filings · 668 companies
Washington
31,497
workers affected
145 filings · 113 companies
Texas
20,381
workers affected
115 filings · 100 companies
Florida
19,864
workers affected
247 filings · 93 companies
Illinois
17,985
workers affected
108 filings · 79 companies
New York
16,748
workers affected
289 filings · 131 companies
Maryland
13,470
workers affected
130 filings · 103 companies
Virginia
12,519
workers affected
99 filings · 47 companies
Georgia
11,377
workers affected
80 filings · 74 companies
Rhode Island
10,761
workers affected
7 filings · 6 companies
Alabama
10,089
workers affected
70 filings · 30 companies
Pennsylvania
9,648
workers affected
59 filings · 57 companies
Michigan
8,846
workers affected
45 filings · 37 companies
Ohio
8,835
workers affected
71 filings · 58 companies
Massachusetts
8,513
workers affected
85 filings · 63 companies
Tennessee
7,684
workers affected
53 filings · 53 companies
South Carolina
6,928
workers affected
49 filings · 40 companies
Kentucky
6,729
workers affected
36 filings · 28 companies
Colorado
6,662
workers affected
58 filings · 41 companies
North Carolina
5,534
workers affected
68 filings · 49 companies
Arizona
5,440
workers affected
50 filings · 47 companies
Indiana
5,113
workers affected
32 filings · 31 companies
Wisconsin
3,697
workers affected
50 filings · 42 companies
Iowa
3,425
workers affected
117 filings · 37 companies
New Jersey
3,411
workers affected
19 filings · 19 companies
District of Columbia
3,283
workers affected
20 filings · 20 companies
Missouri
2,914
workers affected
26 filings · 24 companies
Connecticut
2,800
workers affected
18 filings · 16 companies
Oregon
2,701
workers affected
28 filings · 25 companies
Utah
1,869
workers affected
14 filings · 14 companies
Louisiana
1,356
workers affected
13 filings · 11 companies
Nebraska
1,230
workers affected
7 filings · 6 companies
Hawaii
999
workers affected
22 filings · 22 companies
West Virginia
897
workers affected
5 filings · 4 companies
Vermont
856
workers affected
7 filings · 6 companies
Nevada
825
workers affected
15 filings · 13 companies
Idaho
814
workers affected
8 filings · 8 companies
Kansas
617
workers affected
7 filings · 5 companies
Minnesota
597
workers affected
78 filings · 78 companies
Maine
401
workers affected
7 filings · 7 companies
Delaware
319
workers affected
4 filings · 4 companies
New Mexico
304
workers affected
3 filings · 3 companies
Mississippi
178
workers affected
2 filings · 2 companies
Montana
173
workers affected
4 filings · 2 companies
Alaska
160
workers affected
1 filings · 1 companies
South Dakota
87
workers affected
4 filings · 4 companies
North Dakota
47
workers affected
1 filings · 1 companies
Oklahoma
0
workers affected
11 filings · 11 companies