Layoffs in 2026
In 2026, US employers filed 2,862 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
2,849
WARN notices so far
Workers affected
257,824
in 2026 so far
Companies
1,452
Top state
California
52,504 affected
Peak month
April
47,641 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.
Expeditors International of Washington Inc
Various locations in Washington, WA · Aug 7, 2026
3
affected
Layoffs by state in 2026
47 states reported layoffs, ranked by workers affected. Open a state for its full history.
California
52,504
workers affected
1,044 filings · 470 companies
Florida
16,815
workers affected
216 filings · 74 companies
Texas
16,185
workers affected
85 filings · 75 companies
Washington
13,786
workers affected
80 filings · 63 companies
New York
12,917
workers affected
252 filings · 111 companies
Virginia
12,183
workers affected
95 filings · 42 companies
Illinois
11,600
workers affected
86 filings · 61 companies
Rhode Island
10,174
workers affected
6 filings · 5 companies
Ohio
8,835
workers affected
71 filings · 58 companies
Georgia
8,438
workers affected
60 filings · 57 companies
Maryland
8,219
workers affected
53 filings · 39 companies
Pennsylvania
7,664
workers affected
40 filings · 39 companies
Alabama
7,462
workers affected
41 filings · 21 companies
Tennessee
6,928
workers affected
47 filings · 47 companies
Kentucky
6,729
workers affected
36 filings · 28 companies
Michigan
5,645
workers affected
36 filings · 28 companies
South Carolina
5,307
workers affected
33 filings · 27 companies
Colorado
5,016
workers affected
38 filings · 27 companies
Indiana
4,165
workers affected
25 filings · 24 companies
Arizona
3,944
workers affected
35 filings · 33 companies
Wisconsin
3,697
workers affected
50 filings · 42 companies
North Carolina
3,505
workers affected
35 filings · 28 companies
New Jersey
3,494
workers affected
22 filings · 20 companies
Massachusetts
3,249
workers affected
36 filings · 31 companies
Iowa
3,215
workers affected
101 filings · 28 companies
Connecticut
2,741
workers affected
16 filings · 16 companies
Minnesota
1,992
workers affected
79 filings · 79 companies
Oregon
1,473
workers affected
17 filings · 16 companies
Louisiana
1,328
workers affected
11 filings · 10 companies
District of Columbia
1,258
workers affected
10 filings · 10 companies
Nebraska
1,139
workers affected
6 filings · 5 companies
Missouri
949
workers affected
12 filings · 11 companies
Nevada
825
workers affected
15 filings · 13 companies
West Virginia
729
workers affected
2 filings · 2 companies
Vermont
677
workers affected
6 filings · 6 companies
Utah
668
workers affected
11 filings · 11 companies
Idaho
659
workers affected
6 filings · 6 companies
Kansas
617
workers affected
7 filings · 5 companies
Maine
222
workers affected
4 filings · 4 companies
Hawaii
178
workers affected
4 filings · 4 companies
Mississippi
178
workers affected
2 filings · 2 companies
Alaska
160
workers affected
1 filings · 1 companies
Montana
155
workers affected
2 filings · 2 companies
South Dakota
85
workers affected
3 filings · 3 companies
Delaware
68
workers affected
2 filings · 2 companies
North Dakota
47
workers affected
1 filings · 1 companies
Oklahoma
0
workers affected
9 filings · 9 companies