Layoffs in 2024
In 2024, US employers filed 4,312 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 2024, 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
4,312
WARN notices
Workers affected
350,666
Companies
2,289
Top state
California
86,957 affected
Peak month
June
43,404 affected
Layoffs month by month in 2024
Workers affected by the month each layoff took effect.
All 2024 layoff filings
Every WARN notice on record for this year, newest first.
Layoffs by state in 2024
46 states reported layoffs, ranked by workers affected. Open a state for its full history.
California
86,957
workers affected
1,604 filings · 636 companies
Texas
27,165
workers affected
218 filings · 161 companies
New York
22,651
workers affected
342 filings · 177 companies
Illinois
14,016
workers affected
109 filings · 96 companies
Michigan
13,580
workers affected
79 filings · 72 companies
New Jersey
12,851
workers affected
87 filings · 79 companies
Ohio
12,179
workers affected
94 filings · 86 companies
Florida
11,725
workers affected
210 filings · 108 companies
Washington
10,336
workers affected
64 filings · 58 companies
Pennsylvania
10,040
workers affected
81 filings · 80 companies
Wisconsin
9,090
workers affected
111 filings · 73 companies
Georgia
7,984
workers affected
67 filings · 61 companies
Massachusetts
7,593
workers affected
78 filings · 66 companies
Tennessee
7,511
workers affected
57 filings · 54 companies
Arizona
7,315
workers affected
53 filings · 49 companies
Oregon
7,198
workers affected
41 filings · 36 companies
Iowa
6,572
workers affected
121 filings · 56 companies
Maryland
6,491
workers affected
79 filings · 61 companies
Nevada
5,610
workers affected
16 filings · 12 companies
Colorado
5,527
workers affected
67 filings · 51 companies
North Carolina
5,084
workers affected
51 filings · 43 companies
South Carolina
4,900
workers affected
49 filings · 39 companies
Missouri
4,607
workers affected
37 filings · 34 companies
Minnesota
4,603
workers affected
238 filings · 238 companies
Indiana
4,010
workers affected
45 filings · 40 companies
Virginia
4,009
workers affected
32 filings · 27 companies
Kansas
3,776
workers affected
14 filings · 14 companies
Kentucky
3,348
workers affected
42 filings · 36 companies
Connecticut
2,607
workers affected
29 filings · 17 companies
Utah
2,552
workers affected
15 filings · 15 companies
Hawaii
2,499
workers affected
25 filings · 23 companies
Louisiana
2,441
workers affected
27 filings · 21 companies
Rhode Island
2,112
workers affected
13 filings · 11 companies
Alabama
1,936
workers affected
21 filings · 21 companies
District of Columbia
1,347
workers affected
9 filings · 7 companies
Mississippi
1,282
workers affected
14 filings · 13 companies
West Virginia
1,226
workers affected
12 filings · 7 companies
Idaho
1,221
workers affected
9 filings · 8 companies
New Mexico
1,143
workers affected
6 filings · 6 companies
Montana
1,111
workers affected
7 filings · 7 companies
Nebraska
856
workers affected
9 filings · 8 companies
South Dakota
651
workers affected
6 filings · 6 companies
North Dakota
436
workers affected
3 filings · 2 companies
Vermont
341
workers affected
4 filings · 4 companies
Maine
177
workers affected
5 filings · 5 companies
Oklahoma
0
workers affected
12 filings · 12 companies