Layoffs in 2026
In 2026, US employers filed 3,943 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
3,943
WARN notices so far
Workers affected
360,357
in 2026 so far
Companies
2,085
Top state
California
78,525 affected
Peak month
April
44,827 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.
Pharmaceutics International, Inc., a Jabil Inc. Company - Hunt Valley
Valley, MD · Dec 29, 2026
94
affected
Layoffs by state in 2026
48 states reported layoffs, ranked by workers affected. Open a state for its full history.
California
78,525
workers affected
1,477 filings · 699 companies
Washington
32,535
workers affected
153 filings · 119 companies
Texas
21,121
workers affected
126 filings · 109 companies
Florida
20,290
workers affected
252 filings · 98 companies
Illinois
19,046
workers affected
117 filings · 86 companies
New York
16,748
workers affected
289 filings · 131 companies
Maryland
14,674
workers affected
141 filings · 112 companies
Virginia
12,519
workers affected
99 filings · 47 companies
Georgia
11,625
workers affected
84 filings · 77 companies
Rhode Island
10,761
workers affected
7 filings · 6 companies
Pennsylvania
10,441
workers affected
63 filings · 61 companies
Michigan
10,415
workers affected
57 filings · 47 companies
Ohio
8,835
workers affected
71 filings · 58 companies
Massachusetts
8,690
workers affected
88 filings · 66 companies
Tennessee
7,926
workers affected
56 filings · 56 companies
South Carolina
6,963
workers affected
52 filings · 42 companies
Colorado
6,738
workers affected
60 filings · 43 companies
Kentucky
6,729
workers affected
36 filings · 28 companies
North Carolina
5,837
workers affected
72 filings · 52 companies
Arizona
5,445
workers affected
51 filings · 48 companies
Indiana
5,224
workers affected
34 filings · 33 companies
Wisconsin
4,488
workers affected
62 filings · 53 companies
Iowa
3,731
workers affected
123 filings · 41 companies
Alabama
3,617
workers affected
36 filings · 35 companies
New Jersey
3,411
workers affected
19 filings · 19 companies
District of Columbia
3,283
workers affected
20 filings · 20 companies
Connecticut
3,020
workers affected
22 filings · 19 companies
Missouri
2,914
workers affected
26 filings · 24 companies
Oregon
2,912
workers affected
32 filings · 29 companies
Utah
1,869
workers affected
14 filings · 14 companies
Louisiana
1,356
workers affected
13 filings · 11 companies
Nebraska
1,323
workers affected
8 filings · 7 companies
Hawaii
999
workers affected
22 filings · 22 companies
Vermont
922
workers affected
8 filings · 7 companies
West Virginia
897
workers affected
5 filings · 4 companies
Nevada
825
workers affected
15 filings · 13 companies
Idaho
814
workers affected
8 filings · 8 companies
Kansas
620
workers affected
8 filings · 6 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
307
workers affected
4 filings · 4 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
12 filings · 12 companies