Layoffs in 2026
In 2026, US employers filed 3,169 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
3,174
WARN notices so far
Workers affected
283,166
in 2026 so far
Companies
1,638
Top state
California
56,808 affected
Peak month
April
44,673 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
56,808
workers affected
1,126 filings · 525 companies
Florida
17,775
workers affected
228 filings · 80 companies
Texas
16,744
workers affected
90 filings · 80 companies
Washington
14,504
workers affected
89 filings · 70 companies
New York
12,917
workers affected
252 filings · 111 companies
Virginia
12,520
workers affected
100 filings · 47 companies
Maryland
12,151
workers affected
110 filings · 87 companies
Illinois
11,600
workers affected
86 filings · 61 companies
Rhode Island
10,174
workers affected
6 filings · 5 companies
Georgia
9,729
workers affected
65 filings · 62 companies
Ohio
8,835
workers affected
71 filings · 58 companies
Pennsylvania
8,301
workers affected
45 filings · 44 companies
Alabama
7,443
workers affected
57 filings · 26 companies
Tennessee
7,365
workers affected
50 filings · 50 companies
Michigan
7,222
workers affected
37 filings · 30 companies
Massachusetts
6,862
workers affected
73 filings · 55 companies
Kentucky
6,729
workers affected
36 filings · 28 companies
Colorado
5,824
workers affected
47 filings · 35 companies
North Carolina
4,702
workers affected
58 filings · 43 companies
South Carolina
4,626
workers affected
37 filings · 31 companies
Indiana
4,400
workers affected
27 filings · 26 companies
Arizona
4,095
workers affected
37 filings · 35 companies
Wisconsin
3,697
workers affected
50 filings · 42 companies
New Jersey
3,467
workers affected
21 filings · 20 companies
Iowa
3,038
workers affected
100 filings · 31 companies
Missouri
2,914
workers affected
26 filings · 24 companies
District of Columbia
2,762
workers affected
14 filings · 14 companies
Connecticut
2,741
workers affected
16 filings · 16 companies
Oregon
2,094
workers affected
21 filings · 20 companies
Minnesota
1,992
workers affected
79 filings · 79 companies
Louisiana
1,356
workers affected
13 filings · 11 companies
Nebraska
1,139
workers affected
6 filings · 5 companies
Hawaii
999
workers affected
22 filings · 22 companies
Utah
971
workers affected
12 filings · 12 companies
West Virginia
897
workers affected
5 filings · 4 companies
Nevada
825
workers affected
15 filings · 13 companies
Vermont
677
workers affected
6 filings · 6 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
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
85
workers affected
3 filings · 3 companies
Delaware
68
workers affected
2 filings · 2 companies
New Mexico
62
workers affected
2 filings · 2 companies
North Dakota
47
workers affected
1 filings · 1 companies
Oklahoma
0
workers affected
9 filings · 9 companies