Layoffs in 2026
In 2026, US employers filed 3,531 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
3,530
WARN notices so far
Workers affected
322,386
in 2026 so far
Companies
1,827
Top state
California
63,596 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
63,596
workers affected
1,257 filings · 595 companies
Texas
20,381
workers affected
115 filings · 100 companies
Washington
19,855
workers affected
111 filings · 87 companies
Florida
18,540
workers affected
235 filings · 84 companies
New York
16,751
workers affected
290 filings · 132 companies
Illinois
16,590
workers affected
107 filings · 78 companies
Maryland
12,935
workers affected
121 filings · 96 companies
Virginia
12,520
workers affected
100 filings · 47 companies
Georgia
11,158
workers affected
77 filings · 72 companies
Rhode Island
10,174
workers affected
6 filings · 5 companies
Pennsylvania
9,314
workers affected
55 filings · 53 companies
Alabama
9,240
workers affected
66 filings · 29 companies
Ohio
8,835
workers affected
71 filings · 58 companies
Michigan
8,570
workers affected
42 filings · 34 companies
Massachusetts
8,299
workers affected
84 filings · 62 companies
Tennessee
7,684
workers affected
53 filings · 53 companies
South Carolina
6,821
workers affected
44 filings · 35 companies
Kentucky
6,729
workers affected
36 filings · 28 companies
Colorado
6,105
workers affected
53 filings · 38 companies
North Carolina
5,072
workers affected
65 filings · 46 companies
Arizona
4,955
workers affected
43 filings · 40 companies
Indiana
4,773
workers affected
30 filings · 29 companies
Wisconsin
3,697
workers affected
50 filings · 42 companies
New Jersey
3,439
workers affected
20 filings · 20 companies
Iowa
3,194
workers affected
109 filings · 34 companies
Missouri
2,914
workers affected
26 filings · 24 companies
District of Columbia
2,762
workers affected
14 filings · 14 companies
Connecticut
2,756
workers affected
17 filings · 16 companies
Oregon
2,416
workers affected
25 filings · 23 companies
Minnesota
1,992
workers affected
79 filings · 79 companies
Utah
1,694
workers affected
13 filings · 13 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
Nevada
825
workers affected
15 filings · 13 companies
Idaho
765
workers affected
7 filings · 7 companies
Vermont
677
workers affected
6 filings · 6 companies
Kansas
617
workers affected
7 filings · 5 companies
Maine
378
workers affected
6 filings · 6 companies
Mississippi
178
workers affected
2 filings · 2 companies
Delaware
174
workers affected
3 filings · 3 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
New Mexico
62
workers affected
2 filings · 2 companies
North Dakota
47
workers affected
1 filings · 1 companies
Oklahoma
0
workers affected
11 filings · 11 companies