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Layoff notices by state: what each state’s record shows

Employers that must give notice of a plant closing or mass layoff file a layoff notice with the state, and each state publishes what it receives. In the last 12 months we have read 2,686 notices from 48 states, naming 282,410 workers. Open a state for every notice with its source, or download the data.

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Notices filed in the last 12 months

One row per state with at least one notice. Notices are filings, one row each as the state published them. Workers named is the number the notices give, a floor, because some states leave it out. Where a state has its own notice law the row says so, and the WARN Act guide explains it with sources.

Layoff notices filed in the last 12 months, by state
StateNoticesWorkers namedLatest filingData
Californiaown notice law44926,799Nov 4, 2026CSV
New Yorkown notice law17413,352Oct 19, 2026CSV
Washingtonown notice law13719,344Nov 4, 2026CSV
Texas13322,281Nov 3, 2026CSV
New Jerseyown notice law12515,205Nov 1, 2026CSV
Florida11810,480Nov 2, 2026CSV
Marylandown notice law1158,084Nov 3, 2026CSV
Illinoisown notice law11219,974Oct 30, 2026CSV
Iowaown notice law933,637Nov 3, 2026CSV
Georgia8912,323Oct 30, 2026CSV
Ohio789,161Oct 29, 2026CSV
Pennsylvania7411,727Nov 1, 2026CSV
Virginia739,078Oct 30, 2026CSV
Michigan7010,951Nov 4, 2026CSV
North Carolina706,885Oct 23, 2026CSV
Arizona623,134Oct 29, 2026CSV
Wisconsin624,525Nov 5, 2026CSV
Tennessee577,378Nov 9, 2026CSV
Colorado495,811Oct 30, 2026CSV
South Carolina485,552Oct 29, 2026CSV
Kentucky444,907Oct 29, 2026CSV
Hawaii43125Nov 5, 2026CSV
Idaho42705Nov 4, 2026CSV
Missouri414,142Nov 9, 2026CSV
Indiana355,452Oct 29, 2026CSV
Alabama322,680Nov 2, 2026CSV
Minnesota28471Oct 19, 2026CSV
Oregon272,371Oct 30, 2026CSV
Nevada253,042Oct 1, 2026CSV
Connecticut222,933Oct 29, 2026CSV
Massachusetts202,587Oct 29, 2026CSV
Louisiana192,249Oct 31, 2026CSV
District of Columbia173,122Sep 14, 2026CSV
Utah172,135Oct 30, 2026CSV
Oklahoma14–Oct 22, 2026CSV
West Virginia10568Aug 19, 2026CSV
Nebraska94,587Nov 4, 2026CSV
Kansas8222Nov 5, 2026CSV
Maineown notice law8279Oct 12, 2026CSV
Vermontown notice law8729Oct 20, 2026CSV
Rhode Island710,726Oct 29, 2026CSV
New Mexico5985Oct 30, 2026CSV
Delawareown notice law4319Oct 6, 2026CSV
Montana4173Jul 21, 2026CSV
South Dakota487Aug 10, 2026CSV
Mississippi3926Apr 14, 2026CSV
Alaska1160Jul 6, 2026CSV
North Dakota147Jan 15, 2026CSV

Coverage: no notices from the last 12 months for Arkansas, New Hampshire, Wyoming. Some of these states publish no list online, some publish in a form we cannot read yet, and some had no qualifying layoffs.

How we count

Every figure on the layoff pages uses one of these units, and says which. The counts below come from the same rows as the tables and the downloadable file, as of Nov 9, 2026.

Filing
One row in a state labor department’s list of layoff notices. A state may file one row per site, so one employer can have several filings on one day. /data counts filings.
Layoff
Every filing by one employer, in one state, with one notice date, counted once. The tracker at /layoffs counts layoffs, so its totals are lower than the number of filings.
Reported layoff
A layoff from the press, layoffs.fyi or an announcement that has a U.S. state and no state filing by the same employer within 45 days. It is labelled “reported” wherever it is listed and it is not a state filing.
Workers named
The number of employees a notice or report gives. Some states leave it out, so the figure is a floor, never a count of everyone laid off.
Not counted
Announcements with no U.S. state (a company’s global cuts, a foreign government) and rows a person has dismissed. They are not U.S. layoffs, so no total here includes them.
Counts, same rows, different units
WhatCountWorkers named
Filings, last 24 months (since Feb 18, 2025): the downloadable file3,589397,258
Layoffs in 2026: state filings and reported layoffs with a U.S. state, once per employer, state and date2,273335,562
Of the layoffs above, rows from the press or layoffs.fyi (raw rows, before grouping)266130,172
Not counted: 2026 announcements with no U.S. state284535,110

Laid off or between jobs? Unemployment benefits and severance rules by state.

Use and cite this data

Free to use, including commercially, under CC BY 4.0 with a link back. The full record is on the data page as CSV and JSON, and the latest notices are on the layoff tracker.

NextChapter layoff tracker, layoff notices collected from state labor departments. launchyournextchapter.com/layoffs

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