District of Columbia layoffs: layoff notices and recent layoff list
The short version
Employers filed 17 layoff notices in District of Columbia in the last 12 months, naming 3,122 people. The most recent was filed Sep 14, 2026.
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District of Columbia jobs picture
5.7%
unemployment rate, August 2026
−27,000 jobs(−3.6%)
payroll change, August 2025 to August 2026 (statistically significant)
Source: BLS State Employment and Unemployment, August 2026 (Sep 18, 2026), via the NextChapter White Collar Employment Report. Seasonally adjusted.
Notices in the last 12 months
District of Columbia layoffs by industry
- Government & Public Sector6 notices · 582 people
- Media & Entertainment1 notice · 277 people
- Agriculture & Food Production1 notice · 125 people
- Retail & E-commerce1 notice · 87 people
- Insurance1 notice · 85 people
- Healthcare & Hospital Systems1 notice · 80 people
- Hospitality, Travel & Food Service1 notice · 76 people
- Aerospace & Defense1 notice · 64 people
District of Columbia layoffs by county and city
Each county and city page shows its layoff notices next to local unemployment, open jobs, the largest employers, colleges, the workforce board and job centers.
Local workforce boards
The public workforce boards serving the areas in these notices. Their American Job Centers offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
DC Workforce Investment Council
For notices in Washington
Find a job centerBoard page: centers, jobs and noticesBoard website
If you were laid off in District of Columbia
- District of Columbia unemployment benefits and severance rules: amounts, weeks and how to file
- What to do after a layoff
- Get new District of Columbia notices by RSS · all feeds
- Keeping your health coverage: COBRA and the marketplace
- COBRA vs ACA in District of Columbia: which costs less
- District of Columbia rapid response: who to call after a layoff notice
- District of Columbia workforce boards (1)
- American Job Centers in District of Columbia
- District of Columbia economic development organizations
- District of Columbia colleges: retraining and career services
- Layoff deadlines: what to do and by when, from your last day
- Unemployment benefit estimator: about how much you could get
- Severance calculator: what an offer is worth after taxes
Coverage: 17 District of Columbia notices on file, filed Feb 2, 2026 to Sep 14, 2026, collected daily from the state’s published layoff record (does.dc.gov). A state may publish late or leave out worker counts, so this is a floor rather than a count of every layoff. States generally require a notice only from employers with 100 or more workers. See the national tracker for how we collect notices.