Who is laying off America’s workers?
The public WARN Act record — every mass layoff and plant closing, by employer, state, and industry.
Aggregates 8,798 WARN Act notices from 23 U.S. states into a searchable database tracking 6,943 employers and 1,411,142 laid-off workers.
1.4M
Workers Affected
8,798
WARN Notices
6,943
Employers Tracked
23
States with Filings
1,411,142 workers have been put on WARN notice, 20% of them in Texas
According to WARN Act filings submitted to state workforce agencies, PlainLayoffs has recorded 8,798 WARN filings affecting 1,411,142 workers across 6,943 employers in 23 states. Texas alone accounts for 20% of every worker tracked.
The national picture
Across the 23 states that publish WARN filings, 1,411,142 workers have been put on notice in 8,798 filings, concentrated heavily in Texas, which alone accounts for 20% of every worker tracked.
- 1,411,142
- workers on WARN notice
- 8,798
- WARN filings tracked
- 6,943
- employers filing
- Texas
- #1 state - 20% of all workers tracked
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, WARN notices are the earliest public signal of a mass layoff, filed with state agencies 60 days before workers are let go.
Workers Affected by Month
Recent WARN Notices
View all →Jacksonville, FL · Other Services
68
workers
Jun 10, 2026
Washington, DC, VA · Information Technology
174
workers
Jun 9, 2026
Tallahassee, FL · Health Care & Social Assistance
2
workers
Jun 8, 2026
Anne Arundel, MD · Transportation & Warehousing
54
workers
Jun 8, 2026
Plainfield, IN · Transportation & Warehousing
76
workers
Jun 8, 2026
Ashland, VA · Educational Services
80
workers
Jun 5, 2026
Baltimore City, MD · Health Care & Social Assistance
8
workers
Jun 4, 2026
VA · Finance & Insurance
6
workers
Jun 4, 2026
Lower Shore, MD · Transportation & Warehousing
25
workers
Jun 3, 2026
Indianapolis, IN · Health Care & Social Assistance
85
workers
Jun 2, 2026
Arlington, VA · Information Technology
102
workers
Jun 1, 2026
Norfolk, VA · Other Services
168
workers
Jun 1, 2026
Wisconsin Rapids, WI · Manufacturing
0
workers
May 29, 2026
Miami, FL · Information Technology
56
workers
May 29, 2026
Maitland, FL · Manufacturing
74
workers
May 29, 2026
Top Employers by Workers Affected
All →Workers Affected by Year, WARN Act Filings
Annual rollup from every WARN notice in the PlainLayoffs database
Workers Affected by State
Every state with a WARN filing on record, shaded by total workers affected
View all 23 states as a list
- Texas: 277K
- Washington: 236K
- California: 197K
- Indiana: 150K
- Virginia: 124K
- Oregon: 63K
- Maryland: 61K
- Illinois: 58K
- Wisconsin: 57K
- New York: 48K
- Florida: 45K
- Colorado: 32K
- Georgia: 17K
- New Jersey: 14K
- Michigan: 9K
- Rhode Island: 6K
- Arizona: 5K
- Massachusetts: 3K
- Pennsylvania: 3K
- Minnesota: 3K
- Arkansas: 2K
- Ohio: 400
- District of Columbia: 100
States with the most workers on WARN notice
All states →How to use this data
PlainLayoffs tracks 8,798 WARN filings from 6,943 employers across the 23 states that publish them.
- Look up any employer's full WARN Act history, worker counts, and filing dates. Browse employers
- Facing a layoff? Understand your rights and the steps to take inside the 60-day notice window. What to do after a layoff
- Watch the newest filings as state agencies publish them. Recent notices
Coverage is deepest for the 23 states whose WARN filings we collect, this is not a complete national census, and layoffs below the WARN threshold are not captured.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the WARN Act?
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers with 100+ employees to provide 60 days advance notice before plant closings or mass layoffs affecting 50+ workers. Many states have their own "mini-WARN" laws with lower thresholds.
Where does this data come from?
PlainLayoffs aggregates data from state WARN Act reporting systems (including CA EDD), publicly documented WARN filings, and DOL reporting. All data represents official employer notifications to government agencies.
How do I find my employer's layoff history?
Use the search bar above or browse employers directly. Each employer page shows their complete WARN notice history, total workers affected, and geographic footprint of layoffs.
Are all states covered?
Coverage is deepest for the states that publish detailed WARN registries, California (EDD), Texas (TWC), Washington (ESD) and Oregon, which account for most filings on record. Additional states appear where major layoff events are documented. Some state agencies publish little or no machine-readable WARN data, so the database reflects the states with filings on record rather than a complete national census.
WARN Act & Layoff Guides
Plain-language explanations of WARN Act rights, layoff trends, and how to research employer stability.
Understanding the WARN Act
What the federal WARN Act requires and what workers are entitled to during mass layoffs.
Navigating a Mass Layoff
Step-by-step actions workers should take when facing a WARN-covered layoff.
Research Employer Stability
Using WARN Act data to assess an employer's layoff history before accepting a job.
Methodology & Source Guides
How we read federal and state WARN Act notices — what the records actually contain, how to interpret notice volume vs. workers affected, and the structural shifts driving 2025-2026 layoff patterns. See all guides.
Understanding the WARN Act
What the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act requires, who must file, and the difference between “notices filed” and “workers affected” on every record in our database.
Guide · State lawsState Mini-WARN Laws
California EDD, Texas TWC and Washington ESD each maintain their own WARN registries with different thresholds and reporting cadences. How to interpret the differences without comparing apples to oranges.
Guide · ResearchResearching Employer Stability
How to use WARN history alongside SEC filings, news coverage and industry context to assess an employer’s exposure to mass layoffs — without over-reading a single notice.
About this data
How PlainLayoffs works, and why you can trust these numbers
What this site is
PlainLayoffs tracks WARN Act mass-layoff and plant-closing notices that employers are required to file with state workforce agencies. Coverage is deepest for states with structured, regularly-updated registries, California, Texas, Washington, and Oregon, and reflects the states with filings on record rather than a complete national census.
Editorial process
- Source. Download publicly available WARN Act notices from state workforce agency registries (CA EDD, TX TWC, WA ESD, OR WorkSource) and U.S. Department of Labor WARN Act reporting. No private or restricted data sources are used.
- Verify. Ingest each filing exactly as the state agency published it, preserving the employer name, notice date, and worker count, and cross-check against federal WARN Act (29 USC 2101) reporting requirements.
- Publish. Build a per-employer page showing the complete WARN notice history and geographic footprint, linking back to the original state filing.
Editorial independence & corrections
The PlainLayoffs editorial team is independent and accepts no payment, sponsorship, or promoted placement from any employer. Found an error or a stale filing? File a correction via the contact page; we respond within 72 hours and log confirmed corrections with a dated entry on our changelog. See our methodology for full source attribution and refresh cadence. A WARN filing is a legally required notice, not a judgment of a company's management or financial health; our rankings reflect filed notice volume only.
Frequently asked
What is the WARN Act?
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers with 100+ employees to provide 60 days advance notice before plant closings or mass layoffs affecting 50+ workers. Many states have their own "mini-WARN" laws with lower thresholds.
Where does this data come from?
PlainLayoffs aggregates data from state WARN Act reporting systems (including CA EDD), publicly documented WARN filings, and DOL reporting. All data represents official employer notifications to government agencies.
How do I find my employer's layoff history?
Use the search bar above or browse employers directly. Each employer page shows their complete WARN notice history, total workers affected, and geographic footprint of layoffs.
Are all states covered?
Coverage is deepest for the states that publish detailed WARN registries, California (EDD), Texas (TWC), Washington (ESD) and Oregon, which account for most filings on record. Additional states appear where major layoff events are documented. Some state agencies publish little or no machine-readable WARN data, so the database reflects the states with filings on record rather than a complete national census.
| Publisher | PlainLayoffs |
| Sources | Public state WARN-Act layoff registries |