Employer · WARN Act history · Retail Trade
Amazon
41,969 workers across 114 WARN notices, primarily in CA - recorded in the current PlainLayoffs dataset.
- 41,969
- Workers cut
- 114
- WARN notices
- 6
- States
- 368
- Avg / notice
Amazon has 114 recorded WARN filings affecting 41,969 workers
According to WARN Act filings submitted to state workforce agencies, Amazon has 114 recorded filings covering 41,969 workers across 6 states, primarily CA, the 2nd-largest recorded WARN footprint among 7,009 tracked employers. WARN notices cover qualifying reported events, so this record is not a complete count of the employer's workforce changes.
Amazon drives the bulk of Retail Trade WARN layoffs — 31% of the 135,000 workers tracked across 330 Retail Trade employers, the #1 largest in the sector.
How 41,969 workers split by filing year
Calendar-year totals from WARN notice_date fields in this dataset, the same figures summed in the notice history below.
Amazon WARN workers by state
Sum of workers_affected on each filing row, grouped by the state agency that received the notice, not a corporate headcount by HQ state.
Amazon WARN workers by year and state
Sum of workers_affected on each filing row, crossed by calendar year and filing state, for the top 6 states by total workers affected.
| Year | WA | CA | FL | VA | MD | IN | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2,255 | 4,880 | 1,110 | 691 | 742 | – | 9,678 |
| 2025 | 2,387 | 2,095 | – | 335 | – | – | 4,817 |
| 2024 | 172 | – | – | – | – | – | 172 |
| 2023 | 27,000 | – | – | – | – | – | 27,000 |
| 2022 | – | – | – | – | 190 | – | 190 |
| 2018 | – | – | – | 67 | – | – | 67 |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | – | 45 | 45 |
Amazon city concentration · single-city dominant
Named cities on WARN filing rows only (city blank on a filing is omitted). Shares are of the city-tagged worker total, not every notice in the record.
72.2% of named-city WARN workers for Amazon sit in Seattle (27,057 of 37,468).
Lead city Seattle · 72.2% · 67 named cities · top-3 share 75.7%
DOL WARN employer filing desk
Employer AMAZON · Amazon 41,969 workers · 114 filings
NOTC-MEGA · WORK-TOP · PHOTO-UNK · RUNWAY-OVER · STAT-NATIONAL · BOOK-MULTI · TYPE-MIX
- NOTC-MEGA 114 filings
- WORK-TOP #2
- PHOTO-UNK No peer
- RUNWAY-OVER 0d
- STAT-NATIONAL 6 states
- BOOK-MULTI 7 agencies
- TYPE-MIX 35C/79L
Stamps derive from filed notice_date, effective_date, workers_affected, state agency source, and filing type in this dataset, not a prediction of future layoffs.
Largest Amazon WARN filings · notice runway
Top 5 rows by workers_affected from this employer's filed notices. Runway = calendar days from notice_date to effective_date when both are published and forward-dated.
- Seattle, WA · Layoff · Retail Trade 18,000 workers · filed Jan 18, 2023 · 0d runway
- Seattle, WA · Layoff · Retail Trade 9,000 workers · filed Nov 15, 2023 · 0d runway
- WA · Layoff · Other Services 2,303 workers · filed Oct 28, 2025 · 90d runway
- WA · Layoff · Other Services 2,198 workers · filed Jan 30, 2026 · 88d runway
- Fairfax, Franconia, Lorton, Alexandria & Falls church, VA · Layoff · Other Services 691 workers · filed Jan 28, 2026 · 89d runway
Median forward runway across 114 dated filings: 0 days (98 under 60d · 16 at/above 60d · 96 same-day or retroactive).
What changed - Amazon WARN filings by year
Computed from filed notice dates in this dataset (calendar years), not a vendor release label. Latest compared pair: .
- 2023 → 2024: WARN workers affected for Amazon fell from 27,000 in 2023 to 172 in 2024; notice count fell from 2 to 1.
- 2022 → 2023: WARN workers affected for Amazon rose from 190 in 2022 to 27,000 in 2023; notice count rose from 1 to 2.
- 2025 → 2026: WARN workers affected for Amazon rose from 4,817 in 2025 to 9,678 in 2026; notice count rose from 49 to 59.
- 2024 → 2025: WARN workers affected for Amazon rose from 172 in 2024 to 4,817 in 2025; notice count rose from 1 to 49.
Site-wide YoY movers: /changes (RSS). Dataset corrections: /changelog. Year hubs: /year/2026.
Where Amazon Falls Among Tracked Employers
7,009 employers with a WARN filing, bucketed by total workers affected
Bucket counts (employers by total workers affected, as of September 2026): 1-10: 955; 11-50: 1,411; 51-150: 3,067; 151-500: 1,205; 501-1.5k: 273; 1.5k-5k: 72; 5k-15k: 16; 15k+: 10. Amazon is in the 15k+ bucket (#2 of 7,009 by workers affected).
Employer Profile
- Primary State
- CA
- Primary Industry
- Retail Trade
- First Notice
- Mar 25, 2009
- Latest Notice
- Jul 16, 2026
Not all layoffs appear in WARN data, see our methodology for the federal + state coverage thresholds. Latest filing: Jul 2026.
WARN Notice History
2026
Port Saint Lucie, FL · Transportation & Warehousing
Effective: Sep 17, 2026
494
workers
Filed Jul 16, 2026
Seattle, WA · Other Services
Effective: Aug 3, 2026
57
workers
Filed Jul 2, 2026
Homestead, FL · Transportation & Warehousing
Effective: Jul 2, 2026
616
workers
Filed Apr 17, 2026
WA · Other Services
Effective: Apr 28, 2026
2,198
workers
Filed Jan 30, 2026
Santa Monica, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
2
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
Santa Monica, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
46
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
Colorado Avenue Santa Monica, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
45
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
Augustine Dr Santa Clara, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
43
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
Olcott St Santa Clara, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
141
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
Great America Pkwy Santa Clara, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
49
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
San Antonio Rd Mountain View, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
72
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
Enterprise Way Sunnyvale, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
32
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
Enterprise Way Sunnyvale, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
3
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
Enterprise Way Sunnyvale, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
11
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
Sunnyvale, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
58
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
Show 99 earlier notices (2009-2026)
2026
Discovery Way Sunnyvale, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
87
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
Enterprise Way Sunnyvale, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
81
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
University Ave East Palo Alto, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
89
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
Irvine, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
5
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
Irvine, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
24
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
Irvine, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
1
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
Irvine, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
25
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
Irvine, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
34
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
San Diego, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
38
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
Camino San Bernardo San Diego, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
1
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
La Jolla Village San Diego, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
19
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
Aventine San Diego, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
13
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
La Jolla Village San Diego, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
2
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
Otay Mesa Road San Diego, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
1
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
Floor San Francisco, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
19
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
San Francisco, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 29, 2026
84
workers
Filed Jan 29, 2026
Woodland Hills, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 28, 2026
215
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
North Hollywood, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 28, 2026
131
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Porter Ranch, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 28, 2026
184
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Long Beach, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 28, 2026
168
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Encino, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 28, 2026
201
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Torrance, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 28, 2026
196
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Cerritos, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 28, 2026
155
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
S La Cienega Blvd Los Angeles, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 28, 2026
185
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Pasadena, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 28, 2026
134
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Warner Avenue Huntington Beach, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 28, 2026
191
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Irvine, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 28, 2026
191
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Fullerton, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 28, 2026
175
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Fountain Valley, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 28, 2026
181
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Roseville, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 28, 2026
174
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Murrieta, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 28, 2026
172
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Poway, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 28, 2026
182
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Corona, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 28, 2026
160
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Elk Grove, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 28, 2026
179
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Citrus Heights, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 28, 2026
163
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Upland, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 28, 2026
190
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Fontana, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 28, 2026
189
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Los Angeles Ave Moorpark, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 28, 2026
139
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Fairfax, Franconia, Lorton, Alexandria & Falls church, VA · Other Services
Effective: Apr 27, 2026
691
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Montgomery County, MD · Retail Trade
Effective: Apr 28, 2026
129
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Montgomery County, MD · Retail Trade
Effective: Apr 28, 2026
118
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Montgomery County, MD · Retail Trade
Effective: Apr 28, 2026
155
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Anne Arundel County, MD · Retail Trade
Effective: Apr 28, 2026
156
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
Montgomery County, MD · Retail Trade
Effective: Apr 28, 2026
184
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2026
2025
Seattle & Bellevue, WA · Other Services
Effective: Feb 2, 2026
84
workers
Filed Dec 13, 2025
Sterling, VA · Other Services
Effective: Jan 30, 2026
247
workers
Filed Nov 14, 2025
Culver City, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
65
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Bldg C Culver City, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
7
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Culver City, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
43
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Culver City, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
37
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Santa Monica, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
62
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Santa Monica, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
3
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Colorado Avenue Santa Monica, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
65
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Enterprise Way Sunnyvale, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
138
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Enterprise Way Sunnyvale, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
28
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Enterprise Way Sunnyvale, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
33
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Eleventh Ave Sunnyvale, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
80
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Discovery Way Sunnyvale, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
27
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Enterprise Way Sunnyvale, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
85
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Lytton Ave Palo Alto, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
18
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Palo Alto, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
69
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Lytton Ave Palo Alto, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
75
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Lytton Ave Palo Alto, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
12
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
University Ave Palo Alto, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
2
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Santa Clara, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
8
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Santa Clara, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
50
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Great America Pkwy Santa Clara, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
18
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Irvine, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
178
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Irvine, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
17
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Irvine, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
64
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Irvine, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
12
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Irvine, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
1
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Irvine, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
16
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Irvine, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
45
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
San Diego, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
24
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Camino San Bernardo San Diego, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
50
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
La Jolla Village San Diego, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
61
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Aventine San Diego, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
3
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
La Jolla Village San Diego, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
5
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Otay Mesa Road San Diego, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
1
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Otay Mesa Rd San Diego, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
1
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Embarcadero Center San Francisco, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
3
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Sutter San Francisco, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
1
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Floor San Francisco, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
41
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Bush St San Francisco, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
18
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Market St San Francisco, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
71
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Floor San Francisco, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 28, 2025
3
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
WA · Other Services
Effective: Jan 26, 2026
2,303
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2025
Mission Viejo, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 2, 2025
149
workers
Filed Oct 2, 2025
Foothill Blvd La Verne, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 2, 2025
107
workers
Filed Oct 2, 2025
Whittier, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 2, 2025
126
workers
Filed Oct 2, 2025
W Imperial Hwy La Habra, CA · Retail Trade
Effective: Oct 2, 2025
173
workers
Filed Oct 2, 2025
Manassas, VA · Other Services
Effective: May 13, 2025
88
workers
Filed Mar 12, 2025
2024
Tukwila, WA · Other Services
Effective: Aug 1, 2024
172
workers
Filed May 31, 2024
2023
Seattle, WA · Retail Trade
Effective: Nov 15, 2023
9,000
workers
Filed Nov 15, 2023
Seattle, WA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 18, 2023
18,000
workers
Filed Jan 18, 2023
2022
1, MD · Transportation & Warehousing
Effective: Oct 25, 2022
190
workers
Filed Aug 26, 2022
2018
Sterling, VA · Other Services
Effective: May 6, 2018
67
workers
Filed Mar 7, 2018
2009
Munster, IN · Transportation & Warehousing
Effective: May 25, 2009
45
workers
Filed Mar 25, 2009
Questions about this Amazon record
What is the largest Amazon WARN filing on record? ▼
The largest row is the mass layoff filed for Seattle, WA on Jan 18, 2023, covering 18,000 workers in Retail Trade.
Where were Amazon's WARN notices filed? ▼
The filings name Port Saint Lucie, Seattle, and Homestead, among 67 named cities; together they form 35 facility closures and 79 mass-layoff filings sourced from Florida Commerce and Washington ESD and California EDD and Virginia Works and Maryland DLLR and the public WARN archive and Indiana DWD. States represented in this record: CA, FL, IN, MD, VA, WA.
Where is Amazon's WARN footprint concentrated by city? ▼
72.2% of named-city WARN workers for Amazon sit in Seattle (27,057 of 37,468).
Does Amazon's filing history show a recurring pattern? ▼
The filing history spans 2009 through 2026 across 7 calendar years; that recurrence is visible in the dated rows rather than inferred from news coverage.
How much advance notice appears in Amazon's record? ▼
The measurable notice runway clears the federal 60-day baseline; use the dated filing history to see which location and event produced it. Of 114 filings on record, 96 without a published effective date are excluded from that figure.
See also: CA WARN filings · Retail Trade industry WARNs · WARN Act guide · largest WARN employers
Source: State WARN Act layoff registries Amazon notice history aggregated from state workforce agency filings · September 2026 A WARN filing is a required notice, not a judgment of the employer's management or finances. Coverage follows states with structured public registries; this public-record summary is not legal advice, financial advice, or employment advice.
Every figure on PlainLayoffs is rendered directly from public WARN Act filings and state workforce agency records, no number is typed in by an editor. This employer's notice history is rendered directly from state WARN Act filings. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026. A WARN filing is a legally required notice, not a judgment of a company's management or financial health; rankings here reflect filed notice volume only.