Employer · WARN Act history · Other Services
Northrop Grumman
748 workers across 8 WARN notices, primarily in VA - recorded in the current PlainLayoffs dataset.
- 748
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Northrop Grumman has 8 recorded WARN filings affecting 748 workers
According to WARN Act filings submitted to state workforce agencies, Northrop Grumman has 8 recorded filings covering 748 workers across 4 states, primarily VA, the 228th-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.
Northrop Grumman is a minor share of Other Services WARN activity — 0.2% of the sector's 460,348 workers across 3,497 employers, ranking #74 in Other Services.
How 748 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.
Northrop Grumman 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.
Northrop Grumman WARN workers by year and state
Sum of workers_affected on each filing row, crossed by calendar year and filing state, for the top 4 states by total workers affected.
| Year | VA | CA | IN | WA | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 78 | – | – | 78 |
| 2019 | 42 | – | – | – | 42 |
| 2018 | 348 | – | – | – | 348 |
| 2017 | – | – | – | 43 | 43 |
| 2015 | – | – | 49 | – | 49 |
| 2014 | 57 | – | – | – | 57 |
| 2012 | 131 | – | – | – | 131 |
Northrop Grumman city concentration · concentrated
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.
Chester accounts for 46.5% of Northrop Grumman's named-city WARN workers; the top three cities hold 74.3%.
Lead city Chester · 46.5% · 8 named cities · top-3 share 74.3%
DOL WARN employer filing desk
Employer NORTHROP-GRU · Northrop Grumman 748 workers · 8 filings
NOTC-MID · WORK-HEAVY · PHOTO-UNK · RUNWAY-OVER · STAT-MULTI · BOOK-MULTI · TYPE-MIX
- NOTC-MID 8 filings
- WORK-HEAVY #228
- PHOTO-UNK No peer
- RUNWAY-OVER 61d
- STAT-MULTI 4 states
- BOOK-MULTI 4 agencies
- TYPE-MIX 2C/6L
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 Northrop Grumman 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.
- Chester, VA · Layoff · Other Services 348 workers · filed Jun 14, 2018 · 64d runway
- Fort Eustis & Fort Story, VA · Layoff · Other Services 130 workers · filed May 1, 2012 · 59d runway
- San Ignacio Avenue San Jose, CA · Closure · Professional & Technical Services 78 workers · filed Aug 20, 2025 · 0d runway
- Virginia Beach, VA · Layoff · Other Services 57 workers · filed May 5, 2014 · 78d runway
- Edinburg, IN · Layoff · Manufacturing 49 workers · filed Apr 29, 2015 · 61d runway
Median forward runway across 8 dated filings: 61 days (3 under 60d · 5 at/above 60d · 1 same-day or retroactive).
What changed - Northrop Grumman WARN filings by year
Computed from filed notice dates in this dataset (calendar years), not a vendor release label. Latest compared pair: .
- 2018 → 2019: WARN workers affected for Northrop Grumman fell from 348 in 2018 to 42 in 2019; notice count held from 1 to 1.
- 2017 → 2018: WARN workers affected for Northrop Grumman rose from 43 in 2017 to 348 in 2018; notice count held from 1 to 1.
- 2012 → 2014: WARN workers affected for Northrop Grumman fell from 131 in 2012 to 57 in 2014; notice count fell from 2 to 1.
Site-wide YoY movers: /changes (RSS). Dataset corrections: /changelog. Year hubs: /year/2025.
Where Northrop Grumman 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. Northrop Grumman is in the 501-1.5k bucket (#228 of 7,009 by workers affected).
Employer Profile
- Primary State
- VA
- Primary Industry
- Other Services
- First Notice
- Mar 2, 2012
- Latest Notice
- Aug 20, 2025
Not all layoffs appear in WARN data, see our methodology for the federal + state coverage thresholds. Latest filing: Aug 2025.
WARN Notice History
2025
San Ignacio Avenue San Jose, CA · Professional & Technical Services
Effective: Aug 20, 2025
78
workers
Filed Aug 20, 2025
2019
Richmond, VA · Other Services
Effective: Feb 4, 2020
42
workers
Filed Dec 5, 2019
2018
Chester, VA · Other Services
Effective: Aug 17, 2018
348
workers
Filed Jun 14, 2018
2017
Lakewood, WA · Other Services
Effective: Jan 12, 2018
43
workers
Filed Nov 14, 2017
2015
Edinburg, IN · Manufacturing
Effective: Jun 29, 2015
49
workers
Filed Apr 29, 2015
2014
Virginia Beach, VA · Other Services
Effective: Jul 22, 2014
57
workers
Filed May 5, 2014
2012
Fort Eustis & Fort Story, VA · Other Services
Effective: Jun 29, 2012
130
workers
Filed May 1, 2012
Chantilly, VA · Other Services
Effective: May 4, 2012
1
workers
Filed Mar 2, 2012
Questions about this Northrop Grumman record
What is the largest Northrop Grumman WARN filing on record? ▼
The largest row is the mass layoff filed for Chester, VA on Jun 14, 2018, covering 348 workers in Other Services.
Where were Northrop Grumman's WARN notices filed? ▼
The filings name San Ignacio Avenue San Jose, Richmond, and Chester, among 8 named cities; together they form 2 facility closures and 6 mass-layoff filings sourced from California EDD and Virginia Works and Washington ESD and Indiana DWD. States represented in this record: CA, IN, VA, WA.
Where is Northrop Grumman's WARN footprint concentrated by city? ▼
Chester accounts for 46.5% of Northrop Grumman's named-city WARN workers; the top three cities hold 74.3%.
Does Northrop Grumman's filing history show a recurring pattern? ▼
The filing history spans 2012 through 2025 across 7 calendar years; that recurrence is visible in the dated rows rather than inferred from news coverage.
How much advance notice appears in Northrop Grumman'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 8 filings on record, 1 without a published effective date is excluded from that figure.
See also: VA WARN filings · Other Services industry WARNs · WARN Act guide
Source: State WARN Act layoff registries Northrop Grumman 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.