US layoff notices in 2009

859WARN notices
111,714workers affected
13states

Counts cover the free tier, no delay of the normalized US WARN dataset (by notice date); notices that surface later are added retroactively. Worker totals sum only notices that published a headcount.

Biggest layoff notices of 2009

CompanyStateLocationWorkersNotice date
CessnaKS—2,8002009-01-29
United States SteelALFairfield1,7112009-05-08
Aramark SportsNJE. RUTHERFORD1,6892009-10-01
CaterpillarILDecatur, 27th & Pershing Rd.1,4902009-02-03
Monaco CoachORCoburg1,3962009-03-02
NavistarINIndianapolis1,3362009-02-19
CessnaKS—1,3002009-04-29
Continental Automotive Systems USALHuntsville1,2812009-08-31
MicrosoftWARedmond1,2002009-05-05
CaterpillarINLafayette9852009-05-15
ArcelorMittalINEast Chicago9782009-05-12
MicrosoftWARedmond8722009-01-23
Wabash NationalINLafayette7902009-05-01
BoeingWAPuget Sound7812009-02-25
CaterpillarILEast Peoria, 100 Sanford Street7582009-01-30
AK SteelKY—7502009-05-13
BorgWarnerINMuncie7502009-02-11
BoeingWAPuget Sound7102009-03-20
Elwood Staffing/Honda PlantALLincoln7062009-01-26
CessnaKS—7002009-06-05

Month by month

MonthNoticesWorkers affected
January 200910117,502
February 20099315,956
March 200915615,308
April 2009657,757
May 20099815,738
June 2009749,016
July 2009595,169
August 2009555,766
September 2009353,055
October 2009507,662
November 2009394,247
December 2009344,538

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
Illinois (IL)15421,793
Indiana (IN)12119,545
New Jersey (NJ)12916,080
Alabama (AL)11514,215
Washington (WA)7210,496
Kansas (KS)508,858
Kentucky (KY)827,165
Oregon (OR)546,693
Delaware (DE)252,516
Utah (UT)192,072
Rhode Island (RI)171,378
South Dakota (SD)9903
Oklahoma (OK)120
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