US layoff notices in 2016

1,664WARN notices
163,895workers affected
27states

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 2016

CompanyStateLocationWorkersNotice date
Trump Taj Mahal AssocNJAtlantic City2,8482016-08-01
American ApparelCALos Angeles2,1662016-11-07
Goodman ManufacturingTNFayetteville, Lincoln County1,8002016-10-17
ATA - Aerospance Testing AllianceTNARNOLD AFB, Coffee County1,5002016-04-27
Freedom CommunicationsCASanta Ana9692016-02-24
American ApparelCASouth Gate9592016-11-07
Ashley Furniture IndustriesCAColton9002016-08-26
The KaneMD6500 Kane Way, Elkridge, MD 210759002016-12-13
Cisco SystemsCASan Jose8992016-08-18
Sitel OperatingFL330698042016-12-16
IntelORSanta Clara, CA7842016-04-25
Broadcom and AvagoCAIrvine7712016-11-15
Seattle SportserviceWASeattle7612016-12-16
AdeccoCAOntario7302016-06-16
Boehringer IngelheimCTRidgefield7242016-06-29
Bristol-Myers SquibbCTWallingford7032016-12-14
Broadcom and AvagoCAIrvine6892016-02-02
El Dorado Berry FarmsCASanta Maria6542016-01-14
Toyota Motor Engineering & ManufacturingKYBoone6482016-12-12
JBS USA FoodCASanta Fe Springs6472016-11-23

Month by month

MonthNoticesWorkers affected
January 201619018,343
February 201617816,914
March 201613712,083
April 201614714,204
May 201618815,514
June 201614413,205
July 201611211,932
August 201612214,633
September 20161259,439
October 201611812,641
November 201610314,046
December 201610010,941

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
California (CA)64762,237
Florida (FL)9911,307
Illinois (IL)10610,262
New Jersey (NJ)518,665
Tennessee (TN)548,349
Washington (WA)576,778
Connecticut (CT)566,645
Kentucky (KY)426,456
Colorado (CO)565,729
Indiana (IN)445,637
Iowa (IA)955,363
Maryland (MD)465,161
Oregon (OR)484,067
Alabama (AL)193,209
Arizona (AZ)333,012
South Carolina (SC)322,625
New Mexico (NM)172,267
Utah (UT)172,050
Nebraska (NE)1081,946
Rhode Island (RI)6721
Delaware (DE)5371
Alaska (AK)4356
Maine (ME)1210
Vermont (VT)4209
Montana (MT)4200
South Dakota (SD)163
Oklahoma (OK)120
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