US layoff notices in 2017

1,563WARN notices
151,761workers 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 2017

CompanyStateLocationWorkersNotice date
FluorSCJenkinsville4,0032017-08-01 (effective date)
Marsh SupermarketINStatewide1,5352017-05-04
Volume ServicesCASan Francisco, San Francisco1,3302017-11-30
Blue ApronNJJersey City1,2702017-08-01
San Diego SportserviceCASan Diego1,1302017-01-27
Verizon WirelessCARancho Cordova1,0702017-01-09
General MotorsKS—1,0532017-06-16
Oracle AmericaCASanta Clara, Santa Clara9642017-09-01
Menzies AviationWASeaTac9492017-03-03
Live Nation WorldwideCAIrvine9052017-02-02
AramarkFLTallahassee, FL 323048992017-03-10
Sears Holdings MgmtILHoffman Estates, 3333 Beverly Road8702017-02-23
National Steel and ShipbuildingCASan Diego8442017-01-10
Par PharmaceuticalsALHuntsville8322017-07-24
United Technologies Electronic ControlsINHuntington7382017-01-05
Corizon HealthINStatewide6992017-02-23
General MotorsTNSpring Hill, Maury County6802017-09-22
NestleCABakersfield, Kern County6792017-10-18
ButterballILMontgomery, 2125 rochester Road6672017-05-18
USS-POSCO IndustriesCAPittsburg6352017-05-12

Month by month

MonthNoticesWorkers affected
January 201713415,194
February 201712612,336
March 201718816,765
April 201717211,134
May 201711615,499
June 201711412,747
July 201712510,775
August 201710815,576
September 201711110,986
October 201712612,171
November 201715613,042
December 2017875,536

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
California (CA)62556,586
Florida (FL)14815,255
Illinois (IL)10813,682
Indiana (IN)569,521
New Jersey (NJ)888,315
South Carolina (SC)268,005
Tennessee (TN)507,034
Washington (WA)445,203
Oregon (OR)544,697
Iowa (IA)472,975
Colorado (CO)322,854
Nebraska (NE)1202,620
Maryland (MD)362,522
Connecticut (CT)422,236
Alabama (AL)112,116
Kansas (KS)151,997
Utah (UT)131,502
New Mexico (NM)5942
Arizona (AZ)14929
Delaware (DE)7746
Rhode Island (RI)2648
District of Columbia (DC)5527
Alaska (AK)4513
Vermont (VT)5198
Montana (MT)180
South Dakota (SD)158
Oklahoma (OK)40
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