US layoff notices in 2018

1,616WARN notices
165,927workers 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 2018

CompanyStateLocationWorkersNotice date
Seneca FoodsCAModesto, Stanislaus County1,9752018-03-09
National Steel and ShipbuildingCASan Diego, San Diego County1,4932018-08-03
Verity Health System of CaliforniaCASan Jose, Santa Clara1,3262018-12-31
QualcommCASan Diego, San Diego County1,2312018-04-19
Toys R UsNJWayne1,1592018-03-01
Providence HospitalDCWashington, DC8982018-10-12
Spartan ShopsCASan Jose, Santa Clara8812018-05-10
Transamerica Life InsIACedar Rapids8632018-02-13
Swissport SACALos Angeles, Los Angeles8292018-07-23
ABM AviationNJNewark8212018-09-01
Sea Ray SportFLStatewide , FL 000007712018-06-25
NestleCABakersfield, Kern County7692018-10-15
Ovations FanfareCAOakland, Alameda County7632018-11-20
CenterplateCASanta Clara, Santa Clara7592018-02-22
Pacific Alliance Medical CenterCALos Angeles, Los Angeles7502018-04-24
JT3CAEdwards, Kern County7462018-05-30
NielsenFLStatewide, FL 000007242018-03-26
San Diego Gaming VenturesCAJamul, San Diego County6502018-04-02
Corizon HealthALState Wide6482018-02-05
Bay Medical SacredFL324016342018-12-07

Month by month

MonthNoticesWorkers affected
January 201820721,478
February 201811712,241
March 201811613,956
April 201815114,484
May 201812912,784
June 201813712,834
July 201811311,718
August 201812112,770
September 20189910,592
October 201819419,317
November 201812011,938
December 201811211,815

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
California (CA)68068,279
Florida (FL)12517,886
Illinois (IL)13114,029
New Jersey (NJ)8611,789
Indiana (IN)455,953
South Carolina (SC)305,062
Colorado (CO)343,843
Alabama (AL)273,814
Maryland (MD)443,666
Tennessee (TN)323,562
Washington (WA)343,445
Connecticut (CT)373,363
Arizona (AZ)343,261
Nebraska (NE)1272,925
Iowa (IA)302,883
Utah (UT)182,489
Oregon (OR)412,130
Kansas (KS)181,775
District of Columbia (DC)41,244
New Mexico (NM)81,222
Alaska (AK)71,028
South Dakota (SD)6926
Rhode Island (RI)7800
Delaware (DE)6280
Maine (ME)2272
Montana (MT)11
Oklahoma (OK)20
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