Layoffs in October 2026: 230 WARN notices for 22,842 workers

Employers gave 230 WARN notices dated October 2026, covering 22,842 workers, in the 32 states whose lists print a notice date. Of those states, 24 had at least one October notice. The largest was a plant closure by Tyson Foods, Inc. in Hillsdale, Illinois: 2,495 workers, with notice given on October 15, 2026.

California filed 101 of the 230, for 9,809 workers. Illinois had 15 notices but 4,835 workers, the second largest total, because the Tyson notice alone is more than half of it. The median October notice covers 51 workers.

The October layoff notices list shows 239 rows, because it also includes New Jersey's notices by the month the state posted them. Get the first 200 rows free on that page, or all 239 rows for $11.95.

October by state

Each state links to its own October list.

State	Notices	Workers
California	101	9,809
Illinois	15	4,835
Maryland	14	1,429
Washington	13	1,949
Oregon	11	381
Iowa	9	381
Kentucky	7	405
Ohio	7	436
Texas	7	234
New York	6	244
Wisconsin	6	359
Alabama	5	472
Connecticut	5	264
Arizona	4	123
Colorado	4	197
South Carolina	4	459
Indiana	3	318
Tennessee	3	302
Delaware	1	145
Kansas	1	3
Maine	1	23
Oklahoma	1	0
Utah	1	8
Vermont	1	66

The 25 largest notices of October

Names, places and types are as each state printed them. A blank cell means the state left it blank.

#	Employer	State	Place	Workers	Notice	Effective	Type as printed
1	Tyson Foods, Inc.	Illinois	Hillsdale	2,495	Oct 15		Plant Closure
2	AEG Management Oakland LLC	California	Alameda County	1,605	Oct 29	Dec 31	Layoff Permanent
3	24Hr Homecare	California	Los Angeles County	875	Oct 1	Dec 17	Layoff Permanent
4	Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream	Maryland	Howard County	803	Oct 19	Dec 20	Temporary Mass Layoff Note: Temporary 2 week layoff for necessary maintenance
5	Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream	California	Kern County	715	Oct 19	Dec 19	Closure Temporary
6	The Allstaff Group	Illinois	Gurnee	659	Oct 29		Mass Layoff
7	Fender Musical Instruments Corporation	California	Riverside County	533	Oct 15	Dec 14	Closure Temporary
8	Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream	California	Tulare County	448	Oct 19	Dec 19	Closure Temporary
9	National Frozen Foods Corporation	Washington	Moses Lake and Chehalis	439	Oct 2	Nov 15	Layoff
10	Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream	California	Kern County	380	Oct 20	Dec 19	Closure Temporary
11	T-Mobile USA, Inc.	Illinois	Schaumburg	342	Oct 14		Mass Layoff
12	Medline Industries, LP	Illinois	Northfield	304	Oct 30		Mass Layoff
13	Manson Growers LLC	Washington	Manson	275	Oct 1	Oct 1	Layoff
14	Netflix, Inc.	California	Los Angeles County	267	Oct 16	Sep 14	Layoff Permanent
15	eBay Inc.	California	Santa Clara County	229	Oct 21	Oct 21	Layoff Permanent
16	Netflix, Inc.	California	Santa Clara County	227	Oct 16	Sep 14	Layoff Permanent
17	Double M Orchards	Washington	Quincy	220	Oct 28	Dec 18	Layoff
18	INEOS Joliet, LLC	Illinois	Channahon	208	Oct 2		Mass Layoff
19	American Woodmark Corporation	Indiana	Gas City	207	Oct 5	Dec 5	LO
20	Myers Power Products, Inc.	California	San Bernardino County	206	Oct 9	Dec 15	Closure Permanent
21	RNDC of Kentucky, LLC	Kentucky	Jefferson County - Louisville	206	Oct 12	Oct 16	Layoff
22	DP World	South Carolina	Spartanburg	205	Oct 31
23	Greenridge Farming Inc	Washington	Pasco	193	Oct 2	Nov 15	Layoff
24	Formagrid Inc. dba Airtable	California	San Francisco County	190	Oct 15	Jan 15, 2027	Layoff Permanent
25	Levy	California	Alameda County	181	Oct 26	Dec 31	Closure Permanent

Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream gave four of these: three temporary closures in Kern and Tulare counties in California, for 1,543 workers together, and one temporary layoff of 803 workers in Howard County, Maryland. The Maryland notice describes a two week layoff for maintenance. Netflix, Inc. gave two notices on October 16, 2026, one in Los Angeles County and one in Santa Clara County.

Of the 198 October notices that print a type, 68 are closures and 123 are layoffs. Ten of the 32 states print no type at all. The most frequent filer was Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., with 8 notices in California that cover 15 workers in total.

The week from October 26 to the month's last day carried 92 notices and 7,298 workers, more than any earlier week of October.

October against the rest of 2026

Month	Notices	Workers
January	322	29,085
February	274	21,479
March	274	17,251
April	391	27,541
May	229	22,802
June	247	16,438
July	203	18,100
August	253	19,616
September	245	28,375
October	230	22,842

October had fewer notices than September, 230 against 245, and fewer workers, 22,842 against 28,375. The median notice was 51 workers in both months. Of the months before it this year, only May, with 229, and July, with 203, had fewer notices. By workers, October sits behind January, September and April.

What takes effect before the year ends

Notices given in 2026 put 307 layoffs and closures on an effective date between November 10 and December 31, 2026. Together they cover 35,064 workers. Of all 2,700 notices given in 2026 in these states, 341 print no effective date, so they cannot be placed in this window.

The 15 largest that fall in it:

Employer	State	Workers	Notice	Effective
Gebbers Farms, Etal	Washington	3,445	Sep 25	Nov 25
AEG Management Oakland LLC	California	1,605	Oct 29	Dec 31
Covenant Aviation Security, LLC	California	1,279	Sep 28	Nov 30
Legendary Fruit Co	Washington	1,220	Sep 10	Nov 10
FirstFruits, LLC	Washington	1,200	Sep 28	Nov 18
24Hr Homecare	California	875	Oct 1	Dec 17
Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream	Maryland	803	Oct 19	Dec 20
Blue Cascade Orchards	Washington	792	Sep 14	Nov 20
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream	California	715	Oct 19	Dec 19
Columbia Reach Chiawana Orchards	Washington	570	Sep 17	Nov 14
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation	California	533	Oct 15	Dec 14
Pacific Ag Services LLC	Washington	530	Sep 16	Nov 15
Gilbert Orchards, Inc.	Washington	518	Sep 3	Nov 22
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream	California	448	Oct 19	Dec 19
Sagemoor Group Management Services Inc	Washington	443	Sep 17	Nov 14

Eight of the 15 are in Washington, with effective dates from November 10 to November 25.

November so far

From November 1 to November 9, 2026, the latest notice date in the state lists, employers gave 32 notices for 2,354 workers. The ten largest:

Employer	State	Place	Workers	Notice	Effective
Faurecia Clean Mobility	Ohio	Franklin	180	Nov 6	Jan 8, 2027
Republic National Distributing Company, LLC	Illinois	Niles	180	Nov 9
The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa	South Carolina	Beaufort	157	Nov 3
Ferrara Candy Company	Illinois	Chicago	154	Nov 9
Family Endeavors, Inc. (“Endeavors”)	Texas	San Antonio	153	Nov 3	Dec 31
National Distribution Centers	Ohio	Groveport	126	Nov 5	Jan 5, 2027
A&G Management Company, Inc.	Maryland	Anne Arundel	120	Nov 3	Jan 3, 2027
CEVA Supply Chain	Ohio	Lockbourne	120	Nov 9	Jan 8, 2027
MV Transportation, Inc (Corpus Christi)	Texas	Corpus Christi	96	Nov 3	Dec 31
Amazon	Washington	Sumner, Pasco, Bellevue, Redmond, Seattle and Remote	95	Nov 2	Dec 7

Where the numbers come from

Each count comes from the WARN lists that state labor agencies publish, with each notice placed in the month of its notice date. Georgia and Pennsylvania print no notice date, and New Jersey prints only the month it posted a notice, so none of the three is in the counts above. Two October notices print no worker count; they count as notices and add nothing to the worker totals. Employer names are never merged, so a company that files under two spellings appears twice.

For the whole year so far, state by state, read WARN notices 2026 by state.