Healthcare layoffs: how many jobs are being cut in 2026?
35,312 US healthcare workers received official WARN layoff notices in the last 12 months, across 296 filings. Another 3,089 jobs are already scheduled to end in the next 90 days, the soonest at Henderson Hospital on Oct 12, 2026. On record: 2,672 filings covering 247,656 jobs, concentrated in California (74,992 roles), the most recent filed Oct 8, 2026. Every entry is the employer's own legally required notice. WARN covers larger layoffs only, so these figures are a floor.
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32,114 US healthcare workers have received official WARN layoff notices so far in 2026, across 265 filings (as of Oct 11, 2026). Over the last 12 months the figure is 35,312. WARN notices cover larger layoffs and closures only, so the total number of healthcare jobs lost is higher.
The largest US healthcare WARN filings on record are Compass Group USA Morison Healthcare (5,015), Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (3,833), Verity Health System of California, Inc. (3,322) jobs, and California has the most affected healthcare roles (74,992).
Yes. 3,089 healthcare jobs across 36 WARN filings are scheduled to end in the next 90 days. The soonest is Henderson Hospital (Nevada), 100 jobs, effective Oct 12, 2026.
Every entry is a public WARN Act notice filed with a state labor agency, the legally required warning of about 60 days before a mass layoff or site closure. Nothing is estimated or taken from press reports.
84 healthcare filings have landed in the last 90 days; the most recent is dated Oct 8, 2026. New filings appear automatically.