Healthcare layoffs: how many jobs are being cut in 2026?
37,426 US healthcare workers received official WARN layoff notices in the last 12 months, across 332 filings. Another 4,420 jobs are already scheduled to end in the next 90 days, the soonest at John Muir Health - Treat Blvd. on Oct 28, 2026. On record: 2,909 filings covering 265,123 jobs, concentrated in California (80,289 roles), the most recent filed Oct 21, 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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34,249 US healthcare workers have received official WARN layoff notices so far in 2026, across 308 filings (as of Oct 27, 2026). Over the last 12 months the figure is 37,426. 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 (80,289).
Yes. 4,420 healthcare jobs across 73 WARN filings are scheduled to end in the next 90 days. The soonest is John Muir Health - Treat Blvd. (California), 23 jobs, effective Oct 28, 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.
123 healthcare filings have landed in the last 90 days; the most recent is dated Oct 21, 2026. New filings appear automatically.