Manufacturing layoffs: how many jobs are being cut in 2026?
31,706 US manufacturing workers received official WARN layoff notices in the last 12 months, across 183 filings. Another 6,945 jobs are already scheduled to end in the next 90 days, the soonest at Clarmil Manufacturing Corporation on Oct 30, 2026. On record: 1,571 filings covering 230,484 jobs, concentrated in California (62,056 roles), the most recent filed Oct 23, 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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23,184 US manufacturing workers have received official WARN layoff notices so far in 2026, across 158 filings (as of Oct 27, 2026). Over the last 12 months the figure is 31,706. WARN notices cover larger layoffs and closures only, so the total number of manufacturing jobs lost is higher.
The largest US manufacturing WARN filings on record are Jabil Inc. (6,951), DCT Industrial (5,559), Dominick's Finer Foods & Safeway, Inc. (5,514) jobs, and California has the most affected manufacturing roles (62,056).
Yes. 6,945 manufacturing jobs across 46 WARN filings are scheduled to end in the next 90 days. The soonest is Clarmil Manufacturing Corporation (California), 108 jobs, effective Oct 30, 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.
69 manufacturing filings have landed in the last 90 days; the most recent is dated Oct 23, 2026. New filings appear automatically.