Layoff data for reporters
Each month, a release of the U.S. layoff notices we collect from state labor departments: findings in plain sentences, comparisons with the month before and a year earlier, tables by state and employer, a CSV of every notice and the method. Free to quote and reuse with a link back.
Latest release
October 2026: 283 layoff notices, 25,164 people named
- Notices were down 1% from September 2026 (285 notices).
- Against October 2025, notices were up 65% (172 notices).
- CA had the most notices (85).
All releases
Always current
- Layoff tracker and this week’s notices
- All notices, last 24 months (CSV) · JSON
- RSS and JSON feeds by state, industry or size
- Embeddable layoff widgets
Reporters can write to justin@launchyournextchapter.com.