US layoff notices in 2015

2,073WARN notices
237,741workers affected
33states

Counts cover the free tier, no delay of the normalized US WARN dataset (by notice date); notices that surface later are added retroactively. Worker totals sum only notices that published a headcount.

Biggest layoff notices of 2015

CompanyStateLocationWorkersNotice date
Toyota Motor North AmericaCATorrance3,0002015-07-22
Gerawan FarmingCAKerman2,5512015-12-18
Saint Clare's Health ServicesNJDenville2,5112015-04-01
TargetMNMinneapolis2,4002015-07-15 (effective date)
TargetMNMinneapolis1,9562015-03-03 (effective date)
U. S. SteelALFairfield1,9232015-01-28
Aerospace Testing AllianceTNARNOLD AFB, Coffee County1,8612015-07-28
DNC Parks & Resorts at YosemiteCAYosemite National1,7182015-12-28
DuPontDE—1,7002015-12-29
RW ConstructorsIAWeaver1,6062015-04-22
Granite City WorksILGranite City, 1951 State Street1,5622015-01-21
BAE SystemsVANorfolk1,5122015-09-21
GE TransportationPAErie, Erie1,5002015-11-01
Saint Michael's Medical CenterNJNewark1,4452015-08-01
New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority - IZOD CENTERNJEast Rutherford1,4002015-02-01
Infinite CarePAPhiladelphia, Philadelphia1,3242015-03-01
QualcommCASan Diego1,3142015-09-18
Health Net, Inc. (CANCELLED)CAWoodland Hills1,2172015-04-27
Mitsubishi Motor ManufacturingILNORMAL, 100 N MITSUBISHI MOTORWAY1,1812015-07-24
Frontier AirlinesCODenver1,1522015-01-16

Month by month

MonthNoticesWorkers affected
January 201517521,758
February 201515616,842
March 201518818,261
April 201516521,727
May 201517014,980
June 201515012,132
July 201517826,585
August 201526629,523
September 201515719,563
October 201517819,509
November 201514216,256
December 201514820,605

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
California (CA)71568,132
New Jersey (NJ)16723,239
Pennsylvania (PA)12215,990
Illinois (IL)9213,201
Florida (FL)8311,560
Virginia (VA)5410,139
Minnesota (MN)429,847
Tennessee (TN)708,253
Kentucky (KY)736,985
Colorado (CO)546,796
Indiana (IN)446,056
Iowa (IA)525,990
North Carolina (NC)525,773
Alabama (AL)305,643
Washington (WA)395,521
Michigan (MI)334,656
Arizona (AZ)454,475
South Carolina (SC)314,207
Maryland (MD)323,277
Nebraska (NE)972,946
Connecticut (CT)342,631
Oregon (OR)232,605
Kansas (KS)252,369
Delaware (DE)52,189
Utah (UT)192,094
Idaho (ID)9826
Rhode Island (RI)5555
Montana (MT)4546
North Dakota (ND)7416
Maine (ME)3400
South Dakota (SD)2290
Alaska (AK)1134
Oklahoma (OK)90
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