Oregon WARN Notices 2026: 63 Filings, 2,323 Workers, and What Comes Next

Oregon's 2026 layoff picture looks different from last year's — not because filings stopped, but because they got smaller. The state's WARN archive holds 1,348 non-cancelled imported notices covering 185,947 reported workers, and the 2026 slice of that data tells a story of more notices affecting far fewer people.

2026 so far: more notices, fewer workers

Through late October, Oregon has logged 63 WARN notices in 2026 covering 2,323 reported workers. Compare that with 2025, which had 56 notices covering 7,188 workers — fewer filings, but more than three times as many affected workers.

The math is straightforward: the average 2026 Oregon filing covers roughly 37 workers, versus about 128 per filing in 2025. 2024 sat between the two with 65 notices and 7,009 workers. This year is shaping up as a year of small, scattered filings rather than a few large ones.

A quiet year by Oregon's own standards

The archive stretches back to 1988, and 2026's 2,323 workers is the second-lowest annual total in the archive since 2020 — behind only 2022's 1,358. For comparison: 2020 saw 187 notices covering 21,658 workers, 2021 had 26 notices and 2,371 workers, 2023 had 56 notices and 3,261 workers, and 2024 had 65 notices and 7,009 workers.

So while 2026 produced more individual notices than 2021 or 2022, the worker footprint per filing is near historic lows. The layoff activity hasn't vanished; it has fragmented into smaller events.

One outlier worth knowing

The archive's single biggest year wasn't 2020. It was 1998, when just 29 Oregon notices covered 33,275 workers — more than 1,100 workers per filing on average, and well above the 21,658 workers recorded across 187 notices in 2020. Large single-site events can dominate a year's totals even when the notice count is small, which is exactly why the notice count and the worker count have to be read together.

What's still on the calendar

Thirteen Oregon notices carry future effective dates — planned layoffs that are scheduled but haven't taken effect yet. WARN notices are filed in advance, and the effective date is when the cuts are scheduled to begin, so these bear watching in the coming weeks. They also mean 2026's final tally isn't set: as those effective dates arrive, the year's worker total will move.

How to read Oregon's numbers

A few cautions, all straight from the source:

• These figures cover imported records only. Coverage depends on which state sources are connected, so missing records are not the same as zero layoffs.
• Thirty-seven Oregon notices have unavailable worker counts — the archive totals exclude them, so the true footprint is larger than the reported number.
• Company names are grouped from normalized names; similar names do not establish common ownership.
• Most importantly: WARN notices describe reported plans, not confirmed job losses. Filings can be amended, withdrawn, or scaled back after the notice date.

Oregon in the national picture

Nationally, the Layoff Atlas 90-day window shows 701 notices covering 65,974 reported workers (data updated Oct 23, 2026). Washington (16,938 workers) and California (14,224) lead the state rankings, followed by Illinois, Texas, and Ohio. The coming weeks carry significant scheduled cuts: the week of November 14 alone has 8,404 workers with effective dates, the heaviest week currently on the calendar.

Oregon's 2026 — small filings, a steady pace, 13 notices still scheduled — fits a national pattern where layoff activity continues but concentrates in different states and sectors than the headline years.

Data source: Layoff Atlas.