Wisconsin has 58 WARN notices reporting 4,519 workers affected so far in 2026, according to Layoff Atlas data checked November 9. The state's full imported archive holds 613 notices and 60,520 workers, and 9 notices have effective dates still in the future. The newest official notice in the archive is dated November 5, 2026. These are reported plans, not confirmed job losses — the final number affected can change. Wisconsin's figures come mostly from official state records: 590 of the 613 archive notices are direct government records, with 22 attributed secondary reports. Seven notices have no worker count, so the totals understate the picture slightly.

The 2026 picture so far

2026 is running a little quieter than the last two years. Wisconsin recorded 62 notices and 4,791 workers in 2025, and 94 notices and 6,860 workers in 2024. So far in 2026, notices are down about 6 percent from 2025 and workers are down about 6 percent, while both are roughly a third below 2024. The average filing in 2026 covers about 78 workers, close to the 2025 average of about 77 and the 2024 average of about 73.

The archive is still dominated by 2020, when 251 notices reported 31,929 workers — about 41 percent of all notices in the archive and about 53 percent of all workers. That year dwarfs every other: 2023 had 75 notices and 6,248 workers, 2022 had 43 and 3,813, and 2021 had 30 and 2,360. The last 365 days produced 56 official filings reporting 4,505 workers, with no unavailable counts — nearly the same as the full 2026 year-to-date total, which shows how little was filed in late 2025.

The biggest 2026 filings

The largest single filing of 2026 is Parkhurst Dining in Kenosha, a 160-worker closure effective July 3. Next is M.M.D. in Kenosha, a 148-worker layoff effective December 31. Then comes Hy Cite Enterprises in Middleton, 78 workers effective November 5 — the notice and effective dates are the same day, so the filing gave workers no advance warning. Maynard Steel Casting in Milwaukee filed a 77-worker closure effective December 4, and Samuel Pressure Vessel Group in Tomahawk filed a 76-worker closure effective August 4, one day before its August 5 notice date — the effective date falls ahead of the notice date as filed.

Durr CTS in De Pere closed with 75 workers effective October 13, and PPD in Middleton filed an amended 71-worker layoff effective September 28. Foremost Farms USA in Marshfield filed a 68-worker closure effective December 15. Two 59-worker closures round out the top ten: School Specialty in Fort Atkinson, effective September 25, and Wisconsin Green in West Bend, effective July 22, where the filing notes the figure is the worst-case scenario. Manufacturing and food processing dominate the list.

What is still to come

Nine Wisconsin notices have future effective dates, most of them in December. The heaviest day is December 31, when 235 workers are scheduled across four filings: M.M.D. in Kenosha (148), UMOS in Milwaukee (44), Assist to Transport in Manitowoc (39), and Family Endeavors (4). December 4 brings 124 more: Maynard Steel's 77 in Milwaukee and Bank First's 47 in Wausau. Sunlite Plastics in Germantown has 41 workers effective December 7, and Foremost Farms' 68 in Marshfield are effective December 15. One filing already reaches into 2027: UnityPoint Health, covering 17 remote employees, effective February 28, 2027.

How to read these numbers

A WARN notice reports a planned layoff or closure, not a confirmed job loss. Some plans shrink, some are withdrawn, and some workers are rehired. Seven Wisconsin notices in the archive have no worker count, so the worker totals exclude them. Wisconsin is one of the states with its own mini-WARN law, which adds state notice requirements on top of the federal WARN Act's 60-day rule for covered employers.

Two filings deserve a careful read: Hy Cite's notice and effective date are both November 5, and Samuel Pressure Vessel's effective date falls one day before its notice date. Those are the dates as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, the source for nearly all of the state's records. Wisconsin's coverage is unusually strong on official sources — 590 direct government records against 22 secondary reports — so the state's numbers rest on firmer ground than in states where the archive is mostly secondary reports.

Wisconsin in the national picture

Nationally, Layoff Atlas tracked 694 notices and 64,044 reported workers in the 90-day window ending November 9, with 30 counts unavailable. California leads the top-states ranking with 21,514 workers, followed by Washington with 17,411, Illinois with 3,432, Texas with 2,750, and Maryland with 2,475. The next six weeks carry 31,970 workers on the national calendar: 6,473 in the week of November 9, 6,202 in the week of November 16, 6,207 in the week of November 23, 5,916 in the week of November 30, 898 in the week of December 7, and 6,274 in the week of December 14. Wisconsin's December 31 cluster sits just beyond that window.

Wisconsin's 2026 story is a quieter year with a busy December still ahead. The numbers will move as new notices arrive — check the state page for the latest figures.

Data source: Layoff Atlas.