The week of November 10 is shaping up to be one of the heaviest layoff weeks of the autumn. WARN notices tracked by Layoff Atlas put 6,887 reported workers with effective dates in that week, making it the second-heaviest upcoming week in the current six-week window, behind only the week of November 24.
That matters because the coming fortnight is not evenly spread. Two weeks in a row, November 10 and November 17, each carry more than 6,600 reported workers, before the count jumps again to 9,300 in the week of November 24. For workers, employers, and local economies, the next three weeks are the concentrated part of the current layoff calendar.
The numbers right now
Across the 90-day notice window, Layoff Atlas currently tracks 666 notices covering 62,948 reported workers, with 28 counts unavailable. The figures were last updated on November 3, 2026, and they combine official state filings with labelled secondary reports. Worker totals exclude unavailable counts, so the true number of affected workers is at least as high as the reported total.
The five states with the largest reported worker totals in the current window are California (18,196), Washington (17,336), Illinois (3,649), Texas (2,978), and Maryland (2,429). California and Washington together account for more than half of all reported workers in the window.
These are reported plans, not confirmed job losses. A WARN notice is an advance notification of a qualifying mass layoff or plant closure, filed with a state labor agency. Some planned cuts are later reduced, delayed, or cancelled, and coverage and reporting rules vary by state, so missing source coverage is not the same as zero layoffs.
The six-week picture
The upcoming-by-week totals on Layoff Atlas currently read:
- Week of November 3: 2,350 workers
- Week of November 10: 6,887 workers
- Week of November 17: 6,613 workers
- Week of November 24: 9,300 workers
- Week of December 1: 2,398 workers
- Week of December 8: 1,296 workers
Together, the six weeks total 28,844 reported workers. The week of November 10 alone accounts for about 24 percent of that total, nearly triple the 2,350 workers in the current week of November 3.
The shape of the calendar is striking. After a relatively quiet current week, the numbers jump sharply, stay high for three weeks, and then fall away. The weeks of December 1 and December 8 combined (3,694 workers) are barely more than half the November 10 week on its own.
Why November 10 stands out
November 10 is not the heaviest week, but it is close enough to the top to deserve attention on its own. It sits just 274 workers ahead of the following week, November 17 (6,613), so the two weeks are effectively a single two-week stretch of about 13,500 reported workers. Workers whose effective dates fall in either week will be going through the same end-of-notice-period moment at roughly the same time, which can matter for local job markets, unemployment offices, and rapid-response services that help affected workers.
It is also worth noting what the week is not. November 10 does not look like a one-employer story. The largest recently reported filings in the current window, including a 634-worker Philadelphia filing and a 159-worker statewide Washington filing, carry December 31 effective dates, not November 10 dates. The November 10 total is better read as an accumulation of many notices reaching their effective dates in the same week, rather than a single headline closure.
How to read these numbers
Three cautions apply to every figure in this article.
First, the effective date is not the notice date. A worker whose layoff takes effect in the week of November 10 may have received notice weeks earlier, often around 60 days before under the federal WARN Act. The week-ahead totals therefore describe when planned cuts take effect, not when workers first learned about them.
Second, state coverage is uneven. Some states publish WARN notices promptly and completely; others publish rarely or not at all, and Layoff Atlas fills gaps with labelled secondary reports where available. A state with a low total may have thin coverage rather than few layoffs, and week totals can shift as late notices are imported.
Third, totals move. As new notices are filed and existing ones are amended, the ranking of upcoming weeks changes. Treat the November 10 figure as the best current snapshot, not a final count.
What to watch next
The immediate question is whether the November 17 week holds near its current 6,613 or climbs toward November 10's level as more notices arrive. The bigger question is the week of November 24: at 9,300 workers, it is already about 35 percent larger than November 10.
After that, the calendar quiets quickly. If the December totals stay near their current levels, the autumn wave will have been a November story, concentrated in three weeks. Workers with effective dates in the week of November 10 should check the practical details now: final pay and unused leave, health coverage continuation, unemployment filing rules in their state, and whether their employer offers outplacement help.
For now, the headline is simple: the quiet week ends here. The week of November 10 brings 6,887 reported workers, the second-heaviest week on the near-term calendar, and the start of a three-week stretch that carries most of the layoffs currently on the books.
Data source: Layoff Atlas
