November 4 Layoffs Preview: 3,760 Workers After the 8,110-Worker Week of October 28

The layoff calendar takes a sharp step down next week. WARN data tracked by Layoff Atlas shows 3,760 workers scheduled for layoffs effective the week of November 4, less than half the 8,110 workers scheduled for the week of October 28 that is now under way. The quieter week is a pause, not an ending: the calendar climbs again afterward, reaching its heaviest point at 9,555 workers in the week of November 25.

These figures are reported plans, not confirmed job losses. WARN notices are advance notifications of qualifying mass layoffs and plant closures filed with state labor agencies, and the numbers below describe what employers have reported, not a final count of jobs lost.

The six weeks at a glance

Across the six upcoming weeks on the calendar, 35,223 workers are scheduled for layoffs:

• Week of October 28: 8,110 workers
• Week of November 4: 3,760 workers
• Week of November 11: 6,175 workers
• Week of November 18: 5,882 workers
• Week of November 25: 9,555 workers
• Week of December 2: 1,741 workers

The week of November 4 accounts for about 11 percent of that six-week total. It is the second-lightest week on the calendar; only the week of December 2, at 1,741 workers, is smaller.

A 54 percent drop from this week

The contrast with the current week is the story. The week of October 28 carries 8,110 scheduled workers, more than double the 3,760 scheduled for the week of November 4. That is a drop of 4,350 workers, or about 54 percent, from one week to the next.

Sharp week-to-week swings like this are normal in WARN data. Effective dates cluster because employers often set a single date for a whole facility closure or a round of cuts, so one large filing can lift an entire week. A quiet week does not mean layoffs have stopped; it usually means no large single-date event falls in that week.

What comes after November 4

The calendar does not stay quiet. The week of November 11 rises to 6,175 workers, and the week of November 18 holds near that level at 5,882. Then comes the peak: 9,555 workers in the week of November 25, which includes Thanksgiving Day on November 26. That peak week is about two and a half times the size of the November 4 week.

After the peak, the calendar falls again to 1,741 workers in the week of December 2, the lightest week in the six-week window. Taken together, the pattern is a heavy week now, a dip next week, a rebuild through mid-November, a peak in Thanksgiving week, and then a sharp fall.

The national picture behind the weeks

The weekly figures sit inside a broader registry of 671 WARN notices covering 63,327 reported workers in the current 90-day notice window, with 31 notices reporting no worker count. The data was last updated on October 27, 2026.

Washington and California continue to lead the state ranking by reported workers, with 16,960 and 13,427 respectively. Illinois follows at 4,626, then Texas at 3,652 and Georgia at 2,492. Those five states account for most of the reported workers in the window, which is why a single large filing in Washington or California can move a whole week's total.

Coverage and reporting rules vary by state, so the registry is not a census of all layoffs. Some states publish WARN notices promptly and completely; others publish partial lists or none at all. Missing source coverage is not the same as zero layoffs, and worker totals exclude notices where no count was reported.

How to read the November 4 week

For workers, the practical point is timing. A notice filed weeks ago can take effect in a quiet week, and a quiet week on the calendar can still contain individual layoffs that matter greatly to the people affected. The week-of-November-4 total of 3,760 is a national aggregate; it says nothing about any single employer, facility, or town.

For anyone tracking a specific employer, the registry's company-level records matter more than the weekly totals. A facility closure or a round of cuts shows up as one filing with one effective date, and that date is what places it in a particular week. Checking the registry for an employer by name is more useful than watching the national total move up or down.

The week of November 4 is best read as a breather between two heavier stretches: the 8,110-worker week now under way and the climb toward the 9,555-worker Thanksgiving week. The dip is real, but the calendar behind it is still busy.

Data source: Layoff Atlas