LayoffNext data reports
Layoff and labor-market analysis built from public trackers, government data, and transparent, clearly stated methodology. Estimates are directional, not official counts.
What these reports are
Most layoff coverage answers “how many?” and stops there. These reports exist to answer the questions that follow — who was affected, how the pattern differs by employer, visa status or state, and what it means for someone deciding what to do next. They are written for the person living through the layoff, not for the market.
Each one states its own scope, its data cut-off, and where its numbers came from. Where a figure is an estimate we say so in the sentence that carries it, rather than in a footnote.
How our estimates differ from official counts
There is no complete public register of U.S. layoffs. WARN notices only capture events above the statutory thresholds at employers large enough to be covered, company announcements are voluntary and often rounded, and neither records visa status. So where a report gives a figure that no official source publishes — H-1B exposure, for instance — it is a modelled estimate built from public inputs, and the report shows the inputs and the assumptions rather than presenting the result as a count. Treat these as directional. Official filings and company disclosures remain the authoritative record.
Latest report
One report is published so far. We would rather publish one that holds up than a shelf of them that does not, so this list grows slowly.
The datasets behind them
Reports are assembled from data the site already maintains and keeps current. Each of these is browsable on its own, so you can check a number rather than take it on trust.
Recent federal WARN filings from a public national feed, deduplicated and checked for date anomalies before publication, plus per-state notice records where a state publishes them in a usable form.
Researched guides for individual employers, each built from SEC filings, company announcements, WARN notices and news reporting, with every figure attributed to the source it came from.
Weekly benefit amounts, duration and eligibility rules verified against state agency sources, used as the labor-market backdrop for anything we publish about recovery timelines.
How we work
Our assumptions, formulas and limitations are written down, and so are the rules we hold ourselves to on sourcing and corrections.