September 2026: Washington WARN activity
September 2026 filings reported 13,258 workers across 37 notices. The reported worker total was 11,065 higher than August 2026.
These totals go by when a notice was filed, not when the jobs end. An effective date often lands months later. And the counts are what employers reported at the time, which they sometimes revise.
The comparison
| Filing month | Notices | Reported workers | Missing counts |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 21 | 8,372 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 15 | 2,193 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 37 | 13,258 | 0 |
The worker total was 4,886 higher than September 2025. The filing count was 16 higher than that same month a year earlier. Comparing the same month a year apart takes seasonal hiring out of the picture. It doesn't explain why the number moved, though, so treat a gap as a question rather than an answer.
All 37 filings in the current month included a worker count. Keep in mind that plenty of layoffs never reach WARN at all, because they fall under the thresholds that trigger a filing.
Where the number comes from
Gebbers Farms, Etal's filing reported 3,445 workers, about 26% of the month's reported total. The other 36 filings reported 9,813 workers combined. When one filing carries that much of a month, the monthly number is really a story about that one employer.
27 filings were classified as layoffs and 10 as closures. These labels alone do not explain the employer's reason.
| Employer | Filed | Effective | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gebbers Farms, Etal | 2026-09-25 | 2026-11-25 | 3,445 |
| Legendary Fruit Co | 2026-09-10 | 2026-11-10 | 1,220 |
| FirstFruits, LLC | 2026-09-28 | 2026-11-18 | 1,200 |
| Blue Cascade Orchards | 2026-09-14 | 2026-11-20 | 792 |
| Columbia Reach Chiawana Orchards | 2026-09-17 | 2026-11-14 | 570 |
What to check next
Read a filing's timing and location before treating its count as a local job loss. A large notice can dominate a statewide total. The records here do not establish how many distinct people ultimately lost work, whether jobs were replaced elsewhere, or what happened to unemployment.
For an employer's latest record, use the official ESD WARN search. Our reading guide walks through dates, scope, and updates.
Evidence for this edition
We selected active public records by filing month from the saved site snapshot. Superseded source versions were excluded. We summed each available worker count and counted missing values separately. Separate notices can overlap; the total is a sum of reported counts. 0 undated records in the full snapshot could not be assigned to a month.
The evidence file contains the public rows for the three months above, any undated rows, and their calculated summaries. This edition stays fixed when the live tracker changes. A future correction will carry a dated note.
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Sources checked and changes
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