Pennsylvania Layoffs — September 2023

Employers in Pennsylvania filed 4 WARN Act notices in September 2023, impacting roughly 463 workers — representing a pullback from August and up 9% versus September 2022. The average filing covered 116 workers, with 3 closures among the notices.

4
Notices Filed
463
Workers Affected
116
Avg per Notice
3
Closures

Industry Breakdown

Industry classification was not available for filings in Pennsylvania this month. A total of 463 workers were affected across 4 notices.

Geographic Hotspots

CountyNoticesWorkers
York1220
Cumberland1182
Lehigh158
Philadelphia13

York saw the most concentrated activity, accounting for 48% of all affected workers with 220 workers across 1 notices.

CityNoticesWorkers
Camp Hill1182
Allentown158
Philadelphia13

Layoff Type Analysis

TypeNoticesWorkers
Closure3405
Layoff158

The high proportion of closures (87% of affected workers) suggests structural shifts rather than temporary cutbacks in Pennsylvania's labor market.

Largest Layoffs

CompanyCityWorkersTypeDate
FedEx Supply Chain, Inc220Closure2023-09-30
The AMES CompanyCamp Hill182Closure2023-09-01
Coca ColaAllentown58Layoff2023-09-01
CSL Behring, LLCPhiladelphia3Closure2023-09-01

The single largest action involved FedEx Supply Chain, Inc at its Pennsylvania facility, reporting 220 affected workers. The AMES Company followed with 182 workers.

Trend & Outlook

The data underscores a mixed picture for Pennsylvania's labor market, with activity diverging between monthly and annual comparisons.

This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by Pennsylvania. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers with 100+ employees to provide 60-day advance notice of mass layoffs and plant closings. Data is updated daily by WARN Firehose. View all Pennsylvania WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.

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