These are the companies that had the biggest mass layoffs in Idaho in 2025
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- Over 800 Idaho workers faced mass layoffs in 2025 under WARN filings.
- Exyte led layoffs with 201 cuts after Micron ended its general-contractor role.
- Many companies cited “unforeseen business circumstances” as the reason.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story incorrectly said 75 employees were laid off at Centennial Job Corps Center in Nampa in 2025. Management & Training Corp. notified Idaho Labor of impending layoffs via a letter in June. But a lawsuit and preliminary injunction blocked the job cuts from taking place. No one was laid off and the center is operating as normal, a spokesperson told the Idaho Statesman.
Over 800 people in Idaho were laid off en masse in 2025, according to data reported to the state.
Their employers had to file Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notifications, or WARN notices, with the Idaho Department of Labor in compliance with a federal law that requires employers to give workers advance notice so they can start looking for a new job.
WARN notices are generally required when companies with 100 or more employees shut down or have mass layoffs.
Over a dozen companies announced major layoffs in Idaho in 2025. Here is a list of the top nine.
1. Exyte U.S.
- Oct. 24, 2025.
- 9245 S. Gigabit Lane, Boise.
- 201 employees laid off.
Exyte, a German clean-room builder, was Micron’s general contractor for its coming $15 billion memory-chip fabrication plant in Southeast Boise.
Micron dropped Exyte as its general contractor less than two years after construction began on the plant, prompting Exyte to lay off hundreds of workers late in the year. The company said in a letter to the Idaho Department of Labor that its contract had been “unexpectedly permanently discontinued by Micron” effective Sept. 2, according to a copy of the letter obtained by the Statesman in response to a public records request.
Micron won’t say why it dissolved the contract, and Exyte says that while the scope of its work has changed, it is still involved in completing the first phase of the project.
Exyte has an office at 1500 W. Shoreline Drive in Boise and has expanded its production capacity in Nampa.
2. Blue Cross of Idaho
- March 27, 2025.
- 3000 E. Pine Ave., Meridian.
- 135 employees laid off.
The nonprofit Blue Cross of Idaho said the layoffs were because the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare terminated a decade-long contract with it for the state’s Medicare and Medicaid dual-eligible program, choosing to award it to two out-of-state, for-profit insurers instead: United Healthcare and Molina Health Care. Health and Welfare said it expected to save up to $40 million by switching.
Blue Cross, the largest health insurer in the state, first partnered with Health and Welfare to usher in the duals program in 2014. It submitted a bid to continue with the program in 2026 but ultimately wasn’t chosen. So the company closed its operating unit that worked exclusively on the program.
Most of the jobs cut were care coordinators and claims examiners. The company notified the state of the layoffs in late March and began the first round of layoffs in early June.
3. N.A. Degerstrom
- Sept. 5, 2025.
- 3268 Blackfoot River Road, Soda Springs.
- 113 employees laid off.
N.A. Degerstrom is a heavy construction company based in Spokane, Washington. It focuses on projects such as railroad building, dam construction, airports and open-pit mining.
The company first began mining at the Henry Mine near Soda Springs in 1969, according to historical records from the U.S. Geological Survey. Degerstrom said in its WARN letter to the state that it had completed a contract at the mine site in September, resulting in the layoffs, which it said would continue through the end of March.
The layoffs affected 105 union and eight nonunion employees, the company said. It used seniority and several objective performance-related factors in determining who would be laid off, according to the letter.
4. Inspiro
- Aug. 1, 2025.
- 200 W. Hanley Ave. No. 13, Coeur d’Alene.
- 100 employees laid off.
Inspiro, based in the Philippines, provides call-center, information-technology and automation services in various industries. Its layoffs in North Idaho were at a call center for Dish, the satellite television and internet provider.
The company closed the site on Sept. 30, citing unforeseen business circumstances that became unsustainable, attorneys for the company said in a letter to the state and mayor of Coeur d’Alene.
5. Saia LTL Freight
- April 8, 2025.
- 2264 S. Bonito Way, Suite 100, Meridian.
- 78 employees laid off.
Saia LTL Freight is a major freight-moving company headquartered in Georgia. It specializes in less-than-truckload shipping, meaning it combines shipments from different customers into one trailer for efficiency.
The layoffs took place between June 2 and June 16. The affected employees were customer service representatives.
6. Sunshine Minting
- June 26, 2025.
- 750 W. Canfield Ave., Coeur d’Alene.
- 72 employees laid off.
Sunshine Minting, based in Coeur d’Alene, processes silver, gold and other precious metals. The company says on its website that it is the world’s leading supplier of products for the coin-minting industry.
It said the layoffs were the due to unforeseen business circumstances resulting in an abrupt change in customer demand and cancellation of orders. It also did not provide 60 days’ notice.
7. PacificSource
- Oct. 24, 2025.
- 408 E. Parkcenter Blvd., Suite 100, Boise.
- 42 employees laid off.
PacificSource, based in Springfield, Oregon, is a nonprofit insurance provider that operates in the Northwest. The layoffs were at its office near downtown Boise.
The company said in its letter to the state that the layoffs, effective Dec. 31, were because of a “significant loss of Medicaid membership” in Lane County, Oregon.
8. Accelerate360 Distribution LLC - Dakota Merchandising Remote Work Unit
- April 25, 2025.
- 5013 S. Louise Ave., #5105, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
- 32 employees laid off.
Accelerate 360 Distribution is a sales, logistics, data and media company owned by McClatchy Media, the Sacramento, California, company that operates the Idaho Statesman. It laid off 32 remote workers in Idaho and 292 more workers in other states.
The affected employees all worked remotely in merchandising, according to a letter the company sent to Idaho Labor. Their work unit closed June 28.
9. Transit Management of Canyon County
- July 31, 2025.
- 5907 Cleveland Blvd., Caldwell.
- 28 employees laid off.
Transit Management of Canyon County is a subsidiary of First Transit Inc., one of the largest private-sector providers of public-transit management and contracting in the country. It had a contract with Valley Regional Transit in 2023 to operate the Canyon County transit system, according to public records.
But the company told the state in its WARN letter that its contract would end soon, on Sept. 30, and as a result it expected to permanently close its location in Caldwell.
“We anticipate that the new operator of the facility will hire most, if not all, of the workers at the facility, and we will cooperate with the new operator to facilitate the continued employment of our employees,” Transit Management of Canyon County said in the letter.
To learn more
You can find the full list of notices issued in 2025 and years past on Idaho Labor’s website.
This story was originally published January 21, 2026 at 10:08 AM.
