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Virginia jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Virginia’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. 12,651 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 70 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

Virginia economy

  • 3.6%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.3% the month before

  • 4,465,164

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 8,657,499

    people in Virginia

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $90,974

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 48%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Virginia layoffs

  • 70

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 8,549

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 61

    employers

WARN notices filed in Virginia, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
The Washington PostTakes effect Dec 31, 2026Springfield VA118ClosureState record
ICF International LLCTakes effect Dec 7, 2026Arlington VA82—State record
Grunt StyleTakes effect Nov 30, 2026Norfolk VA8ClosureState record
James River InsuranceTakes effect Nov 30, 2026Richmond VA19—State record
Carry-On-Trailer Inc (American Trailor World Corp-ATW)Takes effect Nov 29, 2026Montross VA179ClosureState record
LeidosTakes effect Nov 23, 2026Ashburn VA84—State record
Kay and Associates IncTakes effect Oct 31, 2026Virginia Beach VA51—State record
Owens & MinorTakes effect Nov 25, 2026Toano VA419ClosureState record
Bechtel Power CorporationTakes effect Nov 16, 2026Reston VA200ClosureState record
United Air Temp Air Conditioning and Heating LLCTakes effect Nov 10, 2026Lorton VA96ClosureState record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in Virginia

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. Amazon748 open roles
  2. CACI International305 open roles
  3. UVA Health199 open roles
  4. M.C. Dean183 open roles
  5. Capital One177 open roles
  6. Commonwealth of Virginia169 open roles
  7. University of Virginia163 open roles
  8. BAE Systems148 open roles
  9. AWS146 open roles
  10. The MITRE145 open roles
  11. Caci International132 open roles
  12. ICF International125 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Virginia

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Higher education in Virginia

  • 54

    public and private nonprofit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 494,000

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Virginia

Largest colleges in Virginia
CollegeCityTypeStudents
George Mason UniversityFairfaxPublic 4-year20,000+
James Madison UniversityHarrisonburgPublic 4-year20,000+
Liberty UniversityLynchburgPrivate nonprofit 4-year20,000+
Old Dominion UniversityNorfolkPublic 4-year20,000+
University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesvillePublic 4-year20,000+
Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmondPublic 4-year20,000+
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburgPublic 4-year20,000+
Regent UniversityVirginia BeachPrivate nonprofit 4-year10,000–19,999
Norfolk State UniversityNorfolkPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
Radford UniversityRadfordPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
Virginia State UniversityPetersburgPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
William & MaryWilliamsburgPublic 4-year5,000–9,999

All 54 Virginia colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Virginia. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

50 American Job Centers in Virginia

Job fairs and business events in Virginia

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in Virginia.

Conferences in Virginia

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Virginia, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 21 with dates announced.

Showing 24 of 30 conferences, 21 with dates announced.

All conferences

Virginia counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

Virginia cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Laid off or looking for work in Virginia?

See what to do first, what Virginia unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; WARN notices from Virginia’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Virginia unemployment benefits.