Chesapeake, VA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Chesapeake

• Administrative AssistantCenterville Insurance Agency
• Leasing Consultant | MAA Adalay BayMID America Apartment Communities
• Rental Account ManagerTrane U.s.
• Application Engineer ITrane U.s.
• Energy Services Senior Project DeveloperTrane U.s.
• Area Contracting ManagerTrane U.s.
• Contracting Project ManagerTrane U.s.
• Systems Engineer IIIOceaneering International
• Production SupervisorOceaneering International
• Project Mechanical EngineerOceaneering International

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Employers hiring most in Chesapeake

1. Oceaneering International6 open roles
2. Amazon5 open roles
3. Trane U.s.5 open roles
4. BAE Systems4 open roles
5. Commonwealth of Virginia4 open roles
6. Charter Communications3 open roles
7. Ignite Digital3 open roles
8. Perdue Farms3 open roles
9. USCG Community Services Command3 open roles
10. Augmentis2 open roles

Chesapeake layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Chesapeake in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Colleges in Chesapeake

Chesapeake city economy

• 3.6%

  unemployment, Aug 2026

  3.5% the month before

• 124,063

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 251,153

  people in Chesapeake city

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $94,189

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 45%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS