Emporia, VA jobs, layoffs and employers
Emporia layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Emporia in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Emporia. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Virginia Career Works Emporia Center
Emporia · Affiliate · 434-634-2326
Monday - Thursday 9:30am - 4:00pm
Emporia city economy
7.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
9.3% the month before
2,032
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
5,633
people in Emporia city
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$49,375
median household income
Source: Census ACS
18%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.