Forest, VA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Forest

• Senior Associate, Systems EngineeringHarris
• Senior Associate, Systems EngineeringL3HARRIS Technologies
• Associate, Integration/Test EngineerL3HARRIS Technologies
• Sales EngineerPro Mach
• Senior Associate, Systems EngineeringHarris Health Strategic Fund
• UnderwriterAuto-Owners Insurance Group

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Employers hiring most in Forest

1. L3HARRIS Technologies2 open roles
2. Auto-Owners Insurance Group1 open role
3. Harris1 open role
4. Harris Health Strategic Fund1 open role
5. Pro Mach1 open role

Forest layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Forest 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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Workforce development and job centers

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

• Central Virginia Workforce Development Board

  Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, Lynchburg

Bedford County economy

• 3.4%

  unemployment, Aug 2026

  3.4% the month before

• 38,140

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 80,254

  people in Bedford County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $77,644

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 44%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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• Bedford3 jobs