Newport News, VA jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Newport News
- Lead Medical Lab Scientist (MLS) - Mary Immaculate HospitalBon Secours Mercy Health
- Project ManagerAkima Systems Engineering
- Director of Operations - TerminalsKinder Morgan
- Project ManagerKinder Morgan
- Manager - Operations Terminals IIIKinder Morgan
- Project Manager - Newport News, VAMerrick Medical Center
- Government Contracts & Compliance ManagerLiebherr
- Sourcing Manager - Supply ChainFerguson
- Head of the Accounting and Finance DepartmentCanon Virginia
- Safety ManagerW.M. Jordan Company
Employers hiring most in Newport News
- Newport News Shipbuilding22 open roles
- HII Mission Technologies17 open roles
- Liebherr4 open roles
- Kinder Morgan3 open roles
- Augmentis2 open roles
- Coregroupresources2 open roles
- Ferguson2 open roles
- Five Below2 open roles
- KUKA2 open roles
- Merrick Medical Center2 open roles
Newport News layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Newport News in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Newport News
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher Newport University | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Newport News city economy
4.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.3% the month before
87,665
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
184,774
people in Newport News city
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$66,718
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
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.