Accomack County, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Accomack County economy
4.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.1% the month before
14,918
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
33,326
people in Accomack County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$57,500
median household income
Source: Census ACS
24%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Accomack County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Accomack County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Employers hiring most in Accomack County
Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.
- Perdue Farms6 open roles
- Eastern Shore Rural Health System2 open roles
- Eastern Shore Rural Health1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Accomack County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Bay Area Local Workforce Development Board
Accomack, Caroline, Essex, Fredericksburg, King George, King William, King and Queen, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton, Northumberland, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Westmoreland
Eastern Shore Virginia Career Works Center
Onley · Affiliate · 757-302-4511
Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:00pm; Wed 9:30am -4:00pm Closed Daily for Lunch 12-1PM
Cities in Accomack County
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See your options after a layoffSources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Virginia’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.