Bath County, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Bath County’s unemployment rate is 2.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 2 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Bath County economy

2.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
2.4% the month before
2,341
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
4,123
people in Bath County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$61,709
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Bath County layoffs

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

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Bath 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.

Bath Community Hospital1 open role
Bretton Woods1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Shenandoah Valley Workforce Development Board, Inc.
Augusta, Bath, Buena Vista, Clarke, Frederick, Harrisonburg, Highland, Lexington, Page, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Staunton, Warren, Waynesboro, Winchester

Other Virginia counties

All of Virginia

Laid off or looking for work in Bath County?

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Sources: 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.