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Bedford County, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Bedford County’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 9 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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

Bedford County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Bedford 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 Bedford 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.

  1. Cintas3 open roles
  2. L3HARRIS Technologies2 open roles
  3. Auto-Owners Insurance Group1 open role
  4. Harris1 open role
  5. Harris Health Strategic Fund1 open role
  6. Pro Mach1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Cities in Bedford County

Other Virginia counties

All of Virginia

Laid off or looking for work in Bedford County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

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.