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Bristol city, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Bristol city’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 7 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Bristol city economy

  • 4.2%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.8% the month before

  • 7,348

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 17,024

    people in Bristol city

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $44,706

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 38%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Bristol city layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Bristol city 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 Bristol city

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. Sinclair3 open roles
  2. Commonwealth of Virginia1 open role
  3. Encompass Health1 open role
  4. Point Broadband1 open role
  5. Tidal Wave1 open role

Cities in Bristol city

Other Virginia counties

All of Virginia

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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.