Chesapeake city, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Chesapeake city’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 112 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Chesapeake city economy

3.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.5% the month before
124,063
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
251,153
people in Chesapeake city
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$94,189
median household income
Source: Census ACS
45%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Chesapeake city layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Chesapeake 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 Chesapeake 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.

Oceaneering International6 open roles
Amazon5 open roles
Trane U.s.5 open roles
BAE Systems4 open roles
Commonwealth of Virginia4 open roles
Charter Communications3 open roles
Ignite Digital3 open roles
Perdue Farms3 open roles
USCG Community Services Command3 open roles
Augmentis2 open roles

Colleges in Chesapeake city

Colleges in Chesapeake city
College	City	Type	Students
Sentara College of Health Sciences	Chesapeake	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Cities in Chesapeake city

Chesapeake112 jobs

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.