Covington city, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Covington city’s unemployment rate is 4.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 2 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Covington city economy

4.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.7% the month before
2,125
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
5,671
people in Covington city
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$42,724
median household income
Source: Census ACS
22%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Covington city layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Covington 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 Covington 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.

Mdlz1 open role
Smurfit Westrock1 open role

Cities in Covington city

Covington2 jobs

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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.