Danville city, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Danville city’s unemployment rate is 5.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 18 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Danville city economy

5.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
6.3% the month before
17,701
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
42,239
people in Danville city
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$42,778
median household income
Source: Census ACS
27%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Danville city layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Danville 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 Danville 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.

Commonwealth of Virginia2 open roles
Guided Search Partners2 open roles
Universal Health Services2 open roles
Universal Hospital Services2 open roles
Brookdale Senior Living1 open role
Caesars Entertainment1 open role
Confidential1 open role
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company1 open role
Gecko Hospitality1 open role
Genie Matthews and Associates1 open role

Colleges in Danville city

Colleges in Danville city
College	City	Type	Students
Averett University	Danville	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Cities in Danville city

Danville18 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.