Emporia city, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Emporia city’s unemployment rate is 7.6%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Emporia city economy

7.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
9.3% the month before
2,032
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
5,633
people in Emporia city
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$49,375
median household income
Source: Census ACS
18%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Emporia city layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Emporia city in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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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.