Essex County, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Essex County’s unemployment rate is 4.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Essex County economy

4.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.2% the month before
4,934
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
10,604
people in Essex County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,481
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Essex County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Essex County 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 Essex County

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.

Transitions Day Support Services1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Essex County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Bay Area Local Workforce Development Board
Accomack, Caroline, Essex, Fredericksburg, King George, King William, King and Queen, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton, Northumberland, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Westmoreland

Other Virginia counties

All of Virginia

Laid off or looking for work in Essex County?

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See your options after a layoff

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.