Fairfax city, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Fairfax city economy
3.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.2% the month before
14,245
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
24,478
people in Fairfax city
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$132,774
median household income
Source: Census ACS
60%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Fairfax city layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Fairfax city in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Employers hiring most in Fairfax 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.
- George Mason University52 open roles
- Inova Health20 open roles
- HII Mission Technologies14 open roles
- Govcio12 open roles
- Fairfax County9 open roles
- Riverside Research9 open roles
- Quantum Strides8 open roles
- MAG Aerospace7 open roles
- The US Oncology Network6 open roles
- Coptic Orphans Support Association5 open roles
Largest employers headquartered in Fairfax city
- General Dynamics Mission Systems5,001–20,000 employees
- George Mason University5,001–20,000 employees
- ICF International LLC5,001–20,000 employees
Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.
Cities in Fairfax city
- Fairfax325 jobs
Other Virginia counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.