Frederick County, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Frederick County’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Frederick County economy

3.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.2% the month before
49,614
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
93,355
people in Frederick County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$95,603
median household income
Source: Census ACS
41%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Frederick County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Frederick 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 Frederick 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.

Thermo Fisher Scientific2 open roles
National Park Service1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Shenandoah Valley Workforce Development Board, Inc.
Augusta, Bath, Buena Vista, Clarke, Frederick, Harrisonburg, Highland, Lexington, Page, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Staunton, Warren, Waynesboro, Winchester

Cities in Frederick County

Middletown3 jobs

Other Virginia counties

All of Virginia

Laid off or looking for work in Frederick 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.