Fredericksburg city, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Fredericksburg city’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 76 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Fredericksburg city economy

3.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.9% the month before
16,133
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
28,383
people in Fredericksburg city
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$85,368
median household income
Source: Census ACS
51%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Fredericksburg city layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Fredericksburg 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 Fredericksburg 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.

Amazon7 open roles
Encompass Health3 open roles
Fredericksburg City Schools3 open roles
Matern Staffing3 open roles
SimVentions3 open roles
Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company2 open roles
Cresa2 open roles
Davron2 open roles
GPAC2 open roles
Iron Horse Restoration2 open roles

Colleges in Fredericksburg city

Colleges in Fredericksburg city
College	City	Type	Students
University of Mary Washington	Fredericksburg	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Cities in Fredericksburg city

Fredericksburg76 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.