Isle of Wight County, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Isle of Wight County’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 8 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Isle of Wight County economy

3.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.5% the month before
20,560
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
39,444
people in Isle of Wight County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$96,118
median household income
Source: Census ACS
43%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Isle of Wight County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Isle of Wight 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 Isle of Wight 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.

Smithfield Foods6 open roles
Beasley Real Estate Group1 open role
Riverside Smithfield Hospital1 open role
Strickland Brothers1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Hampton Roads Workforce Council
Chesapeake, Franklin City, Gloucester, Hampton, Isle of Wight, James City, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson City, Southampton, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, York

Cities in Isle of Wight County

Smithfield8 jobs

Other Virginia counties

All of Virginia

Laid off or looking for work in Isle of Wight County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

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.