Lynchburg city, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lynchburg city’s unemployment rate is 4.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 110 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Lynchburg city economy

4.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.5% the month before
37,222
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
79,255
people in Lynchburg city
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$59,808
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Lynchburg city layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Lynchburg city in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Employers hiring most in Lynchburg 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.

BWX Technologies27 open roles
BWXT7 open roles
BWXT Ordnance Tennessee6 open roles
Flowserve5 open roles
Sinclair5 open roles
L3HARRIS Technologies4 open roles
Genworth Financial3 open roles
Liberty University3 open roles
Harris Health Strategic Fund2 open roles
Jobot2 open roles

Colleges in Lynchburg city

Colleges in Lynchburg city
College	City	Type	Students
Liberty University	Lynchburg	Private nonprofit 4-year	20,000+
University of Lynchburg	Lynchburg	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Centra College	Lynchburg	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000
Randolph College	Lynchburg	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000
Virginia University of Lynchburg	Lynchburg	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Cities in Lynchburg city

Lynchburg110 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.