Montgomery County, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Montgomery County’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 115 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Montgomery County economy

4.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.4% the month before
46,880
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
99,159
people in Montgomery County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$70,769
median household income
Source: Census ACS
51%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Montgomery County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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.

Virginia Tech68 open roles
Moog9 open roles
Moog Military Aircraft5 open roles
Torc Robotics4 open roles
Carilion Clinic2 open roles
Recruiting Firm2 open roles
Alliance Mobile1 open role
Artisantalent1 open role
BrightSpring1 open role
Brightspring Home Health - Pensacola1 open role

Colleges in Montgomery County

Colleges in Montgomery County
College	City	Type	Students
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Blacksburg	Public 4-year	20,000+
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine	Blacksburg	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

New River/Mt. Rogers Workforce Development Board
Bland, Bristol, Carroll, Floyd, Galax, Giles, Grayson, Montgomery, Pulaski, Radford, Smyth, Washington, Wythe

Cities in Montgomery County

Blacksburg99 jobs
Christiansburg16 jobs

Other Virginia counties

All of Virginia

Laid off or looking for work in Montgomery 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.