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Orange County, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Orange County’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 27 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Orange County economy

  • 3.5%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.6% the month before

  • 17,945

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 37,208

    people in Orange County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $94,175

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 38%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Orange County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Orange 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 Orange 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.

  1. L3HARRIS Technologies8 open roles
  2. Harris Health Strategic Fund4 open roles
  3. Diamondresorts3 open roles
  4. Empire Petroleum2 open roles
  5. Klöckner Pentaplast2 open roles
  6. Orange County2 open roles
  7. America's Pharmacy Group1 open role
  8. County of Orange, Virginia1 open role
  9. L3Harris Technologies1 open role
  10. Macmillan1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Cities in Orange County

Other Virginia counties

All of Virginia

Laid off or looking for work in Orange 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.