Radford city, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Radford city’s unemployment rate is 4.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 32 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Radford city economy

4.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.7% the month before
8,358
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
16,505
people in Radford city
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$52,791
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Radford city layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Radford 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 Radford 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.

Regal Rexnord8 open roles
Teksynap7 open roles
Sev1Tech6 open roles
BAE Systems4 open roles
Commonwealth of Virginia1 open role
M.C. Dean1 open role
Northrop Grumman1 open role
Radford University1 open role
SSI Diagnostica Group1 open role
Unknown Planner1 open role

Colleges in Radford city

Colleges in Radford city
College	City	Type	Students
Radford University	Radford	Public 4-year	5,000–9,999

Cities in Radford city

Radford32 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.