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Roanoke city, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Roanoke city’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 149 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Roanoke city economy

  • 3.9%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.0% the month before

  • 48,136

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 98,677

    people in Roanoke city

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $52,671

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 37%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Roanoke city layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Roanoke city 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 Roanoke 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.

  1. Carilion Clinic20 open roles
  2. HII Mission Technologies8 open roles
  3. Optical Cable8 open roles
  4. Virginia Tech4 open roles
  5. Gannett Fleming TranSystems3 open roles
  6. Nexstar Media Group3 open roles
  7. Placements243 open roles
  8. ATG Recruiting2 open roles
  9. Axsome Therapeutics2 open roles
  10. BillionToOne2 open roles

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Virginia Career Works Roanoke Center

    Roanoke · Comprehensive · 540-613-8220

    Mon, Tue, Thur & Fri 8:30am-4:00pm; Wed 9:30am-4:00pm

Cities in Roanoke city

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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.