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Stafford County, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Stafford County’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Stafford County economy

  • 3.6%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.5% the month before

  • 83,333

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 160,520

    people in Stafford County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $133,792

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 50%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Stafford County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Stafford 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 Stafford 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. SimVentions2 open roles
  2. Geico1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Bay Area Local Workforce Development Board

    Accomack, Caroline, Essex, Fredericksburg, King George, King William, King and Queen, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton, Northumberland, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Westmoreland

Cities in Stafford County

Other Virginia counties

All of Virginia

Laid off or looking for work in Stafford 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.