Staunton city, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Staunton city’s unemployment rate is 2.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 12 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Staunton city economy

2.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.1% the month before
13,186
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
25,765
people in Staunton city
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$62,586
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Staunton city layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Staunton 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 Staunton 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.

Commonwealth of Virginia4 open roles
City National Bank of West Virginia2 open roles
Parsons Company2 open roles
Brookdale Senior Living1 open role
Chipotle Mexican Grill1 open role
Commonwealth of Virginia, USA1 open role
Fisher Auto Parts1 open role
Innovative Refrigeration Systems1 open role
Intellectt1 open role
Rollins1 open role

Colleges in Staunton city

Colleges in Staunton city
College	City	Type	Students
Mary Baldwin University	Staunton	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Cities in Staunton city

Staunton12 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.