Suffolk city, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Suffolk city’s unemployment rate is 3.8%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 55 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Suffolk city economy

3.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.9% the month before
49,953
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
96,638
people in Suffolk city
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$90,089
median household income
Source: Census ACS
43%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Suffolk city layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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.

Amazon10 open roles
IES Holdings6 open roles
Serco North America5 open roles
HII Mission Technologies3 open roles
Akima Systems Engineering2 open roles
Leidos2 open roles
Qurate Retail Group2 open roles
United States Fleet Forces Command2 open roles
Augmentis1 open role
BrightView1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Suffolk Workforce Development Center
Suffolk · Affiliate · 757-514-7730
Mondays-Fridays - 8:30 a.m. until 4:45 p.m.

Cities in Suffolk city

Suffolk55 jobs

Other Virginia counties

All of Virginia

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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.