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Winchester city, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Winchester city’s unemployment rate is 3.8%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 48 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Winchester city economy

  • 3.8%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.5% the month before

  • 14,363

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 27,981

    people in Winchester city

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $64,648

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 38%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Winchester city layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Winchester 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 Winchester 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. Newell Brands3 open roles
  2. Kraft Heinz2 open roles
  3. MaxIT Consulting - Max Corporate Group2 open roles
  4. Morgan Stanley2 open roles
  5. TEKsystems2 open roles
  6. The US Oncology Network2 open roles
  7. Allen Lund1 open role
  8. Ambler Law Offices1 open role
  9. American Heart Association1 open role
  10. AMN Healthcare1 open role

Colleges in Winchester city

Colleges in Winchester city
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Shenandoah UniversityWinchesterPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Virginia Career Works Winchester Center

    Winchester · Affiliate · 540-545-4146

    9:00 am -12 noon & 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Mon, Tue, Th, Fri; 9:30am to 12 noon & 1:00-4:00 pm Wed

Cities in Winchester 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.