Wise County, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Wise County’s unemployment rate is 4.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 2 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Wise County economy

4.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.6% the month before
12,815
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
35,727
people in Wise County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$50,740
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Wise County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Wise 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 Wise 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.

University of Virginia1 open role
UVA Health1 open role

Colleges in Wise County

Colleges in Wise County
College	City	Type	Students
University of Virginia's College at Wise	Wise	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Southwest Virginia Workforce Development Board
Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Norton, Russell, Scott, Tazewell, Wise

Virginia Career Works-Wise Center
Wise · Affiliate · 276-325-7314
Monday - Friday 8:30am-4:30pm

Cities in Wise County

Wise2 jobs

Other Virginia counties

All of Virginia

Laid off or looking for work in Wise County?

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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.