York County, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs
York County economy
3.3%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.3% the month before
33,270
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
70,590
people in York County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$108,326
median household income
Source: Census ACS
56%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
York County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming York County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Employers hiring most in York 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.
- 1st Advantage Federal Credit Union2 open roles
- Arbor Research Collaborative for Health2 open roles
- Augmentis2 open roles
- Assemble1 open role
- Avolve Software Group1 open role
- HopSkipDrive1 open role
- Hubexo1 open role
- Illumina1 open role
- Leidos1 open role
- Pushpay1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving York County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Hampton Roads Workforce Council
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Cities in York County
- Yorktown14 jobs
Other Virginia counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.