Chester, VA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Project ManagerIES Holdings
- QA/QC Site Manager - Data CenterIES Holdings
- Fire Alarm Project Manager - Data CenterIES Holdings
- Entry-Level Electrical HelperIES Holdings
- Project Engineer - Entry LevelIES Holdings
- Project Scheduler - Data CenterIES Holdings
- Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity 12-month Faculty / Lab Director (GA002)Brightpoint Community College
- Senior Engineer - Project ControlsHolder Construction
- Quality CoordinatorHolder Construction
- Business Development Representative - RecoverySummit Behavioral Healthcare
Employers hiring most in Chester
- IES Holdings6 open roles
- Mastec3 open roles
- American Civil Constructors2 open roles
- Cintas2 open roles
- Holder Construction2 open roles
- Amazon1 open role
- Brightpoint Community College1 open role
- Builders FirstSource1 open role
- Compu-Vision Consulting1 open role
- Conner Industries1 open role
Chester layoffs
No layoff notices naming Chester in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Chesterfield County outlook: Steady
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 5.0% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 8.7% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.7%, up 0.5 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,358 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+1,690 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−2,193 jobs), finance & insurance (−624 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Chester. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Virginia? How to file for unemployment in Virginia (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Capital Region Workforce Development Board
Charles City, Chesterfield, Colonial Heights, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent, Powhatan; City: City of Richmond
Chesterfield County economy
3.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.2% the month before
201,198
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
371,610
people in Chesterfield County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$98,910
median household income
Source: Census ACS
48%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff notices from Virginia’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Virginia unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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