Fredericksburg, VA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- In-Office Workers' Comp Paralegal (Full-Time)Prospect Blue
- Hybrid Family Law Litigation ParalegalStone Law
- Deputy Director, Parks & Recreation Lead Community ImpactCity-of-Fredericksbur
- Deputy Director, Parks & Recreation — Lead Community ProgramsCity of Fredericksburg, Virginia
- Mortgage OriginatorManufacturers and Traders Trust Company
- Electronic Surveillance System Analyst (Active Top Secret required)Akima Systems Engineering
- Operations Lead - PTAt Home
- Assistant Project Manager, Heavy Civil / VDOTFood Management Search
- Principal Financial AnalystREC
- Director Enterprise SecurityREC
Employers hiring most in Fredericksburg
- Amazon9 open roles
- SimVentions4 open roles
- Encompass Health3 open roles
- American Systems2 open roles
- Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company2 open roles
- Iron Horse Restoration2 open roles
- Matern Staffing2 open roles
- Nexgrid2 open roles
- REC2 open roles
- Rollins2 open roles
Fredericksburg layoffs
No layoff notices naming Fredericksburg 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.
Colleges in Fredericksburg
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| University of Mary Washington | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Fredericksburg city outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 5.8% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 8.6% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.8%, up 0.3 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,559 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Fredericksburg. 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).
Virginia Career Works - Fredericksburg Center
Fredericksburg · Comprehensive · 540-680-0331
Monday -Friday 9:00pm-4:00pm
Fredericksburg city economy
3.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.5% the month before
16,036
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
28,383
people in Fredericksburg city
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$85,368
median household income
Source: Census ACS
51%
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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