Hanover, VA jobs, layoffs and employers

9 open professional jobs in Hanover. Hanover is in Hanover County.

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Jobs in Hanover

Quality Assurance SpecialistCommonwealth of Virginia
Application Programmer/Analyst ExpertCommonwealth of Virginia
Training and Development Coordinator, Sr.Commonwealth of Virginia
Information Technology Manager - Information Technology - CF641Commonwealth of Virginia, USA
County Program Analyst (CO-5/9)Farm Service Agency
Production ManagerCommercial Metals

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Employers hiring most in Hanover

Commonwealth of Virginia3 open roles
Commercial Metals1 open role
Commonwealth of Virginia, USA1 open role
Farm Service Agency1 open role

Hanover layoffs

No layoff notices naming Hanover 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.

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Hanover 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 1.4% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 5.6% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.1%, up 0.3 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+838 jobs), retail (+554 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: management of companies (−515 jobs)

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Workforce development and job centers

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

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Capital Region Workforce Development Board
Charles City, Chesterfield, Colonial Heights, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent, Powhatan; City: City of Richmond

Hanover County economy

3.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.8% the month before
60,757
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
111,652
people in Hanover County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$109,504
median household income
Source: Census ACS
49%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: 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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