Harrisonburg, VA jobs, layoffs and employers

34 open professional jobs in Harrisonburg. Employers filed 2 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. Harrisonburg is in Harrisonburg city.

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Jobs in Harrisonburg

Administrative Assistant, MTCRockingham County Public Schools
Inside Sales Representative - PVFFerguson
Market PresidentUnited Bank
Financial AdvisorUnited Bank
Commercial BankerUnited Bank
Region ManagerPilot Company
Enterprise Inside Sales Account Executive, Rosetta StoneIXL Learning
Senior AuditorPbmares
General ManagerChipotle Mexican Grill
Hybrid Marketing Coordinator Campaigns & CollaborationGravity Group

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Employers hiring most in Harrisonburg

Sysco3 open roles
United Bank3 open roles
Church World Service2 open roles
Booz Allen Hamilton1 open role
Chipotle Mexican Grill1 open role
Commonwealth of VA Careers1 open role
Commonwealth of Virginia1 open role
Confidential1 open role
Eastern Mennonite School1 open role
EDI Staffing1 open role

Harrisonburg layoffs

2
Layoff notices, last 12 months
150
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
2
employers

Layoff notices filed in Harrisonburg, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
May 22, 2026	80 Acres FarmsTakes effect Jul 21, 2026	Harrisonburg	80	Closure	State record
Dec 1, 2025	10 Roads Express LLCTakes effect Jan 30, 2026	Harrisonburg	70	Closure	State record

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Colleges in Harrisonburg

Colleges in Harrisonburg
College	Type	Students
James Madison University	Public 4-year	20,000+
Eastern Mennonite University	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Harrisonburg city outlook: Cooling

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

Private-sector jobs down 2.4% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 1.7% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.8%, up 0.7 points from a year ago
Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−471 jobs)

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Harrisonburg city economy

3.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.1% the month before
25,760
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
51,492
people in Harrisonburg city
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$59,752
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
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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