Herndon, VA jobs, layoffs and employers

793 open professional jobs in Herndon. Herndon is in Fairfax County.

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Senior Account Manager - Federal Systems, Mission Critical Facilities & Data Centers - | Washington, DC Metro Area (DC, Northern Virginia & Maryland)Honeywell International
Senior Delivery Consultant, WWPS ProServeAmazon Web Services
Cloud Systems AdministratorCaci-Iss
Software Engineer - Early Career JobsClearanceJobs
Junior Data Engineer (TS/SCI)Maxar
Sr. Specialist, Program FinanceL3HARRIS Technologies
Business Intelligence AnalystL3HARRIS Technologies
Cloud Solutions ArchitectL3HARRIS Technologies
EO/IR Systems EngineerL3HARRIS Technologies
Software Developer - Multiple levelsNoblis

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Employers hiring most in Herndon

Amazon252 open roles
Peraton48 open roles
AWS33 open roles
BAE Systems21 open roles
General Atomics21 open roles
HawkEye 36020 open roles
Two Six Technologies20 open roles
Akima Systems Engineering17 open roles
Clarity Innovations17 open roles
SAP17 open roles

Herndon layoffs

No layoff notices naming Herndon 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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Where Herndon ranks

Where Herndon placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#2Best cities for pay after cost of living in Virginia$161k · of 15
#3Best cities for pay after cost of living in the Southeast$161k · of 33
#3Best all-round cities for AI careers in the Mid-Atlantic86 / 100 · of 37
#4Best cities for pay after cost of living in the Mid-Atlantic$161k · of 37
#4Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the Mid-Atlantic441 openings · of 68
#4Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals in the Mid-Atlantic76 / 100 · of 37

Fairfax 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 1.7% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 1.7% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.4%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+11,632 jobs), hotels & food (+3,399 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: professional & technical (−7,177 jobs), wholesale (−2,035 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Herndon. Each link goes to the publisher.

Organizations' AI Success Starts With an Employee Skills Strategy: New Guide Published by HR Advisory Firm McLean & CompanyYahoo Finance · Nov 3, 2026

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Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
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Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Herndon. 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 Northern Region
Fairfax, Falls Church, Loudoun, Manassas City, Prince William

Fairfax County economy

3.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.3% the month before
624,457
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
1,144,474
people in Fairfax County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$150,113
median household income
Source: Census ACS
62%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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