Onley, VA jobs, layoffs and employers

Onley layoffs

No layoff notices naming Onley 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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Accomack 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 8.2% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 1.4% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.3%, up 0.4 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+423 jobs)

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Workforce development and job centers

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

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• Bay Area Local Workforce Development Board

  Accomack, Caroline, Essex, Fredericksburg, King George, King William, King and Queen, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton, Northumberland, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Westmoreland

• Eastern Shore Virginia Career Works Center

  Onley · Affiliate · 757-302-4511

  Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:00pm; Wed 9:30am -4:00pm Closed Daily for Lunch 12-1PM

Accomack County economy

• 4.3%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.9% the month before

• 14,845

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 33,326

  people in Accomack County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $57,500

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 24%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS