Petersburg, VA jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Petersburg
- General Manager | Full-Time | Multi-Purpose Center (Virginia State University)Oak View Group
- General Manager for New Custom Homebuilder - Richmond VATop Echelon Network (recruiter member boards)
- Senior PM Project Manager - VirginiaNovo Nordisk
- Validation Area Specialist III - VirginiaNovo Nordisk
- Psychiatrist/Assistant Chief Medical DirectorCommonwealth of Virginia
- Trauma Medical DirectorExtant Healthcare
- Respiratory Therapy Supervisor - Southside Regional Medical CenterBon Secours Mercy Health
- Payroll and Benefits ManagerMohenis Services
- Budget Analyst Sr.Commonwealth of Virginia
- Staff Accountant - AP/GL FocusMohenis Services
Employers hiring most in Petersburg
- Gerdau7 open roles
- Novo Nordisk4 open roles
- Mohenis Services3 open roles
- Amazon2 open roles
- Commonwealth of Virginia2 open roles
- Abacus1 open role
- Abacus Staffing1 open role
- Bleachtech1 open role
- Bon Secours Mercy Health1 open role
- Bushnell University1 open role
Petersburg layoffs
No layoff notices naming Petersburg 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 Petersburg
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia State University | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Petersburg 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 5.8% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 5.8%, up 0.7 points from a year ago
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Petersburg city economy
5.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.1% the month before
14,994
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
33,365
people in Petersburg city
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$50,741
median household income
Source: Census ACS
28%
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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