Reston, VA jobs, layoffs and employers

720 open professional jobs in Reston. Employers filed 2 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. Reston is in Fairfax County.

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Jobs in Reston

Principal Mission Engineering AnalystLeidos
Facilities ManagerCaci-Iss
Vice President, EngineeringCaci NSS
Development DirectorBechtel
PIM-Sr Analyst-Databricks & ReportingBechtel Plant Machinery
Labor Relations SpecialistBechtel Plant Machinery
Mechanical EngineerBechtel Plant Machinery
Director - Partnerships & TransactionsBechtel
Lead Control Systems EngineerBechtel Plant Machinery
Construction Indirects ManagerBechtel Plant Machinery

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Employers hiring most in Reston

ICF International98 open roles
Anduril Industries34 open roles
Sargent & Lundy26 open roles
Caci, Inc. - Federal22 open roles
Oracle20 open roles
Leidos17 open roles
Peraton16 open roles
Bechtel Plant Machinery14 open roles
Bechtel13 open roles
Verisign Inc/Ca13 open roles

Reston layoffs

2
Layoff notices, last 12 months
308
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
2
employers

Layoff notices filed in Reston, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Sep 15, 2026	Bechtel Power CorporationTakes effect Nov 16, 2026	Reston	200	Closure	State record
Feb 17, 2026	AOLTakes effect Mar 1, 2026	Reston	108	—	State record

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Conferences in Reston

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Reston. 5 with dates announced.

ATARC Public Sector Zero Trust Summit
Nov 19, 2026 · Reston, VA
Paid ticket. Cost and eligibility not listed
Women in Technology Career and Job Fair
Nov 20, 2026 · Reston, VA
Free. Free for job seekers with registration; exhibitors $850 early bird to $995
ATARC CIO & Executive Leadership Summit
Dec 10, 2026 · Reston, VA
Free expo floor; session passes $295. Free for government, military, academia, media and ATARC members; $295 individual industry.
CMMC Accelerate
Apr 13, 2027 · Reston, VA
Free. No fee to attend per the event FAQ; 2027 date tentative.
Open call for speakers
Federal AI Forum
Aug 10, 2027 · Reston, VA
Free expo floor; session passes $0 to $499. Government free (.gov/.mil email); industry $499; academia $50

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Where Reston ranks

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

November 2026

#1Best cities for operations pay after cost of living$177k · of 41
#1Best all-round cities for remote workers in the Mid-Atlantic93 / 100 · of 37
#1Best all-round cities for remote workers in the Southeast93 / 100 · of 33
#2Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals in the Southeast75 / 100 · of 33
#3Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the Southeast17% · of 87
#3Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals in the Mid-Atlantic77 / 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 Reston. Each link goes to the publisher.

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Reston. 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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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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