Suffolk, VA jobs, layoffs and employers

66 open professional jobs in Suffolk. Suffolk is in Suffolk city.

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Project Control Analyst IVAkima Systems Engineering
Senior Program Manager - IC Installations and Shipyards (Hybrid)Akima Systems Engineering
Research Scientist I – Mechanical SystemsVirginia Tech
Research Scientist I – Marine RoboticsVirginia Tech
Construction Project CoordinatorAtlantic Constructors
Senior AnalystLeidos
Detail-Oriented Payroll Specialist Onsite (Suffolk, VA)IES Holdings
Concept Developer (Military Operations Analyst 4) -30243HII Mission Technologies
Systems Engineer-IT - E2Sikorsky Aircraft
Safety ManagerIES Holdings

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Employers hiring most in Suffolk

Amazon9 open roles
IES Holdings7 open roles
Serco North America5 open roles
United States Fleet Forces Command4 open roles
Smithfield Foods3 open roles
Akima Systems Engineering2 open roles
HII Mission Technologies2 open roles
TowneBank2 open roles
Virginia Tech2 open roles
Akima1 open role

Suffolk layoffs

No layoff notices naming Suffolk 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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Suffolk city outlook: Building

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

Private-sector jobs up 31.6% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 10.4% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.9%, up 0.3 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (+6,942 jobs), health care (+853 jobs)

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Workforce development and job centers

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

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Suffolk Workforce Development Center
Suffolk · Affiliate · 757-514-7730
Mondays-Fridays - 8:30 a.m. until 4:45 p.m.

Suffolk city economy

3.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.6% the month before
49,962
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
96,638
people in Suffolk city
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$90,089
median household income
Source: Census ACS
43%
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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