Williamsburg, VA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Assistant Director Dining ServicesGecko Hospitality
- Entry Level Benefits Consultant (Remote)Zuzick Organization of Globe Life
- Vice President, Chief Medical OfficerPhysician Pivot
- Associate Consultant, Strategic TransformationChartis
- Assistant DirectorLearning Care Group
- Program Management Mgr - L5Lockheed Martin
- Clinical Supervisor Home HealthEnhabit Home Health
- Volunteer Programs Director: Strategy & GrowthColonial Williamsburg Foundation
- Hybrid Prospect Research Analyst - Strategy & InsightCASE
- Prospect Research AnalystCASE
Employers hiring most in Williamsburg
- Diamondresorts3 open roles
- CASE2 open roles
- Gecko Hospitality2 open roles
- Learning Care Group2 open roles
- Terracon Consultants2 open roles
- BALL1 open role
- Chartis1 open role
- City of Williamsburg1 open role
- Colonial Behavioral Health1 open role
- Colonial Williamsburg Company1 open role
Williamsburg layoffs
No layoff notices naming Williamsburg 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 Williamsburg
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| William & Mary | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Williamsburg city 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 9.8% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 2.6% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 5.2%, up 0.9 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: management of companies (+357 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Williamsburg. 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 Williamsburg
Williamsburg · Affiliate · 757-920-5344
Monday - Thursday 8:30am-4:30pm Friday 8:30am-12:30pm
Williamsburg city economy
5.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.3% the month before
7,027
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
15,564
people in Williamsburg city
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$70,206
median household income
Source: Census ACS
41%
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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