Bedford County, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Bedford County’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 8 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Bedford County economy

3.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.2% the month before
38,096
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
80,254
people in Bedford County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$77,644
median household income
Source: Census ACS
44%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Bedford 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 3.1% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 4.4% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.6%, up 0.4 points from a year ago

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Bedford County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Bedford County 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Bedford County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Cintas1 open role
Creative Labs1 open role
Custom Truck One Source1 open role
Harris Health Strategic Fund1 open role
L3Harris Technologies1 open role
L3HARRIS Technologies1 open role
LyondellBasell Industries N.V.1 open role
Manpower1 open role
Statco1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Bedford County. 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).

Central Virginia Workforce Development Board
Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, Lynchburg

Cities in Bedford County

Forest6 jobs

Other Virginia counties

All of Virginia

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Virginia’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Virginia unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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