Danville city, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Danville city’s unemployment rate is 5.9%. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 22 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Danville city economy

5.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
6.1% the month before
17,753
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
42,239
people in Danville city
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$42,778
median household income
Source: Census ACS
27%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Danville 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 4.8% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 2.2% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 5.9%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: hotels & food (+1,264 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−683 jobs)

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Danville city layoffs

1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
251
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer

Layoff notices filed in Danville city, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Oct 28, 2026	BuitoniTakes effect Dec 28, 2026	Danville	251	Closure	State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Danville city

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.

Dewberry7 open roles
LifePoint Health3 open roles
Caesars Entertainment1 open role
City of Danville1 open role
Confidential1 open role
First Citizens Bank1 open role
Gecko Hospitality1 open role
No Weekend Rounding | Southern VA | UHS of Delaware1 open role
NPAworldwide1 open role
TeamHealth Sovah Health Danville1 open role

Colleges in Danville city

Colleges in Danville city
College	City	Type	Students
Averett University	Danville	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Cities in Danville city

Danville22 jobs

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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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